Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 2, 2007, 4:28 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 2, 2007, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2007, 4:28 AM EST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2007, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 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 020928 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 428 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-021730- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.071203T0100Z-071203T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.071203T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 428 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR MORE LIKELY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT...THEN CHANGE PRIMARILY TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MASSACHUSETTS PORTION OF THE WARNING TONIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH QUITE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN MONDAY MORNING. ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME ICING BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE ON MONDAY. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002-MAZ009-011-021730- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.071203T0100Z-071203T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.071203T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...BLANDFORD... SPRINGFIELD 428 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF SNOW...MAY START SPREADING INTO THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND SHOULD NOT AMOUNT TO MORE THAN A DUSTING TO ONE INCH. THE MAIN BULK THE THIS SYSTEMS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHOULD ARRIVE THIS EVENING. INITIALLY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...BUT SLEET WILL QUICKLY MIX IN. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE AT NIGHT...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ005-006-012-021730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.071203T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 428 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. THE MAIN BULK THE THIS SYSTEMS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHOULD ARRIVE THIS EVENING. INITIALLY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...BUT SLEET WILL QUICKLY MIX IN. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH A COATING OF ICE. 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. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 021726 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1226 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-030130- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.071203T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1226 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY FOR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT...THEN CHANGE PRIMARILY TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE CHANGE WILL BE SLOWEST TO OCCUR IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MASSACHUSETTS PORTION OF THE WARNING TONIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH QUITE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING. ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME ICING BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE ON MONDAY. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-006-009-011-012-030130- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.071203T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1226 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST MONDAY FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AREA NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND INTO THE MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY OF MASSACHUSETTS. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW MAY START SPREADING INTO THE ADVISORY AREA FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHOULD ARRIVE THIS EVENING. INITIALLY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...BUT SLEET WILL QUICKLY MIX IN. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE AT NIGHT...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. $$ GAF/EVT
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030142 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 842 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-031000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 842 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WITH MAINLY SNOW IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOVE IN. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR 2 BUT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE COLDER AIR WILL HOLD ON LONGER SO MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 6 INCHES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT SO LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM...LATEST IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS IF ENOUGH FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-006-009-011-012-031000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 842 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...EXCEPT FOR MOSTLY SNOW IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS AS THERE WILL BE MORE FREEZING RAIN. SEVERAL HOURS OF ICING ARE EXPECTED BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD DAYBREAK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN TO PLAIN RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND AROUND MID MORNING IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030149 CCA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 847 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-031030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 847 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WITH MAINLY SNOW IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOVE IN. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR 2 BUT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE COLDER AIR WILL HOLD ON LONGER SO MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 6 INCHES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT SO LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM...LATEST IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS IF ENOUGH FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-006-009-011-012-031030- /O.COR.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 847 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...EXCEPT FOR MOSTLY SNOW IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS AS THERE WILL BE MORE FREEZING RAIN. SEVERAL HOURS OF ICING ARE EXPECTED AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND AROUND MID MORNING IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030310 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1010 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-031115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1010 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MOST LIKELY FREEZING DRIZZLE...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOVE IN. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN 2 TO 4 INCHES BUT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE COLDER AIR WILL HOLD ON LONGER SO MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 6 INCHES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT SO LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM... LATEST IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS IF ENOUGH FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ007-013>022-RIZ001>004-006-007-031115- /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1010 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL FALL AS FREEZING DRIZZLE. THIS WILL MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS VERY SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO OVERNIGHT AS THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET...THEN RAIN. HOWEVER...A COUPLE HOURS OF ICING ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING JUST BEFORE RUSH HOUR. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-006-009-011-012-031115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1010 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO AS THERE WILL BE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SEVERAL HOURS OF ICING ARE EXPECTED AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY... SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND AROUND MID MORNING IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030320 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1020 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-026-NHZ011-012-015-031130- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1020 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... MOST LIKELY FREEZING DRIZZLE...THEN AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOVE IN. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN 2 TO 4 INCHES BUT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE COLDER AIR WILL HOLD ON LONGER SO MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 6 INCHES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT SO LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM... LATEST IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE TRAVEL QUITE TREACHEROUS...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS IF ENOUGH FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ RIZ005-031130- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BRISTOL 1020 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... BUT WILL FALL AS FREEZING DRIZZLE. THIS WILL MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS VERY SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO OVERNIGHT AS THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET...THEN RAIN. HOWEVER...A COUPLE HOURS OF ICING ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING JUST BEFORE RUSH HOUR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-006-009-011-012-031130- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1020 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO AS THERE WILL BE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SEVERAL HOURS OF ICING ARE EXPECTED AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY... SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND AROUND MID MORNING IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>022-RIZ001>004-006-007-031130- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1020 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL FALL AS FREEZING DRIZZLE. THIS WILL MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS VERY SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO OVERNIGHT AS THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET...THEN RAIN. HOWEVER...A COUPLE HOURS OF ICING ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING JUST BEFORE RUSH HOUR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030622 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 MAZ002>004-008-010-031430- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0004.071203T0622Z-071203T1500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. HIGHER PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES COLD...BUT MUCH WARMER AIR IS FLOWING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS. THIS IS RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES. A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW AND PELLETS OF SLEET MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT THIS LOOKS TO BE PRIMARILY A FREEZING RAIN EVENT WITH AROUND A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM...BUT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD LINGER A BIT PAST THAT. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ MAZ019>022-RIZ006-007-030730- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO THE FREEZING MARK AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ MAZ009-011-012-031430- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0004.071203T0622Z-071203T1500Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. HIGHER PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES COLD...BUT MUCH WARMER AIR IS FLOWING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS. THIS IS RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES. A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW AND PELLETS OF SLEET MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT THIS LOOKS TO BE PRIMARILY A FREEZING RAIN EVENT WITH AROUND A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM...BUT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD LINGER A BIT PAST THAT. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ CTZ002>004-031400- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0004.071203T0622Z-071203T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. HIGHER PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES COLD...BUT MUCH WARMER AIR IS FLOWING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS. THIS IS RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES. A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW AND PELLETS OF SLEET MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT THIS LOOKS TO BE PRIMARILY A FREEZING RAIN EVENT WITH AROUND A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR HARTFORD COUNTY AS WELL AS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES. OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE THREE CONNECTICUT COUNTIES...THE ICE ACCRETION WILL BE LESS DUE TO TEMPERATURES APPROACHING FREEZING. THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM...BUT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD LINGER A BIT PAST THAT. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ MAZ005-006-031430- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS A STORM SYSTEM RAPIDLY DEVELOPS NEAR LONG ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HAZARDOUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO...BUT ICE ACCRETIONS COULD MEASURE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY 7 AM OR SO...BUT CONTINUE LIGHTLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...POTENTIALLY CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN. 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. $$ MAZ026-NHZ011-012-015-031430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. AS A STORM SYSTEM RAPIDLY DEVELOPS NEAR LONG ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HAZARDOUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 6 INCHES...AND ICE ACCRETIONS COULD MEASURE UP TO A QUARTER INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY 7 AM OR SO...BUT CONTINUE LIGHTLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...POTENTIALLY CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ007-013>018-RIZ001>005-031300- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 122 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. AS A STORM SYSTEM RAPIDLY DEVELOPS NEAR LONG ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS RHODE ISLAND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO PLAIN RAIN WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BETWEEN 4 AND 7 AM. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 030952 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 MAZ002>004-012-031700- /O.CAN.KBOX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WITH PERHAPS ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTH OF ROUTE 2. ICE ACCRETIONS MAY APPROACH A QUARTER INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ004-031700- /O.CAN.KBOX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071203T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1700Z/ WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL THIS MORNING...WITH TOTAL ICE ACCRETIONS AROUND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AND END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MAZ005-006-026-031700- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1700Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING...THEN TAPER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WITH PERHAPS ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTH OF ROUTE 2. ICE ACCRETIONS MAY APPROACH A TENTH OF AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ015>018-RIZ002>005-031100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1300Z/ SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HOWEVER...SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE EXPECTED DURING RUSH HOUR. $$ CTZ002-003-MAZ008>011-031300- /O.EXT.KBOX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071203T1300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND AND WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHER PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES COLD...BUT MUCH WARMER AIR IS FLOWING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS. THIS IS RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES. BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE AS HEAVY AS WHAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT...BUT ANOTHER 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIGHTEN UP CONSIDERABLY BY MID MORNING BEFORE ENDING LATE MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ NHZ011-012-015-031800- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1900Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ007-013-014-RIZ001-031300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 452 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE GOING OVER TO ALL RAIN BY 8 AM. THIS WILL MAKE UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS QUITE SLICK DURING THE RUSH HOUR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 031346 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 846 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 NHZ011-012-015-031900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1900Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 846 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP SOUTH OF CAPE COD THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES OVER CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. 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...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ004-MAZ002>006-012-026-031700- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1700Z/ WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 846 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP SOUTH OF CAPE COD THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PASSES OVER TO CAPE COD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING... THEN TAPER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WITH PERHAPS ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES NORTH OF ROUTE 2. ICE ACCRETIONS MAY APPROACH A TENTH OF AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 031614 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1114 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 NHZ011-012-015-031900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1900Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1114 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. DRIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SAND OR SALT. $$ CTZ004-MAZ002>006-012-026-031715- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071203T1700Z/ WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 1114 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED BY SAND OR SALT. $$ JWD
000 WWUS41 KBOX 031852 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 152 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 NHZ011-012-015-032000- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1900Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 152 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH. DRIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SAND OR SALT. $$ KJC
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 Dec 2, 4:14 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 4:14 AM EST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
414 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER THE GREAT LAKES TODAY...THEN
WILL PUSH INTO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER
EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...THEN
WILL DEEPEN QUICKLY OVER THE GULF OF MAINE MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE
PUSHING INTO THE MARITIMES TUESDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH
ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. A WEAK LOW WILL PASS SOUTH OF NEW
ENGLAND THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER HIGH FOR FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE REVOLVES AROUND
PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS DURING THIS
TIME FRAME.
A LOOK AT THE EARLY MORNING NORTHEAST/GREAT LAKES RADAR MOSAICS AND
SFC OBS SHOW A BAND OF SNOW ALREADY PRESSING INTO NJ AND CENTRAL
AREAS OF UPSTATE NY. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF WARM
AIR ADVECTION. A SECOND AND MORE POTENT WAVE WILL BE THE MAIN SHOW
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE REDEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. THIS FIRST WAVE OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LIKELY GET
INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...WEST OF THE CT RIVER...THIS MORNING. THE
AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS VERY DRY...SO THIS FIRST BATCH
OF SNOW WILL BE QUITE LIGHT AS EVAPORATION TAKES PLACE AS IT FALLS.
EVEN STILL...COULD SEE A COATING TO LOCALLY AN INCH OF SNOW ALONG AND
WEST OF THE CT RIVER VALLEY TODAY. EAST OF THERE...EXPECT CLOUDY
SKIES AND PERHAPS A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON.
DUE TO THE COLD SFC HIGH IN PLACE AND OVC SKIES STREAMING
OVERHEAD...TEMPS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN IN THE 20S AT MOST
LOCATIONS...TO PERHAPS THE LOWER 30S IN A FEW SPOTS CLOSER TO THE
COAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES STATES
TONIGHT...SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP NEAR THE
JERSEY SHORE THIS LOW WILL THEN UNDERGO RAPID INTENSIFICATION AS IT
MOVES INTO SOUTHERN CT LATE. THE WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST FALLING BETWEEN ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM.
THE PRIMARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS QUITE STRONG OWING TO STRONG UPPER
SUPPORT. THE UPPER LOW WILL BE LOCATED WELL TO OUR NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT...IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THIS WILL ALLOW A
GOOD AMOUNT OF WARM AIR TO FLOW UP AND OVER THE LOW LEVEL COLD
AIRMASS. SO EVEN THOUGH THE SURFACE TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
COLD...THERE WILL BE VARIOUS TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS
SYSTEM.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START OUT AS SNOW EVERYWHERE THIS EVENING
/WHERE IT/S NOT SNOWING ALREADY/. EXPECT THE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE
EAST COAST OF MASS BETWEEN 23Z AND 02Z. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS THE WARM AIR STREAMS
OVERHEAD. THE MIX OF SLEET WILL START OVER CT FIRST...THEN WORK
EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THE PRECIP WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL
SLEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT AT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN OVER SE
MASS AND MOST OF RHODE ISLAND. NORTH AND WEST OF THERE...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY PREVAIL DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. THESE ACCUMS INCLUDE BOS...PVD...AND HFD ALTHOUGH
I COULD SEE PVD AND PERHAPS HFD SEEING THE LOW END OF THE RANGE.
SNOW AND SLEET WILL PREVAIL TO THE NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE THIS
EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMS
WITH AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE PIKE TO THE WEST OF I-95...WITH
TOTALS CLOSER TO 3 TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE MASS/NH BORDER. IN SW
NH...EXPECT SNOW AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 6 INCHES AS A BIT LESS SLEET LOOKS
TO MIX IN. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING GENERALLY
NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND WEST OF I-495. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR THIS REGION FOR THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
TO SEE A FEW HALF INCH GLAZE REPORTS IN THIS AREA. THE WARNING AREA
HAS BEEN BUFFERED TO THE SOUTH WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
LIGHT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN. WITH THE LOW TRAVELING TO THE SOUTH
OF THESE AREAS...IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO DISLODGE THE LOW LEVEL COLD
AIR.
PRESSURE FALLS WITH BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE JUST SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND
LATER TODAY. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG LLJ. WE
HAVE POSTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AS SELY WINDS
COULD GUST QUITE STRONGLY FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
NEW 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT TRACKING SECONDARY LOW
ACROSS THE I95 CORRIDOR...WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY FARTHER NORTH THAN
PREVIOUS RUNS. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARMER MARINE LAYER TO SURGE OFF
THE OCEAN INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN...WHICH INCLUDES THE BOSTON TO
PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. THIS WILL ERODE LOW LEVEL ARCTIC AIR AND
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING FOR PRECIP TYPE TO BE RAIN
MON MORNING ALONG THE COAST...INCLUDING BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE.
FARTHER INLAND...NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK...LOW LEVEL COLD
AIR WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO DISLODGE GIVEN STRONG PRES FALLS /2-3
MB PER HOUR/ OVER CAPE COD-NANTUCKET BACKING SURFACE WINDS TO THE
NORTH. THEREFORE...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE INTERIOR. WELL TO THE NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE
COLD AIR MAY STILL BE DEEP ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW
AND SLEET. THUS...A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THIS AREA.
PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF LATER MON MORNING AS DRY SLOT OVERSPREADS
THE REGION. ALTHOUGH...PRECIP IN THE FORM OF SNOW MAY WRAP BACK INTO
SOUTHERN NH AND NORTHERN MA AS COMMA HEAD BEGINS TO BLOSSOM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG PRES FALLS MENTIONED ABOVE COUPLED WITH
INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET AHEAD OF SECONDARY LOW WILL BRING A PERIOD
OF STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS MON AM TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.
MONDAY NIGHT...
2ND PHASE OF THIS STORM WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG TO
DAMAGING WINDS MON NIGHT...AS COASTAL LOW UNDERGOES EXPLOSIVE
CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE GULF OF ME...WITH MOST OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE
LOWERING PRES TO AROUND 970 MB BY 12Z TUE THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG
COLD AIR ADVECTION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL RESULT IN THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS CAPE COD AND
THE ISLANDS...WHERE WEST WINDS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST MOMENTUM
TRANSFER GIVEN TRAJECTORY OVER RELATIVELY WARM WATERS. MULTIPLE
MODEL CYCLES HAVE NOW BEEN ADVERTISING 50 KT GUST POTENTIAL ACROSS
CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...POSSIBLY INTO NARR BAY /NEWPORT...
JAMESTOWN...ETC/. GFS MOS ALSO PICKING UP ON DAMAGING WIND
POTENTIAL WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 33 KT AT PVC 09Z TUE AND 29 KT AT
ACK
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
ARCTIC COLD RETURNS THIS PERIOD AS CROSS POLAR FLOW BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER THE NORTHEAST...POSSIBLY EASING FRI-SAT.
COULD BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES AROUND TUE AS MID LEVEL TROF
AXIS PIVOTS ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHEST CHANCE WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS
THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PROVIDE
UPSLOPE FLOW COMPONENT. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TUE AS GUSTY WEST
NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE.
ALL MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES CLIPPER TYPE LOW MOVING SOUTH OF THE
REGION WED-WED NGT. HOWEVER...00Z GEFS TRACKS THIS FEATURE VERY
CLOSE TO OUR SOUTH COAST...SUPPORTING A HIGHER CHANCE OF SNOW.
ALTHOUGH...AT THIS FORECAST RANGE WILL PLAY IT CONSERVATIVE AND ONLY
INCLUDE A LOW POP. ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD DRY WEATHER THU/FRI AND SAT
BEHIND DEPARTING WED NGT CLIPPER LOW.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...BUT CIGS
AND VSBYS COULD DROP TO MVFR IN THE CT VALLEY BY NOON AS AN AREA OF
SNOW APPROACHES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETIORATE OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...EVENTUALLY GETTING TO IFR
OR LOWER AROUND OR AFTER 06Z AS A PLETHORA OF HEAVY PRECIP TYPES
ENTERS THE REGION. WIND SHEAR MAY BECOME AN ISSUE OVER SOUTHEAST MASS
AND RI LATE TONIGHT.
MON THROUGH THURSDAY...
MON...IFR IMPROVING TO MVFR LATE. FREEZING RAIN LIKELY EARLY ACROSS
INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MON NIGHT & TUE...VFR WITH WNW WINDS
GUSTING TO NEAR 50 KT OVER CAPE COD AND ISLANDS. TUE NIGHT-
THURSDAY...WINDS BEGIN TO EASE TUE NGT AND WED. VFR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD WITH A LOW PROB OF MVFR WED NGT WITH CLIPPER LOW.
&&
.MARINE...
TRANQUIL CONDITIONS TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PARKS OVER THE WATERS.
HOWEVER...A STORM SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP JUST TO OUR WEST
OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY INCREASING WINDS WELL AFTER
MIDNIGHT. GALES ARE EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM
EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PASSES CLOSE BY.
IN THE LONGER TERM...
SOUTHEAST GALES POSSIBLE EARLY MON...THEN W TO NW GALES LIKELY MON
NGT INTO TUE...WITH A LOW PROB OF STORM FORCE GUSTS. WINDS EASE WED
AS CLIPPER LOW TRACKS S OF NEW ENGLAND. BEHIND THE LOW THU WEST
GALES ARE POSSIBLE.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY FOR MAZ002>004-008-010-026.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY FOR MAZ005-006-009-011-012.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST MONDAY FOR MAZ022>024.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ231>235-237-
250-254-255.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ230-
236.
&&
SYNOPSIS...EKSTER
NEAR TERM...EKSTER
SHORT TERM...EKSTER
LONG TERM...NOCERA
AVIATION...NOCERA/EKSTER
MARINE...NOCERA/EKSTERHazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 9:50 PM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 950 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007 CTZ002-MAZ002>004-008>011-026-NHZ011-012-015-030300- HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 950 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-RIZ008-030300- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 950 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GALE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. CTZ003-004-MAZ005-006-012-014-RIZ001-030300- TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 950 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LATEST INDICATIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SNOW AND SLEET OVERSPREADING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...WHERE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FOR THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR...A FEW HOURS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. THIS MAY YIELD MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FARTHER INLAND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL HOURS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AND LONGEST DURATION OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WHERE A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION LATER MONDAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. EXACT SNOWFALL PROJECTIONS ARE DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WARMER AIR TO INVADE THE REGION IS UNCERTAIN. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR DETAILS ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MAZ007-013-015>024-RIZ002>007-030300- EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 950 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LATEST INDICATIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SNOW AND SLEET OVERSPREADING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...WHERE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FOR THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR...A FEW HOURS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. THIS MAY YIELD MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:41 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:18 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:07 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.