Weather Update: Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Worcester

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Monday, December 12, 2016

GoLocalWorcester News Team

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Worcester.

According to the service, 2 to 4 inches of snow is possible starting after 9 p.m. on Sunday night with the snow expected to change to freezing rain before 11 a.m. on Monday morning. 

The advisory is in effect from 7 p.m. on Sunday night to 1 p.m. on Monday, December 12. 

See the Winter Weather Advisory Below

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

232 PM EST SUN DEC 11 2016

 

CTZ002>004-MAZ003>007-009>012-014-026-120345-

/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0017.161212T0000Z-161212T1800Z/

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-

NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-

EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-

EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-

NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...

VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...

FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...

BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...

WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER

232 PM EST SUN DEC 11 2016

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS

EVENING TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST...

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS.

 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SOME ICE.

 

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER. A TRACE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH

  OF ICE ACCRETION.

 

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS EARLY THIS EVENING IN CONNECTICUT...THEN

  OVERSPREADS THE REST OF THE REGION THEREAFTER. SNOW WILL CHANGE

  TO RAIN BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BUT A PERIOD OF

  FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE TRANSITION.

 

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SOME ICE

  ACCRETION WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT

  AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

 

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.

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