Alert archive / New Hampshire / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008

Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 6, 2008Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 4:53 AM EST for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 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
Feb 6, 2008, 4:53 AM EST (09:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2008, 3:44 AM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS41 KBOX 060953
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
453 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...

NHZ011-012-015-061800-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.080206T1100Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0005.080206T1100Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
453 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

AN ICE STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AS HEAVY RAINFALL
OVERSPREADS THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH ONE HALF INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH
POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE
OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN POSSIBLY
TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SLEET...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS
EVENING AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE TONIGHT. BY THE TIME THE SNOW
ENDS THURSDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING...WITH ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH...IN ADDITION TO
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES BY HAVING BATTERIES AND FLASH LIGHTS ON HAND. TRAVEL WILL BE 
SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY
UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-061800-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.080206T1100Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T1100Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
453 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

COLDER AIR SEEPING SOUTH INTO THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING WILL
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. 
THIS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD POSSIBLY TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SLEET THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST
TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY
CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY
DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005-008>012-061800-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER
453 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS
WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

COLDER AIR SEEPING SOUTH INTO THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY THIS EVENING. 
THIS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD POSSIBLY TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SLEET LATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.  ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS.  WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$

BELK
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS41 KBOX 061512
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1012 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ICE CHANGING TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

NHZ011-012-015-061900-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
1012 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAIN WILL DIMINISH TO DRIZZLE OR END DURING MIDDAY THEN REDEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION 
WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SLEET BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THE SLEET WILL EVEN CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW FOR A TIME ACROSS NORTHERN
CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.

THE SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITY 
OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING LIGHTER
PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION.

EVENTUALLY...THE SLEET SNOW COMBINATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY...POSSIBLY FALLING AT AN INCH AN HOUR 
DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW.  

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW OR MID 20S ALL DAY THURSDAY WITH 
INTERMITTENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY.

TOTAL GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS THIS
EVENING WITH AN INCH OR 2 OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATES THURSDAY MORNING. THICKEST GLAZE
SHOULD OCCUR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED LOCATIONS.
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PARTS OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES FROM GOFFSTOWN TO 
DEERING...MARLOW AND WALPOLE WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
SHOULD HAVE ACCUMULATED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

ISOLATED STORM TOTALS NEARING 10 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE BY THE END
OF THURSDAY...SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH AND NORTHERN CHESHIRE
COUNTY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING...WITH ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH...IN ADDITION TO SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO PREPARE
FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
BY HAVING BATTERIES AND FLASH LIGHTS ON HAND. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT
BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED
OR UNTREATED SURFACES.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-061900-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T2100Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
1012 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

THIS PART OF THE ADVISORY STATEMENT IS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX
COUNTY...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN WILL DIMINISH TO DRIZZLE DURING MIDDAY THEN REDEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOULD BECOME FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM IN
NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MAY NOT OCCUR
UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM. 

SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR BEFORE THE
FREEZING RAIN CHANGES TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND THEN TO SNOW BETWEEN
4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 7 AM THURSDAY SHOULD BE 1 TO 
4 INCHES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS
THURSDAY...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN IN THE
MID TO UPPER 20S. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST
TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY
CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY
DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005-008>012-061900-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER
1012 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AS
WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

RAIN WILL DIMINISH TO DRIZZLE DURING MIDDAY THEN REDEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.  

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY
GLAZING MUCH OF THE AREA WITH ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE BEFORE CHANGING
TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND TO SNOW BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM. ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES FROM GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE GLAZE...UP TO 1 INCH OF SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE
DURING THE NIGHT. INTERMITTENT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY THURSDAY. 

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.

$$


DRAG
000 
WWUS41 KBOX 061856
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
156 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ICE CHANGING TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

NHZ011-012-015-062200-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
156 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL BECOME STEADY RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
AFTER 430 PM.

PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SLEET BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THERE
IS A CHANCE THAT THE SLEET WILL EVEN CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW FOR A TIME
ACROSS NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.

THE SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITY 
OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING LIGHTER
PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION.

EVENTUALLY...THE SLEET SNOW COMBINATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY...POSSIBLY FALLING AT AN INCH AN
HOUR DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW OR MID 20S ALL DAY THURSDAY
WITH INTERMITTENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE
DAY.

TOTAL GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS THIS
EVENING WITH AN INCH OR 2 OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATES THURSDAY MORNING. THICKEST
GLAZE SHOULD OCCUR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED
LOCATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PARTS OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES FROM
GOFFSTOWN TO DEERING...MARLOW AND WALPOLE WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
COMBINED SLEET SNOW SHOULD HAVE ACCUMULATED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING...WITH ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH...IN ADDITION TO SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO PREPARE
FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
BY HAVING BATTERIES AND FLASH LIGHTS ON HAND. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT
BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED
OR UNTREATED SURFACES.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-062200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T2100Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
156 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THIS PART OF THE ADVISORY STATEMENT IS FOR FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX
COUNTY...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS.

AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL BECOME A STEADY RAIN VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
RAIN SHOULD THEN BECOME FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM IN
NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MAY NOT OCCUR
UNTIL ABOUT 8 PM.

SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR BEFORE
THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGES TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND THEN TO
SNOW BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 7 AM THURSDAY SHOULD BE 1 TO 3
INCHES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY...WITH
SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN IN
THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005-008>012-062200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER
156 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL BECOME A STEADY RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...
POSSIBLY GLAZING MUCH OF THE AREA WITH ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE
BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND TO SNOW BETWEEN
4 AM AND 7 AM. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE GLAZE...UP TO 1 INCH OF SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE
DURING THE NIGHT. INTERMITTENT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY THURSDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.  ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS.  WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBOX 062051
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ICE CHANGING TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
RESULTING IN A VERY SLOW AND HAZARDOUS THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...

NHZ011-012-015-070500-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF
HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTY. 

AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL BECOME STEADY RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
NEAR OR JUST AFTER 6 PM.

PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SLEET SOMETIME BETWEEN 7 PM AND
10 PM. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE SLEET WILL EVEN CHANGE TO HEAVY
SNOW FOR A TIME ACROSS NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.

THE SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITY 
OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING LIGHTER
PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION.

EVENTUALLY...THE SLEET SNOW COMBINATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY...POSSIBLY FALLING AT AN INCH AN
HOUR DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S ALL DAY THURSDAY WITH INTERMITTENT
AND GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY.

TOTAL GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS THIS
EVENING WITH AN INCH OR 2 OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATES THURSDAY MORNING. THICKEST
GLAZE SHOULD OCCUR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED
LOCATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT BUT NOT LIKELY.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PARTS OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES FROM GOFFSTOWN TO
DEERING...MARLOW AND WALPOLE WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF COMBINED SLEET
SNOW SHOULD HAVE ACCUMULATED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICING...IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. NOW WOULD BE THE
APPROPRIATE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BY HAVING BATTERIES AND FLASH LIGHTS ON
HAND. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND
QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES.

$$

MAZ006-007-014-070500-
/O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080207T0300Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR ESSEX COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTY ALONG
AND INSIDE OF ROUTE 128 TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

TRAVEL JUST NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BOSTON IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY
SLIPPERY AND SLOW FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 

RAIN TONIGHT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 10
PM AND MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY GLAZING MUCH OF THE AREA WITH ONE QUARTER
INCH OF ICE BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND TO SNOW
BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE GLAZE...UP TO 1 INCH OF SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE
DURING THE NIGHT IN NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
MERRIMACK RIVER. 

INTERMITTENT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY
WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY THURSDAY.

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>004-070500-
/O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080207T0600Z-080207T1500Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF
HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM.

RAIN TONIGHT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT... POSSIBLY GLAZING MUCH OF THE AREA WITH ONE QUARTER INCH
OF ICE BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET BY 4 AM AND TO SNOW BETWEEN 5 AM AND
7 AM.

TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING 
COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY HIGHER TERRAIN BOTH TO THE EAST AND WEST OF
HARTFORD AND ALONG INTERSTATE 84.  

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE EITHER FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES OR GLAZE TAKING
DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING DAYLIGHT
HOURS THURSDAY WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED MIDDAY THURSDAY AS PRECIPITATION
TENDS TO QUIT.

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.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-070500-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080207T0100Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

THIS PART OF THE ADVISORY STATEMENT IS FOR FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX
COUNTY...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN THIS EVENING SHOULD BECOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR OR JUST 8 PM.

SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR BEFORE
THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGES TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND THEN TO
SNOW BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THURSDAY.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 7 AM THURSDAY SHOULD BE 1 TO
3 INCHES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY
WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN IN
THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005-008>012-070500-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.080207T0300Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER
351 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN TONIGHT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS
EVENING... POSSIBLY GLAZING MUCH OF THE AREA WITH ONE QUARTER INCH OF
ICE BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET DURING THE NIGHT AND TO SNOW BETWEEN 4 AM
AND 7 AM. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE GLAZE...1/2 TO AT MOST 1 INCH OF SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE
DURING THE NIGHT. INTERMITTENT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE DAYLIGHT
HOURS THURSDAY WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY THURSDAY.

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.

$$
DRAG
000 
WWUS41 KBOX 070621
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
121 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

NHZ011-012-015-071200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
121 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS WARNING IS FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES.

AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BETWEEN 1
AND 4 AM. MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT TIME THROUGH
DAYBREAK. SNOW COULD FALL AT RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THE
EARLY PART OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. THIS COULD MAKE THIS MORNING
COMMUTE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY...OR SLOWLY FALL...IN THE 20S 
TODAY. AN INTERMITTENT...GENERALLY LIGHT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER
THROUGH TODAY.

TOTAL GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS...WITH
UP TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE LATER THIS MORNING. THE THICKEST
GLAZE SHOULD OCCUR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATED
LOCATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT LIKELY.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PARTS OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES FROM
GOFFSTOWN TO DEERING...MARLOW AND WALPOLE WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
COMBINED SLEET SNOW SHOULD HAVE ACCUMULATED BY SUNRISE TODAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS
THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING...IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.
NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BY HAVING
BATTERIES AND FLASH LIGHTS ON HAND. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST
ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-071200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
121 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY...NORTHERN
WORCESTER COUNTY AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 
1 AND 3 AM. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW BETWEEN 4 AM AND 
7 AM.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 7 AM SHOULD BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TODAY...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION.

TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY
STEADY...OR SLOWLY FALL...INTO THE UPPER 20S.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005>012-014-071200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE
121 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 2
AND 5 AM. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH INCH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 7 AM SHOULD BE UP TO 2 INCHES AT
MOST.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TODAY...WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY TODAY.

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>004-071200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC
121 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF
HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 4 AND 7 AM.
SOME GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH INCH IS POSSIBLE BY 7 AM.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THIS MORNING AFTER
DAYBREAK...WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED MIDDAY TODAY AS THE
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.  ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS.  WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED
TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBOX 070844
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
344 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

NHZ011-012-015-071500-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
344 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING CHESHIRE AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION
TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO ARRIVE FROM THE
NORTH. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE WELL
TO THE SOUTH HAS PAST. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF
AN INCH OF ICE.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TODAY...WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

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.

$$

MAZ002>004-026-071500-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER
344 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR FAR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY...NORTHERN
WORCESTER COUNTY AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS.

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION
TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO ARRIVE FROM THE
NORTH. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE WELL
TO THE SOUTH HAS PAST. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF
AN INCH OF ICE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TODAY...WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST
TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY
CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY
DEVELOP.

$$

MAZ005>012-014-071500-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE
344 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 AM. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH INCH IS POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

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>004-071500-
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC
344 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF
HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM.

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 4 AND
7 AM. SOME GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH INCH IS POSSIBLE BY 7 AM AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 750 FT.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THIS MORNING AFTER
DAYBREAK...WITH A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW LIKELY.

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

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 Feb 6, 4:37 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:37 AM EST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
437 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE WAVES WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
INTO THE REGION LATER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT LOW
PRESSURE AREA MOVES OUR WAY FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS NEXT
SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BRING A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION AS WELL.
RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING/...
REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING A WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENT IN STORE FOR
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING
THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES AT 4 AM WARM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
RAIN WITH POCKETS OF SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN NH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...
EXPECTING THINGS TO CHANGE LATER THIS MORNING TO BE MAINLY A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN NH...AS COLDER LOW LEVEL AIR
OOZES SOUTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY/...
CONFIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT ISSUING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
AND WARNINGS THIS MORNING. EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN NY...TO TRANSITION TO
SIGNIFICANT SNOW LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THUS THE WINTER STORM
WARNING.

FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MA...EXPECTING
COLDER AIR TAKE LONGER TO ARRIVE AND HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO BE
ACROSS SOUTHERN NH. THIS COULD CHANGE...AND WILL HAVE TO BE
MONITORED. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY IS FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF
FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT.

ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MA...INTO CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOR
THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL AS WELL. ELSEWHERE...EXPECTING A QUICKER
TRANSITION TO SNOW AS WILL BE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE MODELS TO MINIMIZE THE TIMING AND
LOCATION ERRORS OF THE COLD FRONT. DID NOTICE THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FROM THE MODEL CONSENSUS LOOKS TO BE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH
THAN OBSERVED IN THE RADAR MOSAICS. WILL NEED TO SEE IF THIS FILLS IN
LATER ON THIS MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
THURSDAY MORNING AND THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE LIKELY
TAPERED OFF BEFORE SUNRISE. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS HANGING AROUND MOST ZONES. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH
HOUR MAY BE QUITE SLIPPERY IN MOST AREAS DUE TO THE LIGHT SNOWFALL
AND THE FREEZING OF STANDING WATER/SLUSH.

ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL APPROACH LATER THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP A SURFACE REFLECTION CLOSE TO THE COAST WHICH
IN TANDEM WITH THE UPPER SUPPORT SHOULD INDUCE A REEMERGENCE OF
LIGHT PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA.
THE 00Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF SHOW THIS QUITE WELL...WITH A TENTH OR TWO
OF QPF FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. WENT AHEAD WITH 40-ISH POPS FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT TO COVER THIS POSSIBILITY. WOULD HAVE GONE HIGHER CHANCE OR
LOW LIKELY IF THE MID LEVELS WEREN/T MODELED TO BE SO DRY. THIS MAY
VERY WELL HINDER PRECIP PRODUCTION AND THEREFORE FALL SHORT OF WHAT
THE MODEL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING. WITH THE MID LEVEL DRYING IN
PLACE...IT MAY BE TOUGH TO GENERATE SNOWFLAKES. THEREFORE WENT WITH
A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO VERY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. IF WE CAN MOISTEN THE MID LEVELS UP MORE THAN WHAT GUIDANCE
IS SUGGESTING...THEN AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL WOULD BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER RI AND EASTERN MASS.

THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...AND WILL AFFECT THE CWA
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A GFS/ECMWF COMPROMISE WAS ACCEPTED
WHICH MEANS A LIGHT TO MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT. WITH NO
UPSTREAM BLOCKING IN PLACE...WE CAN/T REALLY SEE THE MORE ROBUST 00Z
GGEM VERIFYING. FOR NOW...WE WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR SNOW/SLEET
WITH PERHAPS A FEW INCHES POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO RAIN AS THE
BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS...BUT THIS WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICK A SECONDARY
LOW CAN CLOSE OFF...AND WHERE.

COLD SHOT ARRIVES ON GUSTY WINDS BEHIND SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...THEN MODERATES. NO BIG SYSTEMS ARE FORESEEN FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR COASTAL DEVELOPMENT MIDWEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /09Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CHAOTIC AVIATION CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...RANGING FROM VFR
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IFR IN AREAS OF FOG. EXPECTING CONDITIONS TO
LOWER TO IFR AND LIFR ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY THIS
AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION ARRIVES FROM WEST TO EAST. COULD SEE A
BRIEF RESPITE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO IMPROVE
FORECAST CONDITIONS ABOVE MVFR. A WINTRY MIX ARRIVES LATER TONIGHT
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LIKELY TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF KLWM-KORH-KBDL.

OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

IMPROVING CONDITIONS FORESEEN AS THE DAY WEARS ON THURSDAY...WITH
IFR TO START AND MVFR TO FINISH. MVFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WEAK COASTAL LOW
HANGING AROUND. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO
EARLY SATURDAY. CONDITIONS COME BACK DOWN TO MVFR THEN IFR SATURDAY
IN MIXED PRECIP.

&&

.MARINE...
EXPECTING WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COASTAL WATERS.
LEFT THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALONE FOR NOW...BUT WILL NEED TO
RECONSIDER AN EXTENSION INTO TONIGHT SOON.

OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCA SEAS TO CONTINUE THURSDAY WITH SOME MARGINAL SCA WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH THURS NIGHT. SOME SCA GUSTS
POSSIBLE FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF LOW PRESSURE. SOUTHERLY SCA WINDS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY IN ADVANCE OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE. STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
RESULTING IN GALES ON ALL WATERS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THINK MAX PRECIPITATION WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES /WATER
EQUIVALENT/ ACROSS THE INTERIOR...WHICH WILL FALL SHORT OF FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE NUMBERS. IN ADDITION...PART OF THE INTERIOR WILL SEE
THIS FALL WITH TEMPS NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG WITH SOME
SLEET/SNOW WED EVENING...WHICH WILL LIMIT RUNOFF.

WE ARE MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE NUISANCE FLOODING. HOWEVER...IF HEAVIER RAINFALL APPROACHES
3 INCHES...RIVER FLOODING WOULD BECOME MORE LIKELY. AS SUCH...WILL
HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES FOR THE MOMENT...AND LET NEXT SHIFT
REEVALUATE.

&&

.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
     THURSDAY FOR MAZ005-008>012.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
     MAZ002>004-026.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NHZ011-012-
     015.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR ANZ232>235-237.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ANZ254-
     255.

&&

SYNOPSIS...EKSTER
NEAR TERM...BELK
SHORT TERM...BELK
LONG TERM...EKSTER
AVIATION...BELK/EKSTER
MARINE...BELK/EKSTER
HYDROLOGY...BELK
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 9:53 PM EST, 7 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

MAZ002>004-026-NHZ011-012-015-070300-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   DENSE FOG ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME SNOW OR SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.  ITS TOO EARLY TO SAY MUCH MORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ002>004-MAZ005>014-017>022-RIZ001>008-070300-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY AND RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   DENSE FOG ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY MAY RESULT IN
SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF A FEW SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.

THE RAIN LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF SLEET FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS AWAY
FROM THE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
TOWARD MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH CLOSER TO
THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MAZ015-016-023-024-070300-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY...NANTUCKET AND
MARTHAS VINEYARD.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...COULD MAKE FOR TRAVEL DELAYS
OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY MAY RESULT IN
SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF A FEW SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.

THE RAIN LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF SLEET FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS AWAY
FROM THE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
TOWARD MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH CLOSER TO
THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ230>235-237-250-254-255-070300-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-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-
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND
COASTAL WATERS...EXCEPT NARRAGANSETT BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT
TRAVEL OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG GALES ARE BECOMING LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IN
VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME
AN ISSUE AS WELL LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS MOVE OVER THE OCEAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ236-070300-
NARRAGANSETT BAY-
953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   DENSE FOG ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG GALES ARE BECOMING LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IN
VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME
AN ISSUE AS WELL LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS MOVE OVER THE OCEAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

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