Winter Weather Advisory

...FIRST PLOWABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECIPITATION AT 430 PM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF QUICKLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AND IT WILL SNOW HEAVY A TIMES BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM. SNOW WILL THEN END BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. CLEARING FOLLOWS AND THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DANGEROUS BLACK ICE CONDITIONS FORMING AT DAWN UPON PREVIOUSLY TREATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... EXCEPT POSSIBLY AROUND 6 INCHES ON SOME OF 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.