Winter Weather Advisory

...FIRST PLOWABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT IS FALLING AS ALL SNOW IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PERIODICALLY HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE WITH ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY AREAS SPREADING TO ALL UNTREATED PAVEMENTS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY WITH VISIBILITY BRIEFLY UNDER ONE HALF MILE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... EXCEPT AROUND 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY CONNECTICUT AND THE WORCESTER HILLS. SNOW THIS EVENING MAY STILL BE WET AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IF ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 4 INCHES OCCUR ON LIMBS AND POWER LINES IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT A PORTION OF THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AT 4PM...IF IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER.