Monday, March 18, 2013

CONNECTICUT and RHODE ISLAND 7-DAY FORECAST


CONNECTICUT and RHODE ISLAND 7-DAY FORECAST

This Afternoon Partly sunny, with a high near 36. East wind 8 to 10 mph.
Tonight Snow before 1am, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 1am and 3am, then rain, snow, and sleet after 3am. Low around 32. Breezy, with a east wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tuesday Rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 2pm. High near 44. Breezy, with a east wind 16 to 21 mph becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tuesday Night A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 22 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 40.
Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Saturday Sunny, with a high near 42.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

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

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN MIX
  WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE WINTRY
  MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE
  ENDING AS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON TOP
  OF A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR.

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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