They say advisories mean a weather events is perhaps expected to occur.
They then say that a watch means all conditions are being met for a weather event to happen and there is a risk of a weather event happening in the future.
Finally they say a warning is when a severe weather event is happening immediately or likely to happen very soon.
For the Minto Fire Department’s cute comparison to weather advisory, watches and warnings and cupcakes visit the Minto Fire Department Facebook page.