Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

000 
WWUS41 KBOX 041932
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
232 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY 
MORNING...

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-015-051000-
/O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0002.070205T0500Z-070205T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
232 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM EST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 AM EST
MONDAY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE.

ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND ZERO BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS
SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WIND
WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW
ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY
SIMILAR...IF NOT A DEGREE OR TWO COLDER THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THEREFORE...ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED
FOR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY
TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN
DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE
HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. DO NOT
LEAVE ANY SKIN EXPOSED.

$$

FRANK

000 
WWUS41 KBOX 050858
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
358 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-015-051500-
/O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
358 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY.
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING OF ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO COMBINED WITH
WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR WIND CHILL READINGS TO RANGE
FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

READINGS WILL RISE DURING THE DAY...BUT VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE IT FEEL BITTERLY COLD ALL DAY LONG WITH WIND CHILLS
BELOW ZERO...EVEN THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP ONCE
AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS
LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS.
FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX
OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A
HAT AND GLOVES. DO NOT LEAVE ANY SKIN EXPOSED.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
408 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007

...COLD WEATHER TO PREVAIL BUT NO BIG STORMS ON THE HORIZON...

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY COLD AND BLUSTERY
WEATHER. WHILE TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD...ITS QUITE NORMAL TO SEE SHOTS OF VERY COLD AIR THIS
TIME OF YEAR SINCE IT IS EARLY FEBRUARY.

FOLLOWED IN THE DAYSHIFTS FOOTSTEPS AND WENT BELOW MOS GUIDANCE FOR
SHORT TERM TEMPS WITH 850 TEMPS IN THE -20C TO -25C RANGE ADVECTING
INTO THE REGION. MAXES TODAY WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS NWRN ZONES TO
THE LOWER TO MID 20S LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.

MINS TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND ZERO NORTHWEST ZONES WITH BELOW ZERO
READINGS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS
ELSEWHERE. SHOULD SEE THE WINDS REMAIN UP TONIGHT AS GRADIENT WILL
REMAIN TIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOWS NEAR ZERO WILL ALLOW
WIND CHILL READINGS TO DROP TO -15F TO -20F ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MASS OVERNIGHT AND TO AROUND -20F ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE. HAVE THEREFORE HAVE GONE WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR
THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER LOCATIONS
WILL SEE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN -5F AND -12F OR SO.

VERY COLD DAY MONDAY. MOS IS LIKELY TOO HIGH ON MAXES. EXPECT HIGHS
IN THE TEENS. AT THIS TIME...CANNOT RULE OUT HIGHS IN THE SINGLE
NUMBERS FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA. MAY NEED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY EXTENSION AND EXPANSION DURING THE DAY AS WESTERLY LOW
LEVEL JET REALLY PICKS UP...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 45 MPH.

NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. PERHAPS A FEW
FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKS AND SWRN
NH...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS AS SOME OCEAN
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS COULD MATERIALIZE. CHANCE OF FLURRIES ELSEWHERE
FROM TIME TO TIME AS LAPSE RATES WILL BE QUITE STEEP.

AS FOR WIND...HAVE CONTINUED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAPE AND
ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE POTENTIAL
FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 KT WITH GUSTS UPWARD TOWARD 40 KT THIS
MORNING. THESE WINDS SHOULD ABATE BY LATE MORNING...BUT STILL REMAIN
QUITE BLUSTERY.

WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RETURN TO THE
CAPE AND ISLANDS...AS WELL AS A GOOD PORTION OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WESTERLY WINDS ARE PROGGED TO
INCREASE TO AROUND 50 KT AT 5 KFT. WHAT A BITTERLY COLD DAY IT COULD
BE.
&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...

COMING SOON.

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS.
&&

.MARINE...

HAVE CONTINUED GALE WARNING FOR ALL WATERS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
AS GRADIENT REMAINS STRONG. GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KT ARE LIKELY TODAY.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AS COLD SHOT
CONTINUES. GALES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS ON THE OUTER WATERS SHOULD STAY IN THE 10 TO 15 FT
RANGE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

FREEZING SPRAY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC TONIGHT AND
MONDAY AS COLDER AIR ADVECTS OVER THE WATERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY A
LIKELIHOOD TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

LONG TERM MARINE...COMING SOON.
&&

.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST MONDAY
     FOR MAZ002>004-008>012-026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR MAZ022>024.

NH...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST MONDAY
     FOR NHZ011-015.

RI...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR RIZ008.

MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ANZ231>235-237-
     250-254-255.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ230-236.

&&

SHORT TERM...EKSTER
LONG TERM...EVT
AVIATION...EKSTER
MARINE...EVT/EKSTER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
611 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-
RIZ001>008-041200-
BARNSTABLE-BLOCK ISLAND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-BOSTON HARBOR-BRISTOL-
BUZZARDS BAY-CAPE COD BAY-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY-CHESHIRE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT
40 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NANTUCKET MA TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO BLOCK
ISLAND RI TO MONTAUK NY SOUTHEAST TO 20NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-DUKES-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN HAMPDEN-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-EASTERN KENT-EASTERN NORFOLK-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH-HARTFORD-NANTUCKET-NANTUCKET SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
NEWPORT-NORTHERN BRISTOL-NORTHERN WORCESTER-
NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE-SOUTHERN BRISTOL-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-SUFFOLK-TOLLAND-VINEYARD SOUND-
WASHINGTON-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-WESTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN HAMPDEN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-WESTERN KENT-
WESTERN NORFOLK-WESTERN PLYMOUTH-WINDHAM-
611 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIND ADVISORIES ARE POSTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON
SUNDAY ACROSS CAPE COD...BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

GALE WARNINGS ARE POSTED FOR ALL OPEN WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AS ARCTIC AIR MOVING OVER THE OPEN OCEAN WILL RESULT IN
WESTERLY GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS.

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT MAY
PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...PARTICULARLY
ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.  A COATING
OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS WILL INVADE THE REGION ON SUNDAY.  WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY
AND TUESDAY MORNING.  A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED
TO HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL.

WESTERLY GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF THE WEEK
OVER THE OPEN WATERS...AS ARCTIC AIR RESULTS IN EXCELLENT MIXING.
IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL
RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY MARINER
PLANNING TRAVEL THIS UPCOMING WEEK.  THERE MAY ALSO BE AREAS OF
ARCTIC SEA SMOKE.  A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO
ADDRESS THIS CONCERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...WE REQUEST
ANY MEASUREMENTS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH
ALONG WITH ANY DAMAGE. WE ALSO REQUEST ANY REPORTS LATE TONIGHT OF
LOCALLY HEAVY BRIEF SNOW SQUALLS THAT DROP A HALF INCH OF SNOW IN
LESS THAN A HALF HOUR.

FRANK