Alert archive / New Hampshire / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 4:39 AM EST for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; Franklin County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 26, 2008, 12:12 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 8 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 26, 2008, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2008, 12:12 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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 26, 8:56 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Keene, NH | LARGE TREE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR GILSUM ROAD. ALSO POWER OUTAGES ON ROUTE 9 AND ASH BROOK |
| Feb 26, 8:57 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Richmond, NH | TREES DOWN ON WIRES |
| Feb 26, 9:51 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Alstead, NH | TREES DOWN ON WIRES. POWER OUTAGES ON MECHANIC STREET. |
| Feb 26, 10:39 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Bennington, NH | TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR ROUTES 31 AND 202 |
| Feb 26, 10:41 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hancock, NH | WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 137 |
| Feb 26, 10:41 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hinsdale, NH | TREES DOWN ON WIRES. WIRES DOWN AND BURNING ON MEETING HOUSE ROAD AND ON ROUTE 63. |
| Feb 26, 11:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Swanzey, NH | TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR A HOUSE ON RUSS WAY |
| Feb 26, 11:24 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Chesterfield, NH | MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN. TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON WESTMORELAND ROAD IN SPOFFORD SECTION |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 260939 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ009-261045- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.A.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLANDFORD 439 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. A QUICK INCH OR 2 OF WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE HIGH TERRAIN WEST OF SPRINGFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. BLANDFORD AND TOLLAND LOOK PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL DURING MID AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN LATE IN THE DAY WITH POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IF THE STORM PRODUCING THE PRECIPITATION TRACKS FURTHER SOUTHEAST THAN EXPECTED...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COULD BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NHZ011-015-261745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0500Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 439 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION. INCLUDED ARE CHESHIRE COUNTY AND THE WEST TWO THIRDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD. SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING MIDDAY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS CENTERED AROUND 6 PM. SINCE THE SNOW WILL FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS... THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON DC THIS EVENING AND THEN TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION WITH MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY VALLEYS ONLY AROUND 3 OR 4 INCHES OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION. MEANWHILE SPOTTY AMOUNTS NEAR 8 OR 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MARLOW AND STODDARD LOOK PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE FOR 8 INCH AMOUNTS. ALL TRAVELERS HEADING INTO THE BERKSHIRES/MONADNOCKS AND FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL ON SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ002-003-008-261745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD 439 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. SPECIFICALLY THE ADVISORY COVERS WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA WITH VALLEYS POSSIBLY ONLY REPORTING AN INCH OR 2 OF SLUSH THIS EVENING WHILE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD EASILY RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SIX HOURS. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES AT RISK FOR HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE WORTHINGTON... PLAINFIELD...CHARLEMONT AND MONROE. SNOW WILL BEGIN MIDDAY TODAY THEN BECOME HEAVY FOR A 2 HOUR PERIOD AROUND 4 OR 5 PM WHEN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY OCCUR. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THAT RAIN MAY COME DOWN HARD FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR 2 EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. ALL TRAVELERS HEADING FROM MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE BERKSHIRES/MONADNOCKS AND FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL ON SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. 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 TO MODERATE. 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. $$ MAZ004-261745- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0100Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG 439 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM AND SHOULD COME DOWN HEAVY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME QUITE SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING AND SNOW ACCUMULATES. AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM ONLY AN INCH OR 2 NEAR THE MASS TURNPIKE AND ON VALLEY FLOORS...BUT TO AS MUCH AS 4 OR 5 INCHES IN THE HIGH TERRAIN ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER...ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES OF ROYALSTON WINCHENDON AND ASHBURNHAM. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS EVENING POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ DRAG
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 261712 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ002-270115- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLEMONT 1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA WITH VALLEYS POSSIBLY ONLY REPORTING A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SLUSH THIS EVENING WHILE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD RECEIVE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN SIX HOURS. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES AT RISK FOR HEAVY SNOW IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY INCLUDE ROWE...CHARLEMONT AND HEATH. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY 4 PM WHEN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR SHOULD OCCUR. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY 10 PM. PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR 2 EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. SINCE THE SNOW WILL FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS... THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES THIS EVENING. THOSE TRAVELING FROM MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE BERKSHIRES/MONADNOCKS AND FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL ON SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. 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. $$ NHZ011-015-270115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0500Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR CHESHIRE ANC WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION. INCLUDED ARE CHESHIRE COUNTY AND THE WEST TWO THIRDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PM. SINCE THE SNOW WILL FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS... THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON DC THIS EVENING AND THEN TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION WITH MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY VALLEYS ONLY AROUND 3 OR 4 INCHES OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION. MEANWHILE SPOTTY AMOUNTS NEAR 8 OR 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MARLOW AND STODDARD LOOK PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE FOR 8 INCH AMOUNTS. ALL TRAVELERS HEADING INTO THE BERKSHIRES/MONADNOCKS AND FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL ON SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ009-270100- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0100Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLANDFORD 1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME QUITE SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING AND SNOW ACCUMULATES. SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM ONLY AN INCH OR SO NEAR THE MASS TURNPIKE AND ON VALLEY FLOORS...BUT 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS EVENING POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. 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. $$ MAZ003-004-008-270100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.080226T1900Z-080227T0100Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD 1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. SPECIFICALLY THE ADVISORY COVERS WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA WITH VALLEYS POSSIBLY ONLY REPORTING AN INCH OR 2 OF SLUSH THIS EVENING WHILE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD EASILY RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SIX HOURS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY 4 OR 5 PM WHEN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR SHOULD OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THAT RAIN MAY COME DOWN HARD FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR 2 EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. ALL TRAVELERS HEADING FROM MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE BERKSHIRES/MONADNOCKS AND FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL ON SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. 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 TO MODERATE. 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 262119 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ002-NHZ011-015-270500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 419 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION AND THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR DURING THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER 10 PM. WET SNOW ACROSS THE VALLEYS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY 10 PM WITH A SLUSHY COUPLE OF INCHES EXPECTED. SINCE THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS... THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. 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. $$ MAZ003-004-008-009-270300- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0300Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 419 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY COVERS WESTERN HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN HAMPDEN...NORTHERN WORCESTER AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA WITH VALLEYS POSSIBLY ONLY REPORTING AN INCH OR 2 OF SLUSH THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD EASILY RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SIX HOURS. SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THAT RAIN MAY COME DOWN HARD FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXPECTED SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING... MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 262120 CCA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 420 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ002-NHZ011-015-270500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 420 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION AND THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR DURING THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER 10 PM. WET SNOW ACROSS THE VALLEYS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY 10 PM WITH A SLUSHY COUPLE OF INCHES EXPECTED. SINCE THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS... THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. 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. $$ MAZ003-004-008-009-270300- /O.COR.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0300Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 420 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY COVERS WESTERN HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN HAMPDEN...NORTHERN WORCESTER AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA WITH VALLEYS POSSIBLY ONLY REPORTING AN INCH OR 2 OF SLUSH THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD EASILY RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SIX HOURS. SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. THAT RAIN MAY COME DOWN HARD FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING... MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 270257 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 957 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ003-004-008-009-270400- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0300Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 957 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN HAMPDEN...NORTHERN WORCESTER AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS CHANGED OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN LATE THIS EVENING. ONLY A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS WERE REPORTING A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. $$ MAZ002-NHZ011-015-270500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 957 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION AND THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. SINCE THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ON BRANCHES AND WIRES. IF THAT OCCURS...THE RESULT WOULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SLIPPERY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. EXTRA TRAVEL TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFE AND TIMELY ARRIVALS AT YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ EVT
000 WWUS41 KBOX 270415 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1115 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 MAZ002-NHZ011-015-270515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080227T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1115 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE MONADNOCK REGION AND THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. $$ EVT
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 26, 4:31 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 4:31 AM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
431 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL REACH THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT TO THE GULF OF MAINE WED MORNING. IT WILL
PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW IN A SHORT TIME OVER THE INTERIOR
HIGH TERRAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH MAINLY RAIN ACROSS
THE COASTAL PLAIN. A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY...IS
FOLLOWED BY UNSEASONABLE COLD WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. A FAST
MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW LATE FRI
INTO FRI NIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON/...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT. GIVEN LIGHT WINDS...LOW DEWPOINTS AND MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT...GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING
CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO MAVMOS GUIDANCE.
THE 10 PM GRID AND ZONE/AFM/PFM/FTP UPDATE INCLUDED ADJUSTING THE TRENDS
OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...RECALCULATED SNOW GRIDS ADDED MORE SNOWFALL
FOR S NH AND NW MASS AND THOSE LEGACY ZONES AND POINT AND CLICK ARE NOW
MORE ROBUST. ALL THOSE 10 PM UPDATED PRODUCTS POSTED
THE WSW UPDATE OF 1023 PM IS A VIRTUAL CARBON COPY THE AFTERNOON
RELEASE.
WE HAVE STUDIED THE NEW GFS WHICH IS A TAD COLDER BUT STILL ROBUST ON
WARMING AND FAVORABLE LARGE DGZ FOR 3-5 HRS OF 1/HR HIGH TERRAIN IS
CHESHIRE COUNTY. WINTER WX IMPACT GRAPHICS HAVE 5 PCT CHC 2/HR AT
02Z-03Z IN THE CHANGEOVER.
IF WE ARE TO WARN...WE SUSPECT WELL CONFINE TO CHESHIRE AND NW HILLSBOROUGH
AND REMAINDER WILL PROB CONVERT TO AN ADVY PENDING FURTHER OVERNIGHT REVIEW
OF MODEL GUIDANCE AND IN-HOUSE COLLAB.
&&
.SHORT TERM /1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY/...
THE KEY TO SNOW VS RAIN TUE AFTN/NIGHT WILL BE THE PARTIAL
THICKNESSES... DRIVEN BY PRESSURE FIELDS. IF THE NAM AND GFS WERE TOO
STRONG TOO QUICK AND BACK OFF SIMILAR TO THE 12Z/25 EC/UK...WE WILL
HAVE A WET SNOW STORM FOR S NH AND FAR NW MASS. 00Z NGM AND 00Z NAM
ARE BOTH COLDER RUNS AND THE WATCH CONTS AS POSTED WITH INCREASING
CONFIDENCE OF VERIFICATION IN CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. OUR
SNOW TOTAL GRIDS HAVE SPOTTY 8-9 INCH AMTS IN N CHESHIRE COUNTY AND
4-6 IN NW MASS ADJACENT BERKS COUNTY. WELL ADJUST AGAIN FOR THE 4AM
PKG.
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT AND SWI STILL GOES BLO ZERO IN E MASS
AT 06Z PER NEW 00Z GFS. SNOWGROWTH LOOKS VERY GOOD ACROSS ALL OF S NH
AND EVEN FOR AN HR DOWN TO BDL/ORH BEFORE WARMTH OVERWHELMS THERE.
FM THE DAY SHIFT BELOW.
CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY
MIDDAY ACROSS THE WEST...AND MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EAST.
GENERALLY PREFERRED THE MORE PROGRESSIVE 12Z GFS OPERATIONAL RUN
WHICH HAS MORE SUPPORT FROM ITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS
FAIRLY STRONG BY 00Z WEDNESDAY AS A 50 KT SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET
APPROACHES THE SOUTH COAST. IN ADDITION THE DIVERGENT RIGHT REAR
QUADRANT OF A 160 KT 250 MB JET STREAK WILL APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY.
VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES ARE INITIALLY COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
SNOW MOST LOCATIONS IN THE CWA...EXCEPT A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
ALONG THE COAST. THERE IS SOME STRONG OMEGA EVIDENT WITHIN THE
DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH AREA ACROSS THE INTERIOR MAINLY BETWEEN 22Z AND
06Z. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY OCCUR DURING THAT
TIMEFRAME. ONCE THE STRONG OMEGA AND PRECIPITATION INTENSITY
DIMINISHES...SOME LEFTOVER LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS
POSSIBLE WELL INLAND. A MOSTLY RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
COAST.
REVIEWED THE LATEST HPC WINTER WEATHER DESK GRAPHICS.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO EIGHT INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE INTERIOR
HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS POSTED ACROSS THESE AREAS.
GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTY...HAVE CONTINUED THE WATCH AT THIS TIME GIVEN
COLLABORATION.
SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE AS
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RISE CLOSE TO 1 G/KG.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
STRONG SFC LOW AROUND 982ISH MB WILL BE NEAR PWM 12Z WED THEN LIFT
NE INTO MARITIMES IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SECONDARY CDFROPA MOVG THRU
SNE. MID LEVEL TROF WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST DURING WED AND DEEPEST
MOISTURE WILL BE CONFINED TO W ZONES WHERE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW
SHOWERS. WE HAVE LIKELY POPS FOR NW MA AND SW NH WHERE AN INCH OR 2
ACCUM PSBL. POPS DECREASE EASTWARD TO SLIGHT CHC IN THE COASTAL
PLAIN WHERE SKIES SHOULD BECOME PTSUNNY SKIES IN DEVELOPING GUSTY
WESTERLY FLOW.
WITH STRONG CAA...EXPECT TEMPS TO FALL DURING WED AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR...WHILE TEMPS MAY REACH INTO THE MID 40S
IN THE COASTAL PLAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING. IT WILL BE
RATHER BREEZY WITH WEST WIND GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH.
MID LEVEL TROF MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION WED NIGHT ALONG WITH
AREA OF DEEPER MOISTURE. CANT RULE OUT A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NW HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE CHC
POPS. ELSEWHERE...WE HAVE SLIGHT CHC POPS. FOR TEMPS...WE DID NOT
STRAY FAR FROM MOS GUIDANCE. GFS 2M TEMPS ARE SUGGESTING COLDER
AIRMASS THAN MOS BUT NAM 2M TEMPS ARE WARMER SO WE DID NOT HAVE
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO LOWER MOS GUIDANCE.
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS ON THU DESPITE MOSUNNY SKIES. 850 MB
TEMPS -15 TO -18 WHICH TRANSLATES TO TEMPS IN THE 20S ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION...AND PROBABLY CLOSE TO 20 OVER NW HIGH TERRAIN. IN THE
COASTAL PLAIN...TEMPS SHOULD NOT GET MUCH HIGHER THAN 30.
STRONG SFC HIGH BUILDS EAST ACROSS SNE THU NIGHT SETTING THE STAGE
FOR A VERY COLD NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPS WILL
LIKELY FALL WELL BELOW ZERO NW MA AND SW NH...WITH SINGLE NUMBERS TO
LOWER TEENS ELSEWHERE.
FRI/FRI NIGHT...MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH CLIPPER SYSTEM TRACKING EAST
FROM THE GT LAKES AND PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION DURING FRI NIGHT.
WITH LOW LEVEL COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE...DECENT SHOT OF ISENTROPIC
LIFT WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SNOW LATE FRI INTO FRI NIGHT AND WE
INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY IN THE INTERIOR. HOWEVER...DEVELOPING
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL WARM BOUNDARY LAYER ENOUGH FOR A MIX OR CHANGE
TO RAIN NEAR THE SOUTH COAST. BASED ON EXPECTED QPF...THIS COULD
END UP BEING A LOW END ADVSY EVENT FOR THE INTERIOR.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS SAT...AND FAIR AND SEASONABLE SUN. NEXT CHANCE
OF PRECIP WILL BE LATER SUN NIGHT INTO MON AND ECMWF/GFS BOTH
INDICATE A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND SO MOST OF PRECIP SHOULD BE
RAIN.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
TONIGHT...PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS...YIELDING SOME
TEMPORARY IFR CONDITIONS.
TUE AND TUE NIGHT...IFR CONDITIONS SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 21Z-00Z IN MIXED SNOW/RAIN. LOW LEVEL WIND
SHEAR DEVELOPING DUE TO AN APPROACHING 50 KT SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET.
LOW PROBABILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDER DURING THE NIGHT NR THE PATH OF
THE SFC LOW.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY VFR BUT PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR IN SCATTERED
RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE MA PIKE. GUSTY WEST
WINDS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...VFR.
LATE FRI AND FRI NIGHT...CONDITIONS LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR IN AREAS OF
SNOW ASSOCD WITH CLIPPER SYSTEM.
SAT...IMPROVING TO VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
NO 10PM UPDATE OF THE CWF AS WINDS AND SEAS ARE ON TARGET.
TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
TUESDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS AFT 20Z WITH SOUTH WIND
GUSTS APPROACHING 30 KT.
TUESDAY NIGHT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY/MARGINAL SSW GALE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND CAA WILL RESULT IN GALE FORCE WESTERLY
WIND GUSTS DEVELOPING ON WED...ESPECIALLY EASTERN WATERS. WINDS
SLOWLY DIMINISH TO SCA LEVELS WED NIGHT WITH G25 KTS LIKELY
PERSISTING ON THU. WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH BELOW SCA THU NIGHT.
AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY POSSIBLE WED NIGHT INTO THU NIGHT.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...STARTS OFF QUIET ON THE WATERS BUT SCA WIND
GUSTS SHOULD DEVELOP BY LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SAT...WITH
SOUTH WINDS FRI NIGHT BECOMING WEST ON SAT.
&&
.CLIMATE...
FEBRUARY PRECIP...
ORH 8.80 RANKS NUMBER 1 ALL TIME FEBRUARY RECORD WITH PREV RER 8.37 FEB
1981. PERIOD OF RECORD /POR/ DATES BACK TO 1892 AND RER POSTED 2 DAYS AGO.
PVD 6.36 RANKS NUMBER 2. THE TOP FEB AMT IS 7.20 IN 1984. WAITING TO SEE
WHAT TUE/WED CONTRIBUTES. POR DATES BACK TO 1905.
BOS 7.47 RANKS NUMBER 2. THE TOP FEB AMT IS 7.81 IN 1984 AND COULD BE
CHALLENGED LATE TUE INTO WED. POR DATES BACK TO 1872.
BDL 8.11 RANKS NUMBER 2.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR MAZ002>004-008.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT FOR NHZ011-015.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ231>237-250-254-255.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ230.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KJC/DRAG
NEAR TERM...DRAG
SHORT TERM...DRAG
LONG TERM...KJC
AVIATION...KJC/DRAG
MARINE...KJC/DRAG
CLIMATE...DRAGHazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 3:56 AM EST, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 356 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 NHZ011-015-270900- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 356 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH OUR NEXT SYSTEM...BUT ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY MUCH MORE AT THIS POINT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-009>024-026-NHZ012-RIZ001>008-270900- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 356 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BURST OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...THE HILLS OF FAR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD COAT SOME INTERIOR HIGHER TERRAIN ROADS WITH ENOUGH SNOW TO MAKE IT SLIPPERY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR...BUT ITS TOO EARLY TO SAY MUCH MORE AT THIS POINT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAZ002>004-008-270900- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- 356 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .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 ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH OUR NEXT SYSTEM...BUT ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY MUCH MORE AT THIS POINT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-270900- 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- 356 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE WATERS NEAR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. FREEZING SPRAY MAY BECOME AN ISSUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 17 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 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.