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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
527 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...A QUICK MOVING CLIPPER WILL BRING BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW TO CAPE
COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...

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BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
527 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET
ISLAND.

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRIFTING...
WILL BE TAPERING TO SCATTERED OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING
ACROSS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES OUT TO SEA. MOST OF THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM
HYANNIS AND POINTS EAST UNTIL 9 PM. THE OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT AS WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT TO
NORTHWEST.

TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES.

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW TONIGHT AS THE COLDEST AIRMASS
OF THE SEASON SO FAR TAKES RESIDENCE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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.

$$


DRAG




URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
305 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

.A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN OR A MIX OF
SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH MID
EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE TONIGHT.

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NORTHERN ROSEBUD-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLSTRIP...FORSYTH...LAME DEER
305 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING.

PRECIPITATION IS DIMINISHING ACROSS ROSEBUD COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES STILL WELL BELOW FREEZING.
ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE FREEZING RAIN OR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH MID
EVENING AS THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.

BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY THIS
EVENING AS ANY WET SPOTS WILL FREEZE OVER MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT
AT TIMES.

$$


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
305 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

.A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN OR A MIX OF
SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH MID
EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE TONIGHT.

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CUSTER-POWDER RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BROADUS
305 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING.

FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED IN MILES CITY AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
RADAR SHOWS MORE PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA THAT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING RESULTING IN PERIODS OF
FREEZING RAIN...OR A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES
REMAIN IN THE LOWER TEENS. BY LATE THIS EVENING PRECIPITATION
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.

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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