Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2008, 3:07 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2008, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2008, 2:09 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
All 22 counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 6:17 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Oak Bluffs, MA | MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:17 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | West Tisbury, MA | MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:25 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mattapoisett, MA | LARGE PINE TREE DOWN ON POINT STREET...DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:34 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Sandwich, MA | LARGE LIMB DOWN AND WIRES DOWN ON PIMLICO POND ROAD AT SHORE DRIVE...DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Kingston, MA | POWER LINE DOWN ON CAR ON SHORE STREET...DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Marion, MA | LARGE LIMB DOWN ON WASHBURN AVENUE...DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Narragansett, RI | LARGE TREE DOWN ON SEA BREEZE DRIVE...DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 7:06 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | MANY POWER AND PHONE WIRES DOWN...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:09 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | WIRES DOWN ON JOHN ALDEN ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. |
| Dec 19, 7:14 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wareham, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON CHURCH STREET...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Tisbury, MA | WIRES DOWN ON BERNARD CIRCLE...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:21 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mattapoisett, MA | WIRES DOWN ON MARION ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:26 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Barnstable, MA | OAK TREE DOWN BLOCKING BARNSTABLE ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Bourne, MA | WIRES DOWN AND A TREE FIRE ON TOM ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:32 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Acushnet, MA | TREE DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:32 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mattapoisett, MA | WIRES DOWN ON PROSPECT STREET. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:33 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Rochester, MA | WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | North Kingstown, RI | WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | LARGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wareham, MA | LARGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:38 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Acushnet, MA | *** 1 FATAL *** TREE FELL DOWN AND HIT A PERSON...CAUSING FATALITY...ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 19, 7:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Tiverton, RI | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON CRANDALL ROAD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Acushnet, MA | WIRES DOWN ON OAK STREET. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:54 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Marion, MA | WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 6 NEAR CAR DEALERSHIP. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 7:54 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Rochester, MA | WIRES DOWN ON A TRUCK. PERSON STILL INSIDE. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Sandwich, MA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 8:06 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Harwich, MA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 9:01 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Acushnet, MA | WIRES DOWN ON PERRY HILL RD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 9:11 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | WIRES DOWN ON COLONY BEACH RD. AND HALIFAX RD. IN MANOMET SECTION. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH. |
| Dec 19, 9:29 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Brewster, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING DRIVEWAY. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH. |
| Dec 19, 9:32 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Westport, MA | WIRES DOWN ONTO A TREE ON OLD COUNTY RD. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 9:42 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | New Bedford, MA | TREE DOWN ON ROCKLAND STREET. DUE TO SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 9:48 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON BOURNE RD. WIRES DOWN ON CHAPEL HILL. DUE TO SNOW AND WIND GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH. |
| Dec 19, 9:53 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mattapoisett, MA | LARGE TREE ON WIRES ON ROUTE 6 IN MATTAPOISETT NECK. DUE TO SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 10:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | New Bedford, MA | WIRES DOWN. DUE TO SNOW AND WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 19, 10:25 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mansfield, MA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 10:33 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wareham, MA | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN ONSET. LARGE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. |
| Dec 19, 10:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Plymouth, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON STATE DPW VEHICLE ON PLYMPTON ROAD. DUE TO SNOW AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. |
| Dec 19, 10:52 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Lincoln, RI | TRANSFORMER FIRE... DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 182007 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 307 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND PERHAPS INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-190415- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0013.081219T1300Z-081220T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 307 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE ONSET. THUS TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ROADS DURING THE FRIDAY LATE DAY/EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT....ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...YIELDING VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND PERHAPS EVEN CAPE COD...RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS WOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THERE. THIS SNOWSTORM IS STILL ABOUT 24 HOURS AWAY...SO SOME OF THE DETAILS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE REFINED...SUCH AS THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE SNOW AND THE RAIN SNOW LINE ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. IF THE SYSTEM TRACKS A LITTLE FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FORECASTED...SNOW WILL ARRIVE A FEW HOURS SOONER. NEVERTHELESS...AT THIS TIME...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WE EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. 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. $$ NOCERA
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 190304 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1004 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND PERHAPS INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-191115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1004 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THUS TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ROADS DURING THE FRIDAY LATE DAY/EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT....ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...YIELDING VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND PERHAPS EVEN CAPE COD...RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THERE. THIS SNOWSTORM IS STILL ABOUT 18 HOURS AWAY...SO SOME OF THE DETAILS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE REFINED...SUCH AS THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE SNOW AND THE RAIN SNOW LINE ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. IF THE SYSTEM TRACKS A LITTLE FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FORECASTED...SNOW WILL ARRIVE A FEW HOURS SOONER. NEVERTHELESS...AT THIS TIME...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WE EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 190921 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 421 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-191730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 421 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I 91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SOON AFTER ONSET. THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT....ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PLYMOUTH AND COASTAL ESSEX COUNTIES VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-191730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 421 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER...GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE HEAVY A WET FOR A TIME. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME WHERE IT/S SNOWING HARD...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER CAPE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 191044 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 544 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-191845- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 544 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I 91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SOON AFTER ONSET. THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PLYMOUTH AND COASTAL ESSEX COUNTIES VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-191845- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.081219T1500Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 544 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER...GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AND WET FOR A TIME. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WHERE IT/S SNOWING HARD...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER CAPE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 191526 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-192330- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS IT APPEARS THAT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON. IT WILL THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM...AND FINALLY INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK INDICATE THAT WITHIN AN HOUR OF SNOW BEGINNING TO FALL...IT QUICKLY BECOMES HEAVY WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR TRENDS HERE SO ONCE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...AND RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PLYMOUTH AND COASTAL ESSEX COUNTIES VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-192330- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1026 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM...ALTHOUGH IT WILL START BY NOON ON BLOCK ISLAND. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK INDICATE THAT WITHIN AN HOUR OF SNOW BEGINNING TO FALL...IT QUICKLY BECOMES HEAVY WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR TRENDS HERE SO ONCE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...AND RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER...GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AND WET FOR A TIME. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WHERE IT/S SNOWING HARD...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER CAPE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 191811 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 111 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR VERY TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-200215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH 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- 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...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 111 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY OVER SPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. WE EXPECT THE SNOW TO REACH SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM. THE SNOW SHOULD THEN OVER SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 145 PM AND 230 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL VERY QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PLYMOUTH AND COASTAL ESSEX COUNTIES VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-200215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 111 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 145 AND 230 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL VERY QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY TREACHEROUS. INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER...GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AND WET FOR A TIME. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WHERE IT/S SNOWING HARD...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER CAPE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 192150 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR VERY TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-200600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0014.081221T1100Z-081222T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 450 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...BEFORE SNOW POSSIBLY CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. HEAVY SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ001>007-200600- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 450 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. HEAVY SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-200600- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 450 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. HEAVY SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE CAPE AND ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ROADS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY TREACHEROUS. INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER... GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AND WET FOR A TIME. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WHERE IT/S SNOWING HARD...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER CAPE. AGAIN...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200018 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 718 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY DURING THIS EVENING... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-200830- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0014.081221T1100Z-081222T0300Z/ 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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 718 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...BEFORE SNOW POSSIBLY CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. AT 700 THIS EVENING...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAD PUSHED PAST THE I 91 CORRIDOR. THIS BACK EDGE IS EXPECTED TO REACH WORCESTER AND PROVIDENCE AROUND 730 PM...AND EAST COASTAL MA BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. UNTIL THEN...ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS... INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AFTERWORDS...ACROSS THE INTERIOR THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS. A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN IN SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND DUE TO THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ001>007-200800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 718 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. AT 700 THIS EVENING...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THIS BACK EDGE IS EXPECTED TO REACH WORCESTER AND PROVIDENCE AROUND 730 PM...AND EAST COASTAL MA BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. UNTIL THEN...ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS... INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AFTERWORDS...ACROSS THE INTERIOR THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS. A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN IN SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND DUE TO THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-200800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 718 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. AT 700 THIS EVENING...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. THIS BACK EDGE IS EXPECTED TO REACH CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. UNTIL THEN...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. INCREASING NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DRAW IN WARMER AIR THIS EVENING. IT MAY GET WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ON NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOME. HOWEVER...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF LESS MIXING OCCURS. IT WILL BE COLDER ON CAPE COD...THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER... GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE HEAVY...WET NATURE OF THE SNOW MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ NMB
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200304 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1004 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWS CONFINED TO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS OVERNIGHT... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-201115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0014.081221T1100Z-081222T0300Z/ 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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1004 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT 10 PM...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. THIS BACK EDGE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 11 PM...EXCEPT AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. FARTHER WEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND LIGHTER SNOWS WERE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY AN INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ALSO ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...BEFORE SNOW POSSIBLY CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE SUNDAY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ001>007-200800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1004 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT 10 PM...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. THIS BACK EDGE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 11 PM...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO EASE TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-200800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1004 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. AT 10 PM...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND MOVING RAPIDLY EAST. THIS BACK EDGE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO EASE TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT AT BEST. ONLY VENTURE OUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200709 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 209 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM LIKELY TO OCCUR SUNDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-201515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0014.081221T1100Z-081222T0300Z/ 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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 209 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. FRIDAY/S SNOWSTORM HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...LEAVING BEHIND A GENERAL 5 TO 11 INCH SNOWFALL. SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PERHAPS RHODE ISLAND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ALSO ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH COVERS ALL OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE... BEFORE SNOW POSSIBLY CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>024-RIZ001>008-200815- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081220T0800Z/ 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-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 209 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FRIDAY/S SNOWSTORM HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...LEAVING BEHIND A GENERAL 5 TO 11 INCH SNOWFALL. SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PERHAPS RHODE ISLAND. $$
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 18, 1:32 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 1:32 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
132 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
LAST QUIET DRY DAY FOR A WHILE AS SEASONABLY COLD HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO
NEW ENGLAND TODAY. A SNOWSTORM IS IN THE OFFING FRIDAY AS LOW PRES PASSES
SOUTH OF CAPE COD DURING THE EVENING. AREAS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS STRONG COLD HIGH PRES IN SOUTHEAST CANADA
SETS UP A STRENGTHENING COASTAL FRONT. RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRES HUGGING
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST SUNDAY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BUT THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO RAIN. BLUSTERY COLD
AIR FOLLOWS MONDAY INTO EARLY TUE. DRY HIGH PRES PASSING SOUTH OF NEW
ENGLAND DOMINATES LATER TUES WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM LIKELY TO DEVELOP
TOWARD NEW ENGLAND NEXT WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY...AND
WILL OFFER FAIR WEATHER WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. TEMPS LOOK TO RUN
RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. THICKER STRATOCU ACROSS THE INTERIOR SHOULD
GRADUALLY THIN OUT THIS MORNING. MIGHT BE A SLIGHT GUSTINESS TO THE
WINDS THIS MORNING...BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO BUILD.
&&
.SHORT TERM /7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/...
***POTENTIALLY HIGH-IMPACT SNOWSTORM FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT***
MOSTLY CLEAR TO START TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CLOUDS AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSES AS WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT INCREASES. DON/T THINK
THERE WILL BE ANY PRECIP OVERNIGHT...JUST CALM AND COLD...BASICALLY
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
THINGS REALLY GET CRANKING ON FRIDAY AS SFC LOW PRESSURE DRIVEN BY AN
ANOMALOUSLY STRONG SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
MODELS/ENSEMBLES HAVE REALLY COME INTO REALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
THIS SYSTEM. THERE ARE STILL SOME KINKS TO WORK OUT HERE AND
THERE...BUT BARRING ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DATA DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY...IT APPEARS THAT JUST ABOUT ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND IS IN STORE FOR A 6-12 INCH SNOWSTORM.
IN MANY WAYS...THIS STORM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STORM WE HAD DEC
13TH 2007...BASICALLY A SIGNIFICANT DUMP OF SNOW IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME DRIVEN BY A STRONG FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STRONG
ISENTROPIC LIFT THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN. TIMING EVEN SEEMS SIMILAR IN
THIS CASE AS WELL. THAT/S THE STORM THAT SEVERELY SNARLED LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC DUE TO THE RAPID ONSET OF
HEAVY SNOW. AT THIS TIME...FRIDAY/S STORM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR...WITH
SNOW ARRIVING LATE MORNING OR MORE LIKELY EARLY AFTERNOON FROM WEST
TO EAST AND PROBABLY BECOMING HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER ONSET. THIS
STORM MAY HAVE A BIT BETTER DENDRITIC GROWTH THAN THE DEC 13 2007
STORM...BUT THIS ONE ISN/T QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE IN THE FRONTOGENESIS
FIELDS.
NEARLY EVERY PIECE OF GUIDANCE WE/VE LOOKED AT...INCLUDING
OPERATIONAL MODELS...THE SREFS AND GFS ENSEMBLE SUGGEST A GENERAL
STRIPE OF 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES OF QPF ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH.
THE SOUTH TREND IN THE MODELS THAT STARTED Y/DAY HAS PRETTY MUCH
ENDED...EVEN THE OFTENTIMES UNDER PERFORMING NAM HAS COME BACK NORTH.
WE/LL LIKELY SEE A LOW TRACK PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BENCHMARK.
HOWEVER...THERE/S STILL SOME WIGGLE ROOM HERE IN TERMS OF TRACK SINCE
WE/RE STILL 30-36 HOURS AWAY. CHANGES IN TRACK WOULD LIKELY ALTER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
MULTI-MODEL/ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A SWATH OF 6-12 INCHES OF
SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.
THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST TOTALS MAY VERY WELL BE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE
MASS PIKE BASED ON LOW TRACK. HOWEVER...WE/VE SEEN BEFORE HOW SNOW
GROWTH AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING CAN END UP FURTHER NORTH THAT
PROGGED...INCLUDING BETTER SNOW RATIOS. THEREFORE...WE THINK NORTHERN
ZONES STAND A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE AT SEEING JUST AS MUCH SNOW AS
SOUTHERN ZONES...JUST AS LONG AS LOW TRACK DOESN/T DEVIATE MUCH FROM
WHERE CURRENTLY PROGGED.
TIMING ON HEAVY SNOW ONSET WILL BE A MAJOR KEY TO THE IMPACT OF THE
PUBLIC...AND WE WILL REFINE THIS OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
HOWEVER...WE/RE PRETTY CERTAIN AT THIS TIME THAT IT WILL BE
SNOWING...PROBABLY HEAVILY...BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY.
ONLY PRECIP TYPE ISSUES WILL POTENTIALLY ON THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME
SLEET AND RAIN MAY CUT DOWN ACCUMULATIONS. WIND WILL ALSO BECOME A
FACTOR THERE LATE FRIDAY AS WELL.
KEPT THE WINTER STORM WATCH UP SINCE WE/RE STILL A GOOD 30 HOURS FROM
STORM ONSET. FORECAST CHANGES ARE STILL VERY POSSIBLE.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
***ANOTHER SNOW STORM SUNDAY? WITH BLOWING/DRIFTING AND STRONG WIND A
PROBLEM SUN NIGHT AND MON***
FRIDAY NIGHT... THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PROBABLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE
INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...CONTINUED NE FLOW AND
OCEAN ENHANCEMENT COMBINED WITH FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE LIFT OF THE
COLD MARINE FLOW SHOULD ADD A FLUFFY HALF A FOOT OR SO TO PARTS OF
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE NIGHT...PARTICULARLY ESSEX PLYMOUTH
AND POSSIBLY BRISTOL COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT BRIEF WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE CAPE
AND ISLANDS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST AND POSSIBLY
ESSEX COUNTY THIS SAYS NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR AN HOUR OR 2.
GFS MODEL GUIDANCE SEEMS TO HAVE A SEPARATE NNE FLOW BL JETLET ALONG
THE NH COAST COAST INTO NE MASS. IF THIS IS TRUE...THIS COULD BE THE
MOST HAZARDOUS REGION TO BE FROM 7PM TO MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY...
HIGH PRES IN SOUTHEAST CANADA WITH EASTERLY MARINE FLOW SETTING UP IN
THE COASTAL WATERS OVERRUNNING VERY COLD CONTINENTAL NORTHERLY FLOW
IN NEW ENGLAND AND SHOULD SET UP BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ALONG
THE COAST. WARM ADVECTION BEGINS SAT NIGHT FOR A MORE GENERAL SNOW OUTBREAK
BY SUN MORNING.
DEEPENING FGEN ADIRONDACKS TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AS DEVELOPING
SHALLOW COASTAL FRONT AND ALSO WEAK WAA ABOVE THE BL FORCED A RAISING
OF THE POPS. SREF CONCURS. ITS COMPLEX.
1-4 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY SAT AND SAT NIGHT COASTAL MASS AND EVEN PARTS
OF THE INTERIOR WILL PICK UP AT LEAST AN INCH OF POWDER.
MAX TEMPS AVG 15 TO 18 DEGS BELOW NORMAL.
SUNDAY...
00Z/18 GFS OP RUN WAS AN OUTLIER WITHIN THE 00Z/18 GFS ENS AND BLENDING
WITH 00Z/18 NAM TO START THE DAY AND THEN THE UK/GGEM/ECMWF LATER IN THE
DAY.
STRONG SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR TO OVERRUN COASTAL PLAIN WARMS.
HAVE SET THE EXTREMES OF LOW 50S CAPE COD AND NO MIXING TRAPPED COLD
MONADNOCK VALLEYS.
TREMENDOUS TEMP FLUXES IN THE BL. RESULTS IN A BIG WIND SIGNAL AND
THIS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR DAYS BY THE GFS GUST ALG. FOR NOW AM
EXPECTING 40 TO 50 GUSTS SOME SOMETIME SUN NIGHT OR MONDAY. LOOKS TO
ME LIKE A WIND ADVISORY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN OUR CWA SOMETIME SUN
NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING IN STG CAA. POSSIBLE WIND DAMAGE CAPE COD-ACK
AREA ON WSW WINDS. BUFKIT WIND GUST GUIDANCE SUPPORTS THE GFS GUST
ALGORITHM.
SNOWFALL FCST 12Z SUN THROUGH 12Z MON IS LESS THAN 2 INCHES COASTAL
PLAIN...AT LEAST PARTIALLY WASHED AWAY BY SHOWERS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES RANGING TO BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES MONADNOCK REGION.
DEPENDS HOW FAST THE COASTAL INTENSIFIES TO BECOME THE DOMINANT LOW
PRES CENTER AND DEVELOP AN 850 LOW AS WELL.
HARD FREEZE AFTER...DEVELOPS SUN NIGHT. CUT GFS MAV MOS GUIDANCE.
MAY NOT HAVE TEMPS COLD ENOUGH. SLUSH FREEZES COAST AND
BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY RIDGES AND
EXPOSED TERRAIN. WIND CHILL ZERO TO 10 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING.
THIS SUNDAY SYSTEM STILL BEARS WATCHING FOR EVEN SHARPER CHANGES. IT
WILL BE A DIFFICULT STORM TO ACCURATELY HANDLE ALL THE DETAILS
INCLUDING THE VERY FAST CHANGES.
QPF SUNDAY..00Z/18 GFS ENS SHOWS 0.6 TOP 1.0 STARTING AS SNOW BUT
CHANGING PHASE DURING MIDDAY. NO BIG WRAPAROUND SNOW FORESEEN EXCEPT
LOW PROBABILITY IN S NH?
MONDAY...BLUSTERY AND VERY COLD. SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERCUT GFS MAV MOS
GUIDANCE AGAIN... AGAIN PER 2M TEMPS OF THE EC AND GFS. W WIND GUSTS
35-40 KTS. MAX TEMPS ABOUT 15F BELOW NORMAL
TUESDAY...QUIETS DOWN AS HIGH PRES PASSES OFF THE MID ATLC COAST.
LITTLE CHANGE TO YDYS KBOX 4PM FORECAST DAYTIME TEMPS.
WEDNESDAY...LITTLE CHANGE TO YDYS 4 PM KBOX FCST TEMPS. ADDED POPS
AND QPF. COMPLEX EVOLUTION AS A SECONDARY TRIES TO DEVELOP OVER SNE.
MULTI PTYPE.
THURSDAY...LOOKS BLUSTERY AND VERY COLD THOUGH THERE IS SOME SORT OF
QPF SIGNAL SO UNCERTAINTY ON A CLEAN CANADIAN DRILL OF DRY COLD AIR.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TONIGHT...
VFR CONDITIONS WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS.
FRIDAY...
VFR TO START BUT SNOW QUICKLY OVERSPREADING THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST. SNOW IN IFR CONDITIONS ARRIVE AT BDL/BAF BETWEEN 15-18Z. FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE TERMINALS 18Z TO 20Z IFR AND SNOW WILL ARRIVE.
A PERIOD OF LIFR-VLIFR EXPECTED 18-00Z AT PVD/HYA/ACK AND POSSIBLY
NORTH TO BOS.
FRIDAY NIGHT...
VSBYS AND CIGS WILL LIKELY IMPROVE AFTER 00Z-06Z AT BDL/BAF AND MHT.
HOWEVER...IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT BOS/PVD/HYA AND
ACK. IN ADDITION...STRONG NE WINDS AT THESE 4 TERMINALS ARE EXPECTED
FRI NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT
CONDITIONS FOR GROUND OPERATIONS WITH LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
SATURDAY...
MVFR/VFR CIGS AT BDL/BAF/ORH AND MHT. HOWEVER...LOTS OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE REMAINS TRAPPED AT BOS/PVD/HYA AND ACK YIELDING IFR
CEILINGS. WINDS WILLD DIMINISH AT BOS AND PVD...ALTHOUGH G30 KT
THROUGH THE MORNING AT HYA AND ACK...THEN DIMINISHING DURING SAT
AFTN.
OUTLOOK...SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SUNDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN SNOW THAT PROBABLY
WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST. STRONG WINDS AGAIN ALONG THE
COAST. LLWS CAPE COD LIKELY WHERE GUSTS 45-50 KT EXPECTED AT NIGHT.
MONDAY...EXPECT CONDITION TO IMPROVE TO VFR. W GUST 35-40 KTS LIKELY.
&&
.MARINE...
TODAY...LEFTOVER 5 TO 7 FT SEAS ON THE OUTER WATERS WILL SUBSIDE
TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. RELATIVELY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS
TONIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD.
FRIDAY...LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND PASSES
CLOSE TO THE 40/70 BENCHMARK EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. EASTERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO GALE DURING THE AFTERNOON ALL WATERS. VSBYS WILL
RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
FRIDAY NIGHT...GALE EARLY DIMINISHES LATE.
SATURDAY... SCA.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING GALES
AND ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH SEAS. MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE
GUSTS SUN NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY CAPE COD NANTUCKET
EAST.
&&
.CLIMATE...
CORRECTED BOSTON ERRONEOUS .01 FOR 12/15. THE WEB F6 WILL BE
CORRECTED SOON. THE CLI DATA POSTED 101 AM IS CORRECT.
SAT THE 20TH MAX DAYTIME TEMPS PROJECT 15 TO 20 BELOW NORMAL I95
NORTHWESTWARD
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR MAZ002>024-026.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR RIZ001>008.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY FOR
ANZ230>237-250-254-255.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DRAG/EKSTER
NEAR TERM...EKSTER
SHORT TERM...EKSTER
LONG TERM...DRAG/FRANK
AVIATION...DRAG/NOCERA - UPDATED 132 PM
MARINE...DRAG/EKSTER
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 5:43 AM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 543 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-191045- 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET 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- 543 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. SUNDAY...ANOTHER RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM HUGGING THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL BRING RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW...SOME OF IT BRIEFLY HEAVY IN THE MORNING WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO RAIN COAST AND MIXED PRECIPITATION INLAND. WINTER STORM AND WINTER ADVISORIES ARE ANTICIPATED. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MAY PROMPT WIND ADVISORY ISSUANCE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF DAMAGING WIND ON CAPE COD SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES BRIEFLY IN THE 40S OR LOWER 50S ALONG THE COAST SUNDAY COMBINED WITH RAIN AND MELTING SNOW MAY CAUSE URBAN POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING NEAR SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS ALONG THE COASTS. SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT WILL PROMPT HARD FREEZING OF ANY SLUSH. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DISTANT INTERIOR WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION ELEMENTS DO NOT ACT A LID ON THE PREVIOUS NEW SNOWPACK. WIND CHILL OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW IS FORECAST FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FRIDAY AND PROBABLY SUNDAY. ANZ230-191045- BOSTON HARBOR- 543 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH PROBABILITY FOR AN EASTERLY GALE ON SUNDAY AND A WESTERLY GALE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ231>237-250-254-255-191045- 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- 543 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. A SECOND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MODERATE TO HIGH PROBABILITY FOR AM EASTERLY GALE ON SUNDAY...WITH A LOW PROBABILITY FOR STORM FORCE WIND WESTERLY GUSTS SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:24 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 51 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.