NEW: Snow, Sleet & Ice Forecasted for RI Thursday Morning

NEW: Snow, Sleet & Ice Forecasted for RI Thursday Morning

A mixture of snow, sleet, and ice could lead to a slippery commute in Rhode Island on Thursday morning, February 6.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 1 a.m. on Thursday and remains in effect until 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

“Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute,” writes NWS.

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NWS reports that there could be as much as two inches of snow and one-tenth of an inch of ice. 

According to NWS:

Thursday

Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 9 a.m., then freezing rain between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., then rain after 10 a.m. Patchy fog between noon and 1 p.m. High near 42. East wind 3 to 6 mph. The chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half-inch possible.

Thursday Night

Rain. Low around 38. Light and variable wind. The chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Friday

Rain, mainly before 5 p.m. High near 42. North wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation is 90%.

 

Read the Advisory Below

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA

1015 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2020

CTZ002>004-RIZ001>004-052315-

/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0003.200206T0600Z-200206T1800Z/

Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Northwest Providence RI-

Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-

Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon,

Putnam, Willimantic, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry,

West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, and West Warwick

1015 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2020

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM

EST THURSDAY...

 

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations

  of up to two inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth

  of an inch.

 

* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut and northern Rhode

  Island.

 

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 1 PM EST Thursday.

 

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous

  conditions could impact the morning commute.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

Slow down and use caution while traveling.