Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2008, 4:59 AM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; 6 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 12, 2008, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2008, 4:59 AM EST (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:45 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Antrim, NH | 0.50 INCH ICING. |
| Feb 13, 4:45 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Bennington, NH | 0.50 INCH ICING. |
| Feb 13, 4:45 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Hillsborough, NH | 0.50 INCH ICING. |
| Feb 13, 4:45 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Jaffrey, NH | 0.50 INCH ICING. |
| Feb 13, 4:45 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Peterborough, NH | 0.50 INCH ICING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 120959 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND ICE... .A WARM FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO LIFT NORTH BUT BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR CAPE COD WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAZ009-011-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080212T2100Z-080213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED DUE TO WINTRY PRECIPITATION. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE EXPECTED. 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. $$ MAZ002>004-008-010-026-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080212T2100Z-080213T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL IMPACT THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL GLAZE AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ005-006-012-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080212T2300Z-080213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... MILFORD...WORCESTER 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK AND NASHOBA VALLEYS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY... ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL GLAZE AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. 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. $$ NHZ011-012-015-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080213T0000Z-080213T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002-003-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080212T2100Z-080213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ004-121800- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.080212T2300Z-080213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T1400Z/ WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR WINDHAM COUNTY CONNECTICUT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AS SNOW CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ENDING THE THREAT OF ICING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-121800- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T1400Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 459 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM PROVIDENCE TO BOSTON AND GLOUCESTER...AS WELL AS MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE END OF THE EVENING RUSH HOUR...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MIDNIGHT. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BETWEEN 5AM AND 9AM...FIRST ACROSS NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH SHORE LOCATIONS...THEN INTO BOSTON AND GLOUCESTER BETWEEN 6AM AND 9AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 INCHES JUST NORTH AND WEST OF BOSTON. A LIGHT GLAZE CAN BE ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. 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
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 121614 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1114 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND ICE... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-130015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1114 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-130015- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1114 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST TOWARD MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD HAVE CHANGED TO RAIN BY 6 OR 7 AM ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME POCKETS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WHERE FREEZING RAIN MIGHT BE FALLING. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 2 TO 5 INCHES INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 121951 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-130400- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 430 AND 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 630 PM AND 8 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-130400- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.080212T2200Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 630 AND 8 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST TOWARD MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD HAVE CHANGED TO RAIN BY 6 OR 7 AM ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR AND IT MAY BE FALLING QUITE HEAVILY. HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME POCKETS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WHERE FREEZING RAIN MIGHT BE FALLING. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...SNOW WILL GENERALLY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. 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. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 130246 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 946 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-131100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 946 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FIRST IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BY 3 AM...AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY 5 AM. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WILL ALSO BE APPRECIABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE SNOW WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 495. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-131100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 946 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF EAST COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST. BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...SNOW WILL GENERALLY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES. A LIGHT GLAZE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...HOWEVER POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY THROUGH 8 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. 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. $$ KJC
000 WWUS41 KBOX 130307 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1007 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-131115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1007 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FIRST IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BY 3 AM...AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY 5 AM. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WILL ALSO BE APPRECIABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE SNOW WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 495. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ MAZ020>022-RIZ006-007-130900- /O.EXB.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1007 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS CAPE COD. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. A LIGHT GLAZE ON TOP OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. 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-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-131115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1007 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF EAST COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST. BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...SNOW WILL GENERALLY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES. A LIGHT GLAZE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...HOWEVER POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY THROUGH 8 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. 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. $$ KJC
000 WWUS41 KBOX 130314 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-131115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FIRST IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BY 3 AM...AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY 5 AM. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WILL ALSO BE APPRECIABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE SNOW WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 495. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ RIZ005-130900- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T0900Z/ BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BRISTOL 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES BRISTOL COUNTY RHODE ISLAND. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. A LIGHT GLAZE ON TOP OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-131115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF EAST COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST. BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...SNOW WILL GENERALLY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES. A LIGHT GLAZE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...HOWEVER POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY THROUGH 8 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. 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. $$ MAZ020>022-RIZ006-007-130900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS CAPE COD. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. A LIGHT GLAZE ON TOP OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ KJC
000 WWUS41 KBOX 130923 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MIDDAY WITH ICE... MAZ020>022-RIZ005>007-131030- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 423 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO ALL RAIN ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CTZ002-131500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS 423 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN BETWEEN 6AM AND 10AM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. SIGNIFICANT GLAZE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. AVOID TRAVEL IF NECESSARY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A CONCERN. $$ MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-131800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 423 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. SOME LINGERING POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-131400- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 423 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF EAST COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM FROM THE COAST TO THE INTERIOR AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A CONCERN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 131349 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 849 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MIDDAY WITH ICE... CTZ003-004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-131500- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1400Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 849 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN HAS SWITCHED OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING. A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN THE HILLIER TERRAIN OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT MAY REMAIN JUST BELOW FREEZING FOR THE NEXT THIRTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR. $$ CTZ002-131500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS 849 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. SIGNIFICANT GLAZE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. AVOID TRAVEL IF NECESSARY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A CONCERN. $$ MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-132100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 849 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW AND SLEET HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. SOME LINGERING POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 131450 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 950 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MIDDAY WITH ICE... MAZ005-006-NHZ012-131600- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA 950 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EASTERN INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SWITCHING OVER TO RAIN IN THE NEXT THIRTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. $$ CTZ002-131600- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS 950 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SWITCHING OVER TO RAIN IN THE NEXT THIRTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. $$ MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-015-132100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 950 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS INTERIOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SOME LINGERING POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 131645 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1145 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT FAR NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ICE... MAZ003-004-008>012-026-NHZ015-131745- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1145 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING. NO MORE FROZEN/FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...CONTINUING HEAVY RAIN WILL SOAK SNOW AND MELT ICE QUICKLY. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME FALLING ICE AND BREAKING OF TREE BRANCHES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ MAZ002-NHZ011-132100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080213T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE 1145 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN POCKETS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING IN SOME LOCATIONS. A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE MAJORITY OF THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 132053 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 353 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 NHZ015-140000- /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080214T0000Z/ WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 353 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION... BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS CURRENTLY WERE ABOVE FREEZING AND HAD PLAIN RAIN...OTHER AREAS WERE STILL SITTING AROUND 32 DEGREES PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THESE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ MAZ002-NHZ011-140000- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080214T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE 353 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION... BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS WERE ABOVE FREEZING AND HAD PLAIN RAIN...OTHER AREAS WERE STILL SITTING AROUND 32 DEGREES PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THESE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ NHZ012-140100- /O.NEW.KBOX.ZR.Y.0002.080213T2053Z-080214T0100Z/ EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 353 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY COOL A TAD TO NEAR THE FREEZING POINT NI SOME LOCATIONS. THIS MAY RESULT IN A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 140027 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 727 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 MAZ002-NHZ011-015-140130- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080214T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 727 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER..TEMPERATURES FALLING TO FREEZING OR BELOW COMBINED A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION LATER THIS EVENING MAY CAUSE ICY STRETCHES OF PAVEMENT DURING THE NIGHT. $$ NHZ012-140130- /O.CAN.KBOX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080214T0100Z/ EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 727 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. HOWEVER..TEMPERATURES FALLING TO FREEZING OR BELOW COMBINED A PERIOD OF SCATTERED MIXED PRECIPITATION NEAR MIDNIGHT MAY CAUSE STRETCHES OF ICY PAVEMENT DURING THE NIGHT IN THE MANCHESTER NASHUA REGION. $$ DRAG
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 12, 4:18 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 4:18 AM EST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
418 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL MOVE OUT TO SEA THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE FROM TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND
PASS NEAR CAPE COD LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION
THIS EVENING WITH MOST AREAS CHANGING TO RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN
SWING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SATURDAY AND EARLY
SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING MORE
SNOW AND RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 5 AM THIS MORNING/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING THROUGH SUNRISE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /5 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
CLEAR SKIES WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO CLOUDS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
UP THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. AHEAD OF IT... SCATTERED
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
ACROSS WESTERN MA AND NORTHEASTERN CT.
WINTER STORM WATCH BEING POSTED FROM NORTHERN CT INTO WESTERN...CENTRAL
AND INTERIOR NE MA TO SW NH.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO ICY MIX SCENARIO EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
INTERIOR. POTENTIAL FOR AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN SW NH
BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET FREEZING RAIN...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES FARTHER S
WITH BORDERLINE 0.5 INCH ICING AFTER THAT. NORTHERN CT INTO SOUTHERN
WORCESTER COUNTY AND INTERIOR NE MA IS THE BUFFER ZONE...WHERE WE
EXPECT SOLID ADVISORY CRITERIA /0.25 INCH ICING AFTER 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW/...BUT THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF REACHING WARNING
CRITERIA ICING THERE AS WELL IF LOW LEVEL COLD HANGS TOUGH. AT VERY
LEAST...HARTFORD/SPRINGFIELD AREA MAY EXPERIENCE A TOUGH EVENING
COMMUTE TUE AS SNOW BEGINS TO FALL.
12Z GFS LEANED ON HEAVILY AND HAS SUPPORT OF OTHER MODELS INCLUDING
UKMET AND 00Z ECMWF...AS WELL AS 15Z SREFS.
SNOW ON FRONT END OF SYSTEM MOVES IN LATE TUE AFTERNOON TO CT VALLEY
AND TUE EVENING ELSEWHERE. BEST DENDRITIC GROWTH IS LOCATED NORTH OF
MASS PIKE...AND STRONG FRONTOGENESIS/NEGATIVE EPV ON NOSE OF STRONG
850 MB JET COULD BRING BURST OF 1 INCH/HR SNOWS TO SW NH AROUND
MIDNIGHT TUE NIGHT...PERHAPS NE MA AS WELL. ELSEWHERE MAX LIFT IS
CENTERED IN RELATIVELY WARMER AIR...BUT IS GOOD FOR A FEW INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION AT START.
SHOULD BE A QUICK TRANSITION TO ICE ACROSS NORTHERN CT...SOUTHERN
WORCESTER COUNTY AND NE MA AS MID LEVEL WARMTH SURGES IN TUE NIGHT.
CLOSER TO COAST...FAIRLY QUICK CHANGE TO RAIN WILL TAKE PLACE BY
DAYBREAK TUE... WITH RAIN PROBABLY REACHING PROVIDENCE TO BOSTON
CORRIDOR 7 AM WED. TUE MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE ICY FROM HARTFORD TO
WORCESTER AND LOWELL..WITH SNOW/ICE MIX FARTHER NW INTO SW NH.
THIS IS ALSO A JUICY SYSTEM WITH ENSEMBLE MEAN PAINTING OVER 1 INCH
OF LIQUID QPF...HIGHEST NEAR S COAST. WE COULD SEE URBAN/POOR
DRAINAGE ISSUES FROM PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON TO CAPE COD WED.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NANTUCKET SOUND WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH
LINGERING PRECIP...MOSTLY RAIN...DURING THE START OF THE NIGHT. ALL
THIS SHOULD END AS THE UPPER TROF SWINGS THROUGH AND SHIFTS WIND FLOW
TO WESTERLY. THAT WILL ALLOW WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR TO MOVE
IN FOR THURSDAY.
LOW PRESSURE RACING THROUGH THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY FRIDAY WILL SWING
A COLD FRONT THROUGH NEW ENGLAND DURING HTE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS
MAY BE GOOD FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...FOLLOWED BY STIFF WINDS
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THOSE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION...850 MB TEMPS DROP FROM NEAR 0C
FRIDAY MORNING TO -14C SATURDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...GIVING US A SHORT BREATHER BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. THEN
THE NEXT ONE APPROACHES ON SUNDAY. COLD AIR IN PLACE MAY BE ENOUGH TO
BRING AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW. HOWEVER...THERE CONTINUES TO BE NO
SIGN OF A BLOCKING MECHANISM TO KEEP THAT COLD AIR IN PLACE. SO WE
EXPECT A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN FOR MONDAY AS MILD AIR MOVES IN. IF COLD AIR
REMAINS TRAPPED IN THE INTERIOR THEN THIS COULD DEVELOP INTO AN ICING
EVENT WITH REFRIDGERATED AIR AT THE GROUND AND MILD AIR FLOWING OVER
THE TOP.
THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT WITH THE
SUPPORTING UPPER TROF LINGERING OVERHEAD WE SHOULD HAVE LINGERING
CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AT ALL TERMINALS. CIGS AND VSBY
LOWERING TO MVFR WEST OF KAFN-KORH-KBDL TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN LIGHT
SNOW.
TUE NIGHT INTO WED...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS IN
WINTRY PRECIPITATION. SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE AFTER A THUMP OF
SNOW AT BDL-ORH-MHT.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
MVFR AND IFR LINGER IN THE EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT WITH A TREND
TO VFR ALL LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING. VFR THURSDAY AND MUCH OF
FRIDAY. SCATTERED IFR IN SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...FOLLOWED BY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30
KNOTS FRIDAY NIGHT. VFR WITH DIMINISHING WIND SATURDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON
FIRST ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS AND THEN DIMINISHING ACROSS THE OUTER
WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
IN FROM THE WEST.
LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE ON THE OPEN WATERS
THROUGH TONIGHT.
TUESDAY...FAIRLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE
AREA. LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED WITH
SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE SOUTH COAST
WILL BE MOST LIKELY AFFECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING.
TUE NIGHT...WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP TO SCA LEVELS ON MOST
WATERS BY LATE AT NIGHT AS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH.
WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LOW PRES WILL LIKELY TRACK NEAR THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WITH AT LEAST SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
NORTHWEST GALES WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
FOLLOWING THE COASTAL LOW...WITH WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS LATE FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS EXPECTED AT OR NEAR GALE FORCE FOLLOWING THE
FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS THEN SUBSIDE SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CTZ004.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR CTZ002-003.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR MAZ005-006-012.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MAZ002>004-008-010-026.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR MAZ009-011.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
ANZ250-254-255.
&&
SYNOPSIS...WTB
NEAR TERM...RLG
SHORT TERM...RLG
LONG TERM...WTB
AVIATION...WTB/RLG/JWD
MARINE...WTB/RLG/JWDHazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 4:45 AM EST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 445 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-130945- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 445 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .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 WARNING. A DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING MORE SNOW AND ICE AND POSSIBLY HEADLINES FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-130945- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 445 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW LATE TODAY WILL CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICING AWAY FROM THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. CTZ002>004-MAZ007-013>019-RIZ001>004-130945- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 445 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER 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 WEATHER ADVISORY. MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING MORE SNOW AND ICE AND POSSIBLY HEADLINES FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-130945- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM- 445 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SOUTH GALES ARE POSSIBLE AROUND AND SEAWARD OF NANTUCKET WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST GALES ARE POSSIBLE ON MOST OF THE WATERS ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST GALES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON MOST OF THE WATERS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:59 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 28 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:13 AM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 30 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.