...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS....ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM.
LIGHT SNOW WILL START FALLING BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM AND COME TO AN
END BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM.

* IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION FROM EARLIER TODAY AND CONTINUING
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL FREEZE ON EXPOSED AREAS...RESULTING IN
SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THEN AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON TOP
OF THAT WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO SLICK ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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