Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007

Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 2, 20075 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -126 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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/EKSTER
Hazardous 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 4:28 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex and 4 more32 hr
Dec 2, 4:41 AM ESTWind AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket24 hr
Dec 2, 4:18 PM ESTHigh Wind WatchBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket12 hr
Dec 2, 6:07 PM ESTMarine Weather StatementBOX36 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.