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deguspice ([personal profile] deguspice) wrote2008-12-10 10:27 pm

Weather or Not

The National Weather Service has an interesting way of saying "I can't tell what will happen"

THE ADVISORY COVER INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT.

RAIN MAY END FOR A TIME TONIGHT BUT PRECIPITATION WILL REDEVELOP BEFORE DAWN THURSDAY AS A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY. SLEET MAY BE ADDED TO THE MIX AS SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM.

IT IS POSSIBLE THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND IN LATER FORECASTS.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND REQUIRE AN ICE STORM WARNING.

FOR NOW... THIS ADVISORY IS THE MOST LIKELY SOLUTION TO WHAT IS A COMPLEX EVOLUTION OF PRECIPITATION ELEMENTS.

[identity profile] c1.livejournal.com 2008-12-12 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm on the SKYWARN list, and see quite a lot of this. On the other hand, it's comforting to see there's not as much hubris as humility at the NWS-- I'd rather read that they really don't know than be duped into something that could get hairy.
Given that a lot of aviators and sailors rely on this, it's probably a Good Thing overall.