Freezing Rain Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
422 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008

...A BRIEF ELEVATION RELATED FREEZING RAIN EPISODE IS FORECAST FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE MONADNOCKS TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...

.WHILE PRIMARY LOW PRESSURE IN THE GREAT LAKES WILL SPREAD CONSIDERABLE WARMTH INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY...THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD FREEZE ACROSS THE HILLY REGIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.


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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
422 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.

THE ADVISORY COVERING CHESHIRE AND WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS ESPECIALLY INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ROWE...CHARLEMONT AND HEATH IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AS WELL AS THE MANY HILL TOWNS ACROSS THE MONADNOCKS.

DESPITE ALL THE WARMTH OF THE PAST FEW DAYS...TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OF ICING AROUND DAWN FRIDAY.

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN BUT AFTER 2 OR 3 HOURS OF RAIN...THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD FALL TO NEAR 30 DEGREES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE THAT AT LEAST SPOTTY ICING WILL DEVELOP IN THE ADVISORY REGION.

GLAZING SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING MID MORNING FRIDAY.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS EARLY FRIDAY. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.