Alert archive / Massachusetts / Gale Watches in 2008
Gale Watch 20, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Dec 17, 2008, 4:04 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2008, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2008, 4:24 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Dec 17, 3:51 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:51 PM EST, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 12:17 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1217 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ011-012-015- RIZ001>008-181730- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1217 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE I95 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD WIND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW SHOULD FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EVENING DISRUPTING TRAVEL. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY ALONG THE COAST. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS PROBABLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. CONSENSUS FAVORS A COASTAL HUGGER WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A SNOW TO RAIN SCENARIO ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW INTERIOR. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON THE COAST WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING POSSIBLE FOR CAPE COD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-181730- 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- 1217 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF A SOUTHWEST GALE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WATERS AROUND NANTUCKET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH PROBABILITY FOR A NORTHEAST GALE ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ON MONDAY THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR STORM FORCE WESTERLY GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ007-015-016-019-022-024-181730- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 1217 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ACROSS NANTUCKET THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN COASTAL SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SLEET OR RAIN IN THE EVENING FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD WIND EARLY SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BUT THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE THAT SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AND A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 12:13 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1213 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-172200- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1213 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... LOW PRESSURE NEAR CAPE COD CANAL AT MIDDAY WAS BEGINNING TO DRAIN COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD AS WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BECOME NORTHERLY. THIS IS RESULTING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF ROUTE 128 AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. IN CONNECTICUT THESE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE FROM THE GREATER HARTFORD AREA EASTWARD TO THE RHODE ISLAND BORDER. THIS AREA OF COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF PROVIDENCE THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON. WITH WARM AIR ALOFT AND COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAKE ON THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND PROBABLY INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY ON ANY UNTREATED SURFACES SUCH AS SECONDARY ROADWAYS...OVERPASSES... BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS. NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 24 hr |
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Sources
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