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Freezing Rain Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1250 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-310300-
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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1250 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD
COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY MID TO
LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE
ACCRETION WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IN SOUTHERN
VERMONT THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICING WILL BE FROM THE SPINE OF THE
SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
VALLEY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED
ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
213 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-311200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
213 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND ANY MEASUREMENTS OF FREEZING RAIN
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.