Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2009, 3:28 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 28, 2009, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. 4 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
- Jan 27, 2009, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2009, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 6:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Leominster, MA | WIRES DOWN FROM ICING. |
| Jan 28, 6:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Southborough, MA | WIRES DOWN FROM ICING. |
| Jan 28, 8:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Athol, MA | WIRES DOWN DO TO ICING |
| Jan 28, 8:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Gardner, MA | WIRES DOWN FROM ICING ON RESEVOIR DRIVE. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 270828 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 328 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... MAZ002>007-026-NHZ011-012-015-271630- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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...GLOUCESTER... AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 328 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. THIS INCLUDES NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS...AS THE SNOW WILL START EARLIER IN THIS REGION. THE SNOW SHOULD ARRIVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE EVERYWHERE. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN FAR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY SEE 10 INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM WHICH STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN. WARMER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CHANGE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW IN THIS REGION. PARTS OF COASTAL NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME. IT REMAINS UNCERTAIN HOW FAR NORTH THE CHANGE OVER TO MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT...SO SOME REFINEMENT IS LIKELY IN FUTURE FORECASTS. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>021-RIZ001>007-271630- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 328 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH IS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST. THIS INCLUDES SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CAPE OR ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A MESSY RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT WHERE THE SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLIER. ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE RUSH HOUR SO IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE EVERYWHERE. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. IT DOES APPEAR THAT ENOUGH WARM MID LEVEL AIR WILL COME INTO AREAS SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE TO RESULT IN A CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. FURTHER NORTHWEST A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER CONNECTICUT AND EVEN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND FOR A TIME. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ FRANK
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 271540 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1040 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... MAZ002>007-026-NHZ011-012-015-272345- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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...GLOUCESTER... AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 1040 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. THIS INCLUDES NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS...AS THE SNOW WILL START EARLIER IN THIS REGION. THE SNOW SHOULD ARRIVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE EVERYWHERE. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... ACCUMULATING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN FAR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY SEE 10 INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM WHICH STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN. WARMER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CHANGE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW IN THIS REGION. PARTS OF COASTAL NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME. IT REMAINS UNCERTAIN HOW FAR NORTH THE CHANGE OVER TO MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT...SO SOME REFINEMENT IS LIKELY IN FUTURE FORECASTS. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>021-RIZ001>007-272345- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1040 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH IS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST. THIS INCLUDES SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CAPE OR ISLANDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A MESSY RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT WHERE THE SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLIER. ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE RUSH HOUR SO IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE EVERYWHERE. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. IT DOES APPEAR THAT ENOUGH WARM MID LEVEL AIR WILL COME INTO AREAS SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE TO RESULT IN A CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. FURTHER NORTHWEST A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER CONNECTICUT AND EVEN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND FOR A TIME. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 272051 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-280500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 2 AM AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS...WITH SNOW TOTALS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ013>016-RIZ001-280500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090128T2000Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY IN THE I495 CORRIDOR. A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF I-95. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-280500- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BRINGING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS. HOWEVER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-280500- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS ALL OF ESSEX COUNTY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY IN THE I495 CORRIDOR. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ002>007-280500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0003.090128T0900Z-090129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.090128T0900Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 351 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE ADVISORY IS FOR MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY AND NEWPORT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY MIDDAY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. THEREAFTER SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN. THEREFORE THE LATE DAY COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE LESS HAZARDOUS THAN THE MORNING COMMUTE. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ022-023-RIZ008-280500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.090128T0900Z-090128T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITES AND TOWNS OF CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN AND BLOCK ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY MID TO LATE MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. THE LATE DAY COMMUTE WILL BE LESS HAZARDOUS THAN THE MORNING COMMUTE. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ EKSTER/NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 280225 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 925 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-281030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 925 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BRINGING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS. HOWEVER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>012-281030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 925 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 2 AM AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS...WITH FINAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME...BUT WHERE AND HOW FAR NORTH TEMPERATURES GET ABOVE FREEZING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-281030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 925 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WARMER AIR MOVING IN OFF THE OCEAN AND ALOFT SHOULD CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO PLAIN RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ017>023-RIZ002>008-281030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.090128T0900Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 925 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITES AND TOWNS OF CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN AND BLOCK ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY NOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD...TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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/NOCERA/EKSTER
000 WWUS41 KBOX 280821 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 321 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-281630- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 321 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE QUITE MESSY ACROSS THE REGION. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH SOME 9 OR 10 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE THE CHANGE OVER WILL BE DELAYED. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BRINGING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS. HOWEVER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>012-281630- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 321 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST BY 6 AM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR LOOKS QUITE MESSY ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS...WITH FINAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME...BUT WHERE AND HOW FAR NORTH TEMPERATURES GET ABOVE FREEZING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-281630- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.090128T0900Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 321 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR LOOKS MESSY. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WARMER AIR MOVING IN OFF THE OCEAN AND ALOFT SHOULD CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ017>023-RIZ002>008-281630- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.090128T0900Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 321 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND CAPE COD. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY OVER SPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR LOOKS QUITE MESSY ACROSS THE REGION. BY NOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD...TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ANYONE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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 281341 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 841 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-282145- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 841 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW WAS FALLING STEADILY TO MODERATELY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AT 8 AM...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED TO START IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE COLD GROUND...THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POOR VISIBILITIES. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE QUITE MESSY ACROSS THE REGION. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES... WITH SOME 9 OR 10 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN CHESHIRE AND NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE THE CHANGE OVER WILL BE DELAYED. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BRINGING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS. HOWEVER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>012-282145- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 841 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS...WITH FINAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE... WITH ICE ACCRETION AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME...BUT WHERE AND HOW FAR NORTH TEMPERATURES GET ABOVE FREEZING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-282000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 841 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH 1 OR 2 PM IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND UNTIL ABOUT NOON IN THE NORTHWEST HILLS OF RHODE ISLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY FOR AN HOUR 2 THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SNOW WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WARMER AIR MOVING IN OFF THE OCEAN AND ALOFT SHOULD CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ017>023-RIZ002>008-281900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 841 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND CAPE COD. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY FOR AN HOUR OR 2 THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BY NOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD...TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH RAIN FALLING ON TOP OF SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ANYONE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS41 KBOX 281633 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1133 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-282200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1133 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW...BRIEFLY HEAVY WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 130 PM AND 4 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY UNTIL THE SLEET MIXES IN. ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 4 PM WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES...RAISING ENTIRE EVENT TOTALS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. SPOTTY 9 OR 10 INCH AMOUNTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTY INTO NORTH AND NORTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-282200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1133 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND 1 PM WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES...WITH EVENT TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE MORE LIKELY TO FOUND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ICE ACCRETION OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY IN WINDHAM AND SOUTHEAST TOLLAND COUNTIES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-282000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1133 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH 2 PM IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHILE SNOW AND SLEET CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BY 1 PM. SNOW FALL RATES IN THE BOSTON AREA AND ITS NORTH SHORE NORTHWARD TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER SHOULD BE AN INCH AN HOUR THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND EVENT TOTALS 4 TO 7 INCHES. EVENTUALLY PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BY 230 PM AND IN BOSTON AND ITS NORTH SHORE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH PONDING FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ017>023-RIZ002>008-281900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1133 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS CAPE COD. SNOW SLEET FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY 1 OR 2 PM. THE WORST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS OCCURRED. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE MESSY WITH RAIN CAUSING PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND THE ASSOCIATED STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS41 KBOX 281706 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ022-023-RIZ007-008-281815- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK AND MAINLY RAIN IS NOW FALLING. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. SNOW...BRIEFLY HEAVY WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 130 PM AND 4 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY UNTIL THE SLEET MIXES IN. ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 4 PM WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES... RAISING ENTIRE EVENT TOTALS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. SPOTTY 9 OR 10 INCH AMOUNTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTY INTO NORTH AND NORTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE...WITH ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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-MAZ008>012-290115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND 2 PM WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES...WITH EVENT TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE MORE LIKELY TO FOUND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ICE ACCRETION OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY IN WINDHAM AND SOUTHEAST TOLLAND COUNTIES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-282000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH 2 PM IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHILE SNOW AND SLEET CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BY 1 PM. SNOW FALL RATES IN THE BOSTON AREA AND ITS NORTH SHORE NORTHWARD TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER SHOULD BE AN INCH AN HOUR THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND EVENT TOTALS 4 TO 7 INCHES. EVENTUALLY PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BY 230 PM AND IN BOSTON AND ITS NORTH SHORE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH PONDING FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ002>006-281900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T1900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS CAPE COD. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN BY 1 OR 2 PM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE MESSY WITH RAIN CAUSING PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND THE ASSOCIATED STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 281833 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ018>021-RIZ004>006-281945- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T1900Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-282100- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 4 PM...THEN WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. ICE ACCRETIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A TENTH TO POSSIBLY A QUARTER INCH AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH PONDING FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290245- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. ANY SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. A QUARTER TO A THIRD INCH OF ICE WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-290245- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ017-RIZ002-003-282000- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T2000Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 133 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY COVERS NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE AND WESTERN KENT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE MESSY WITH RAIN CAUSING PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND THE ASSOCIATED STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 281956 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 256 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ017-RIZ002-003-282100- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090128T2000Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 256 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO PLAIN RAIN BY 3 PM. HOWEVER...ROADS AND OTHER UNTREATED SURFACES WILL LIKELY REMAIN SLIPPERY THROUGH RUSH HOUR. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290400- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 256 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. ANY SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. A QUARTER TO A THIRD INCH OF ICE WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-290400- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 256 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION... BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-282100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 256 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 4 PM...THEN WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. ICE ACCRETIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A TENTH TO POSSIBLY A QUARTER INCH AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH PONDING FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 282024 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 324 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... RIZ001-290430- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 324 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING COVERS PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL ALSO SEE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 324 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. ANY SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PROGRESSES. A QUARTER TO A THIRD INCH OF ICE WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-290430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 324 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND INTO NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD AND WORCESTER. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. ICE ACCRETION OF A QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. A SMALL AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION... BUT THAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PORTIONS OF THIS REGION MAY ALSO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ MAZ007-013>016-282130- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 324 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING COVERS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOXBORO... NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 4 PM...THEN WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. ICE ACCRETIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A TENTH TO POSSIBLY A QUARTER INCH AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY WITH PONDING FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. ANYONE TRAVELING TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 282059 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ007-013>016-282200- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 359 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS TURNED TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE I-95 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE RUSH HOUR. $$ MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 359 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. ANY SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PROGRESSES. TOTAL ICE ACCRETION OF A TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING RUSH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-RIZ001-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 359 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL ICE ACCRETION OF A TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS. THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING RUSH. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARIABLE CONDITIONS... WITH OCCASIONALLY SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY ALSO SEE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN RESULTING IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 290029 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 729 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 729 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS MOST OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND WEST OF I495...AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. AT 7 PM PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH REPORTS OF ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. THIS IS RESULTING IS ISOLATED DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WIRES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AT 7 PM THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND MOVING STEADILY EASTWARD. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE NIGHT...SO ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. 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-MAZ008>012-RIZ001-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 729 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS ALONG I90. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. AT 7 PM PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH REPORTS OF ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. THIS IS RESULTING IS ISOLATED DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WIRES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AT 7 PM THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND MOVING STEADILY EASTWARD. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE NIGHT...SO ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 290224 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 924 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...THE WINTER STORM WAS WINDING DOWN AND ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT... MAZ002>006-026-NHZ011-012-015-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 924 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS MOST OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND WEST OF I495...AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. THE WINTER STORM WAS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION. THE FREEZING RAIN WAS TRANSITIONING BACK TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN COULD RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. OTHERWISE...ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT AND THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. MOTORISTS TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD EXPECTED UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SLIPPERY...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ008>012-RIZ001-290500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090129T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 924 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS ALONG I90. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM... WILLIMANTIC... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER AND SMITHFIELD. THE WINTER STORM WAS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION. THE FREEZING RAIN WAS TRANSITIONING BACK TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN COULD RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. OTHERWISE...ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT AND THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. MOTORISTS TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD EXPECTED UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SLIPPERY...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH 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. $$ FRANK
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 Jan 26, 9:00 PM EST, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 9:00 PM EST, 6 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
900 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS COLD DRY WEATHER TO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE RACING UP FROM TEXAS WILL REDEVELOP SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND
WEDNESDAY AND MOVE PAST ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS DRIER
WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT SWINGS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND
EARLY SATURDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
PATCHY CIRRUS AND ALTOCUMULUS MOVING ACROSS FROM NEW YORK STATE WILL
THICKEN OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 11 PM.
RADAR DOES NOT SHOW ANY ATTEMPTS AT PRECIPITATION FROM THESE
CLOUDS...SHOULD BE A DRY COLD NIGHT WITH THE MOST CLOUDS FOUND SOUTH
OF THE MASS PIKE.
MODELS AND MOS GUIDANCE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME HANDLING THESE LOW
TEMPERATURES SO OPTED INSTEAD TO TAKE THIS MORNING/S LOWS AND HAND
EDIT THESE TO WARM THEM A COUPLE OF DEGREES. THIS RESULTED IN MIN
TEMPERATURES MOSTLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH TEENS IN THE URBAN
CENTERS AND ON THE ISLANDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD...QUIET DAY IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES
WARMING SLIGHTLY FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AS A 150KT JET STREAK MOVES INTO
THE NORTHEAST.
TUESDAY EVENING WILL START OUT QUIET. LOW CLOUDS AND SNOW WILL MOVE
TOWARDS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES
FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. AT THIS POINT...EXPECT THE SNOW TO JUST BE
REACHING THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS
BY 1AM WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LONG TERM SECTION BELOW FOR
MORE INFORMATION REGARDING WEDNESDAY/S SNOWSTORM.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES THIS EVENING TO THE FORECAST FOR
UPCOMING WINTER STORM ON WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO
TREND NORTH WITH THE SYSTEM OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS. WE OFTEN SEE
THIS HAPPEN WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE NO BLOCKING.
ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF CAN SOMETIMES BE A BIT TOO FAR WEST AND A LITTLE
TOO WARM...IT SEEMS TO LEAD THE WAY BETTER THAN OUR OTHER GUIDANCE IN
THESE SITUATIONS.
WITH ALL THAT SAID...WILL BE LOWERING OUR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS A BIT
MAINLY SOUTH OF THE MA PIKE. WE WILL ALSO BE INSERTING SOME MIXED
PRECIPITATION INTO THE FORECAST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE STORM
TO A GOOD PORTION OF OUR REGION.
REGARDLESS OF THESE CHANGES...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FOR MOST OF THE REGION. MUCH OF THE
REGION MAY STILL SEE WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL SO NO CHANGES TO
CURRENT WATCH CONFIGURATION AT THIS TIME. IN FACT...THIS STORM MAY
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE MORNING RUSH HOUR ESPECIALLY IN OUR
WESTERN ZONES WHERE IT WILL START EARLIER.
WE JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE
REGION AND LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS A BIT...TO THE SOUTH OF THE PIKE.
WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE AT 4 AM AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE 00Z SUITE OF
DATA.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION:
THERE CONTINUE TO BE TIMING ISSUES WITH THE WEDNESDAY STORM. THE GFS
HAS THE LOW EAST OF CAPE COD BY 00Z THURSDAY WHILE THE ECMWF HAS IT
IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY. THE NAM IS IN BETWEEN...BUT WITH A TRACK THAT
CROSSES TOO FAR INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE GLOBAL IS AS FAST AS
THE GFS AND FARTHER NORTH...THE 12 HOUR TIMESTEPS MAKE IT HARD TO
TELL BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A PROJECTED TRACK DEEP ACROSS INTERIOR
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH THE SNOW AND COLD AIR IN PLACE...THE CAPE
COD CANAL IS ABOUT AS FAR NORTH AS WE WOULD EXPECT FOR A TRACK THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
THE GFS TRACKS THE 850 MB LOW ALONG THE MASS PIKE WHILE THE NAM AND
ECMWF CROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. OVERALL...WE PREFER THE NAM TIMING
AND THE GFS POSITIONING. ISENTROPIC FIELDS SHOW LITTLE LIFT OR
SATURATION BY 06Z AND MOST OF THAT IS ALONG THE NEW YORK BORDER. SO
WE OPTED FOR A SLIGHTLY SLOWER ONSET..SIMILAR TO THE SREF...WITH
CHANCE POPS TO HARTFORD AFTER 06Z AND TO BOSTON 09Z...AND CATEGORICAL
POPS TO HARTFORD BY 09Z AND TO BOSTON BY 12Z.
SREF POPS FOCUS ON AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.50 INCHES. THIS IS PERHAPS A
SIGN TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON QPF. HPC GUIDANCE BRINGS 0.75 TO 1.0 INCH
QPF TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WE TOOK 60-70% OF THIS...WHICH WOULD
BRING US IN BETWEEN THE TWO VALUES. WITH EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...THIS
BRINGS 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG MUCH OF THE COAST...5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE
INTERIOR COASTAL PLAIN AND 8 TO 10 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF BOSTON-
PROVIDENCE. OUR PROJECTED TRACK OF THE STORM WOULD BRING THE HEAVIEST
SNOW ACROSS BRADLEY-SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...LAWRENCE.
CONSIDERING ALL THIS...WE HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MOST
OF THE REGION. LEFT OUT WILL BE BLOCK ISLAND...CAPE COD...MARTHAS
VINEYARD...AND NANTUCKET. SOUTH COASTAL AREAS MAY VERY WELL END UP
WITH JUST ADVISORY LEVEL SNOWFALL...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY
IN THE TRACK TO BE EXPANSIVE NOW AND THEN HAVE THE WARNING BE A SUBSET
OF THIS AREA.
PARTIAL CLEARING THURSDAY AS A SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN...BUT A
SHORTWAVE ALOFT SWINGS ACROSS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BRINGING INCREASED CLOUDS AND SCATTERED OR WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS.
A MORE SUBSTANTIAL UPPER TROF DIGS INTO THE GREAT LAKES FRIDAY AND
SWINGS ACROSS US ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A WEAK SURFACE COLD
FRONT THROUGH...BUT MOST OF THE SUPPORT LOOKS TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTH.
SO THIS SHOULD MAINLY BRING US PARTIAL CLOUD COVER.
HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES
MONDAY...BUT AGAIN THE SUPPORT AND MOISTURE IS MAINLY TO OUR NORTH.
SO JUST SOME CLOUDS...MAYBE WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.AVIATION /01Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
TONIGHT...VFR WITH AN ALTOCUMULUS CEILING DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE.
TUESDAY...VFR WITH CLOUDS LIFTING AND THINNING EARLY...THEN
THICKENING AGAIN TOWARD EVENING.
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH 06Z...VFR WITH INCREASING CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY
IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND.
OUTLOOK /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER 06Z...CIGS LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR LATE AT NIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN THE CT VALLEY AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. VSBYS AT MVFR
BY MORNING.
WEDNESDAY...WIDESPREAD IFR AND OCCASIONAL MVFR IN SNOW AND FOG. SOUTH
COAST WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN. ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR THE MIX
WOULD BE FMH AND HYA...POSSIBLY PVD. PRECIP CHANGES COMPLETELY TO
RAIN AT ACK.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MVFR/IFR IN SNOW AND RAIN/SNOW MIX...IMPROVING TO
VFR LATE.
THURSDAY...VFR CLOUDS.
FRIDAY...VFR.
SATURDAY...MAINLY VFR. POSSIBLE MVFR IN WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
MHT AND ORH.
&&
.MARINE...
THRU 1AM WEDNESDAY...SEAS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 FT. WESTERLY WINDS 10-15KTS
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO THE NORTH TUESDAY
EVENING.
OUTLOOK /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS INCREASING...WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS
POSSIBLE LATE AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS.
WEDNESDAY...SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS IN EASTERLIES WITH POTENTIAL
GALE FORCE GUSTS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS SHIFT TO NORTH. WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT
SEAS REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 5 FEET OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY...DIMINISHING WINDS AND SEAS. 5 FOOT SEAS LINGERING ON THE
OUTER WATERS LATE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY...WINDS AND SEAS LESS THAN SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA.
SATURDAY...WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT
CRITERIA. SEAS ABOVE 5 FEET LATE...ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER WATERS.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MAZ002>021-026.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR RIZ001>007.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...WTB/RLG
NEAR TERM...WTB/RLG
SHORT TERM...RLG
LONG TERM...FRANK/WTB
AVIATION...WTB/RLG
MARINE...WTB/RLGHazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:43 PM EST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-272045- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-272045- 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- 343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS TO GALE FORCE MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>021-RIZ001>007-272045- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-272045- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AT THAT TIME. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SOMETIME DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES RISE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:40 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 38 hr | |
| Jan 27, 4:40 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 24 hr |
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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.