Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 2, 2006, 5:02 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 23 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2006, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 5:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.3 | Southwick, MA | LIMBS DOWN WITH POWER OYUTAGES |
| Jan 3, 6:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Walpole, MA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jan 3, 10:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Sturbridge, MA | 3 INCH BRANCHES DOWN |
| Jan 3, 10:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Southwick, MA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES |
| Jan 3, 10:08 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Millville, MA | LARGE LIMBS AND TREE DOWN |
| Jan 3, 10:08 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Shrewsbury, MA | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE WITH PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE |
| Jan 3, 10:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Easthampton, MA | NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES |
| Jan 3, 10:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Southampton, MA | NUMEROUS LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBOX 022202 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A DEVELOPING STORM COULD BRING A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL REDEVELOP INTO A COASTAL LOW OFF THE DELMARVA COAST LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES WELL SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND DURING TUESDAY. CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011-012-RIZ001-030615- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0001.060102T2202Z-060104T0800Z/ /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.060103T1000Z-060104T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND TONIGHT...THEN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL DURING TUESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 7 TO 18 INCHES WITH HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ004-005-008-010-013-030615- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.060103T1000Z-060104T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0001.060102T2202Z-060104T0800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...FOXBORO...NORWOOD 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT...THEN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL DURING TUESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 7 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ002-003-026-030615- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0001.060102T2202Z-060104T0800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AYER 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE MIDDLE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT...THEN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL DURING TUESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ014>018-RIZ002-004-030615- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.060103T1000Z-060104T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ006-007-019-NHZ011-012-015-030615- /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN WITH PLAIN RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...LEAST ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST AND HIGHEST ACROSS THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ RIZ003-030615- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.060103T1000Z-060104T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST GREENWICH 502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO INTERIOR RHODE ISLAND THIS EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS INTERIOR RHODE ISLAND TONIGHT...THEN WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT, TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ STRAUSS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030243 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A DEVELOPING STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF WINTRY WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING... THEN WILL REDEVELOP INTO A COASTAL LOW OFF THE DELMARVA COAST OVERNIGHT. THIS LOW WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES WELL SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>013-026-RIZ001-031045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 943 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT...FIRST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...THEN LAST IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR BOSTON TO AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CLOSER TO BOSTON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE MORNING COMMUTE TUESDAY WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...WHERE THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL BE FALLING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MAKING THE EVENING COMMUTE MORE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY...FROM THE COMBINATION OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ MAZ006-007-014>019-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ002>004-031045- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 943 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. RAIN ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST AND NEAR GREATER PROVIDENCE WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. ON TUESDAY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR THE COAST WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LOWER TOTALS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND THE HIGHER TOTALS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THE MORNING COMMUTE TUESDAY WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL BE FALLING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE AREAS...MAKING THE EVENING COMMUTE MORE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL COMMUTE TUESDAY...FROM THE COMBINATION OF POOR VISIBILITY AND POSSIBLE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION $$ JWD
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030901 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS EAST TODAY...PASSING WELL SOUTH OF NANTUCKET TONIGHT. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>013-026-RIZ001-031715- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 401 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND WEST OF ROUTE 128. WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...EXCEPT THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY RAIN. IN EASTERN COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS....INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOSTON...PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE DELAWARE COAST THIS MORNING...WILL TRACK A BIT FARTHER OFFSHORE THAN EARLIER FORECASTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL OCCURRING THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK...GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON COLDER SURFACES AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. TRAVEL DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. TRAVEL FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE WILL IMPROVE...AS ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ MAZ006-007-014>019-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ002>004-031715- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 401 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON AND PLYMOUTH. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH AND WARWICK. ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE...SNOW OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS. THEREFORE...PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION $$ EVT/NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 031217 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 717 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS EAST TODAY...PASSING WELL SOUTH OF NANTUCKET TONIGHT. NHZ011-012-015-031330- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060104T0800Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 717 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>013-026-RIZ001-032030- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 717 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES CITIES AND TOWNS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. IN CONNECTICUT...THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER HARTFORD AREA ALONG WITH TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WOONSOCKET AND SURROUNDING TOWNS. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION.. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THIS MORNING...WILL TRACK EAST PASSING WELL SOUTH OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING. WET SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST TODAY...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT RECEIVING UP TO 10 INCHES. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS. IN ADDITION... VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. THEREFORE... PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. TRAVEL FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE WILL IMPROVE...AS ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ MAZ006-007-014>019-RIZ002>004-032030- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T2100Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 717 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON AND PLYMOUTH. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH AND WARWICK. ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE...SNOW OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. TRAVEL DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS. THEREFORE...PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION $$ EVT/NOCERA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 2, 4:50 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 4:50 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
450 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
..MAJOR SNOW AND OR ICE STORM FOR MUCH OF INTERIOR SNE ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF AN NZW-SFZ-HFD LINE WITH WIND GENERATED POWER OUTAGES SE
NEW ENGLAND AND COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLY OF MDT MAGNITUDE...
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...
COMING FROM NEAL SOON.
&&
.LONG TERM...
STARTED WITH A MIX OF HPC 14Z HPC GRIDS AND THE 4AM BOX OFFICIAL FCST
AND THEN MESHED IN THE NEW 12Z GFS GUIDANCE AS WELL AS UKMET...ECMWF.
THE UPSHOT..SHOULD HAVE A SMALL WINTRY EVENT THURSDAY AND MAYBE A COASTAL
SNOWSTORM SATURDAY BUT THAT ONE COULD BE TOO FAR OUT TO SEA??
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING SPLASHOVER STILL POSSIBLE WED AFTERNOON HIGH
TIDE E MASS OPEN WATER EXPOSURES.
NO TIME FOR ENSEMBLES. ALL ENERGY INTO FIRST 48 HOURS.
&&
.AVIATION...
PLS FOLLOW TAFS FOR DETAILS BUT VERY RAPID CHANGE FROM VFR NOW AT THE
TAF SITES TO IFR/LIFR IN SNOW BAF/BDL/ORH/PVD LATE TODAY OR THIS
EVENING. MHT MAY ESCAPE THE SNOW THRU AT LEAST 12Z TUESDAY GOOD
ALTERNATE THRU 12Z TUE.
OTRW MAJOR WX RELATED ISSUES FORESEEN MOST TAF SITES THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO SNOW/ICE AND OR WIND.
BTW...ITS SNOWING HARD IN FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY HIGH TERRAIN WITH
ACCUMULATUIONS AT 2130Z SO THE NAM 850-700MB THICKNESS LOOKS WAY TOO
WARM FOR THIS EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...FROM NEAL SOON.
LONG TERM...LEFTOVER SCA SEAS-SWELL THRU MUCH OF THE WEEK IN THE EASTERN
OPEN WATERS DELIVERED BY EASTWARD DEPARTING COASTAL STORM LEAVING
VERY LONG EAST TO WEST FETCH. MAY STILL BE GALE WED MORNING.
IF SYSTEMS ORGANIZE..WE MAY SEE ANOTHER GALE LATE THU OR ON THE
WEEKEND BUT NO CONFIDENCE ON THIS POSSIBILITY AT THIS TIME.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CTZ002>004 UNTIL 3 AM WEDNESDAY.
MA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MAZ002>005-008>013-026 UNTIL 3 AM
WEDNESDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAZ006-007-014>019 UNTIL 3 AM
WEDNESDAY.
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR MAZ007-015-016-019-022-024 FROM 10 AM
TUESDAY TO 5 AM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAZ007-015-016-019>021 FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MAZ022>024 FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY.
NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NHZ011-012-015 UNTIL 3 AM
WEDNESDAY.
RI...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR RIZ001 UNTIL 3 AM WEDNESDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RIZ002>004 UNTIL 3 AM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR RIZ005>007 FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR RIZ008 FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ230-236-250 FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.
...STORM WARNING FOR ANZ231>235-237-254-255 FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...STRAUSS
LONG TERM...DRAGHazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 6:48 AM EST, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 648 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-031200- BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-BRISTOL RI-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT- NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT- WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT- 648 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT... ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND ALL OF RHODE OF ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME ICING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.. A STRONG NOREASTER WILL BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AND COASTAL FLOODING TO EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED IN THE INTERIOR FROM THE I-95 CORRIDOR TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON AS WELL AS NORTHERN BRISTOL AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE NEAR THE MASS PIKE SOUTHWARD TO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AND THE REST OF THE SOUTH COAST FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE OUTER CAPE AND ISLANDS. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. A STORM SURGE UP TO 2 FT COMBINED WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND 15 TO 20 FOOT SEAS MAY RESULT IN MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUNDS AND OUTER COASTAL WATERS SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 KTS ARE EXPECTED WITH 15 TO 20 FOOT SEAS ON THE OUTER WATERS EAST AND SOUTH OF NANTUCKET. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE COASTAL WATERS FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 KTS. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SNOWFALL GREATER THAN 2 INCHES...ANY ICE ACCUMULATION AND STRONG WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALSO...ANY REPORTS OF COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE APPRECIATED. KJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:23 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 32 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:11 AM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 46 hr | |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 19 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.