Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2008, 4:55 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 31, 2008, 4:54 AM EST. It was in force for 20 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 30, 2008, 4:55 PM EST (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2008, 4:54 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 302155 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED NEW YEARS EVE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-310600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0015.081231T1100Z-081231T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1100Z-081231T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY 6 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HILLS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WORCESTER COUNTY AS WELL AS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ005>007-013>021-026-RIZ001>007-310600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0015.081231T1300Z-090101T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1300Z-090101T0100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND BY 8 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BY THE END OF THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHEAST TO THE BOURNE AND SAGAMORE BRIDGES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS AND NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND HILLS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ022-310600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0015.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES CAPE COD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS CAPE COD BY 10 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ RIZ008-310600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0015.081231T1300Z-090101T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLOCK ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY 8 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET IN CONSISTENCY AND TOTAL 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS ADVISORY MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF THE STORM TRACK TURNS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ023-310600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0015.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINEYARD HAVEN 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES MARTHAS VINEYARD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY 10 AM. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET IN CONSISTENCY AND TOTAL 3 TO 5 INCHES. HOWEVER THIS ADVISORY MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF THE STORM TRACK TURNS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ NHZ011-012-015-310600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1100Z-090101T0000Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY 6 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. VISIBILITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER AS WELL AS HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ024-310600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 455 PM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY 10 AM. SNOW MAY BE WET IN CONSISTENCY AND COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TOTAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. HOWEVER THIS ADVISORY COULD STILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF THE STORM TRACK TURNS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. IN ADDITION PERSISTENT OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS COULD BRING SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ STRAUSS
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 310618 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-311030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1100Z-081231T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS... UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HILLS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WORCESTER COUNTY AS WELL AS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ005>007-013>021-026-RIZ001>007-311030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1300Z-090101T0100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WARNING COVERS THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY AND NEWPORT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA INTO NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WHERE THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ACROSS CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM. THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING FOR THIS AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW YIELDING NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ022-311030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES CAPE COD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS CAPE COD BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING FOR THIS AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ NHZ011-012-015-311030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1100Z-090101T0000Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. VISIBILITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER AS WELL AS HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-311030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 118 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET IN CONSISTENCY AS RAIN MIXES IN OCCASIONALLY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS ADVISORY MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF THE STORM TRACK TURNS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS MAY GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS NANTUCKET. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ACROSS NANTUCKET DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING FOR THIS AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 310954 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... NHZ011-012-015-311800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1100Z-090101T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1100Z-090101T0000Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH THUNDER SNOW POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES DEPENDING EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW BANDS SET UP. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-311800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1100Z-081231T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS... UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH THUNDER SNOW POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ005>007-013>021-026-RIZ001>007-311800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1300Z-090101T0100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY AND NEWPORT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLY THUNDER SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA INTO NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW BANDS SET UP. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. FOR A TIME EARLY THIS EVENING...NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ022-311800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES CAPE COD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS CAPE COD BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL WILL LIKELY YIELD NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-311800- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.081231T1500Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 454 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET IN CONSISTENCY AS RAIN MIXES IN OCCASIONALLY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 311808 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL UNDERWAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-312300- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081231T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON... PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ NHZ011-012-015-010000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0000Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ005>007-013>021-026-RIZ001>007-010100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT FOR BLOCK ISLAND. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. VISIBILITY WILL LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILES AT TIMES THROUGH 4 PM. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED UNLESS NECESSARY. UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ022-010215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CAPE COD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS MAY PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD...MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS...THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL WILL LIKELY YIELD NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-010215- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 108 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WETTER IN CONSISTENCY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ BELK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 312110 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-010515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081231T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WC.Y.0003.090101T0000Z-090101T1300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS WEST OF WORCESTER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WELL AS ISOLATED OTHER LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NHZ011-012-015-010515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WC.Y.0003.090101T0000Z-090101T1300Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WELL AS ISOLATED OTHER LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MAZ005-006-026-RIZ001-010515- /O.NEW.KBOX.WC.Y.0003.090101T0000Z-090101T1300Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING AND ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS OUTSIDE OF ROUTE 128 AS WELL AS NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS MOVED OFFSHORE. MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM NEAR AND WEST OF THE I 95 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WELL AS ISOLATED OTHER LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ002>007-010100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0100Z/ 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-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...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INSIDE OF ROUTE 128...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT FOR BLOCK ISLAND AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS MOVED OFFSHORE. MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW AROUND 5 PM NEAR THE I 95 CORRIDOR. THE MODERATE SNOW WILL EXIT THE SCITUATE...BRIDGEWATER AND FALL RIVER AREAS AROUND 6 PM...THEN TRACK EAST OF PLYMOUTH AND ROCHESTER TOWARDS 7 PM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WELL AS ISOLATED OTHER LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ022-010515- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CAPE COD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CAPE COD THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS MAY PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD...MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS...THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL WILL LIKELY YIELD NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-010515- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 410 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WETTER IN CONSISTENCY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. ON BLOCK ISLAND...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ON NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ RLG/NMB
000 WWUS41 KBOX 312322 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... MAZ005-006-026-RIZ001-010730- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0100Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0003.090101T0000Z-090101T1300Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS OUTSIDE OF ROUTE 128 AS WELL AS NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THROUGH 8 PM IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION IN A FEW LOCATIONS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. ALONG HILLTOPS WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF 20 BELOW. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ002>007-010030- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS INCLUDES SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...THE NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS...AND EASTERN AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95...THROUGH 8 PM ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION IN A FEW LOCATIONS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ALONG THE COASTLINE OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO LATE THIS EVENING...AND 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. $$ RIZ008-010030- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THIS INCLUDES BLOCK ISLAND. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER EARLY THIS EVENING ON BLOCK ISLAND BEFORE COMING TO AN END. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES TO AROUND ZERO TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR MITTENS OR GLOVES BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. $$ MAZ022-010600- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CAPE COD. LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER CAPE COD THIS EVENING. OCEAN EFFECT SNOW BANDS MAY PERSIST ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD...MAINLY EAST OF HYANNIS...THROUGH 1 AM AND COULD PROVIDE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO THE 5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVERNIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ023-024-010600- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-NHZ011-012-015-010730- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0003.090101T0000Z-090101T1300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 622 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MASSACHUSETTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 495. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES...HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF 20 BELOW. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 11:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 9 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:45 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 38 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:45 PM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.