Winter Weather Advisory

1215 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE PRECIPITATION HAS OUTRUN THE WARM AIR EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME SNOW COULD BE MIXED IN WITH THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A LIGHT GLAZE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH UP TO
AN INCH OF SNOW AND/OR SLEET. AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING... PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO RAIN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.