Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 23, 2010, 4:13 AM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; 5 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 23, 2010, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr. 27 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2010, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2010, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2010, 3:12 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Leominster, MA | HEAVY SNOW- MAIN ST WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 6:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Ashburnham, MA | S MAIN ST WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Conway, MA | NEWHALL ROAD UTILITY POLE DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Marlborough, NH | HEAVY SNOW - TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Montague, MA | LAKE PLEASANT ROAD - WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Northfield, MA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Winchester, NH | DUNNMASTON ROAD WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Chesterfield, MA | W. CHESTERFIELD LARGE BRANCHES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Deerfield, MA | S. DEERFIELD CONWAY ROAD - WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 7:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hatfield, MA | LARGE BRANCHES/WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Montgomery, MA | LARGE BRANCHES/WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Westhampton, MA | LARGE BRANCHES/WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:21 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Lunenburg, MA | HEAVY SNOW - TREE ON WIRES AND ON FIRE |
| Feb 24, 7:21 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Winchester, MA | HEAVY SNOW RTE 5 TREE AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Peterborough, NH | GREENFIELD RD TREE ON WIRES... ARCING. |
| Feb 24, 7:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Surry, NH | RTE 12 TREE DOWN ON WIRES |
| Feb 24, 7:35 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Buckland, MA | HEAVY SNOW - WIRES DOWN HEIGHTS ROAD |
| Feb 24, 7:47 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Lunenburg, MA | BIRCH ST EXTENSION - TREE DOWN ON WIRES |
| Feb 24, 7:53 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Greenville, NH | TITON LANE WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 7:53 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Sunderland, MA | LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY MONTAGUE RD AND AMHERST RD TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Southampton, MA | HEAVY SNOW - OVER 100 TREES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 8:05 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Deerfield, MA | NUMEROUS WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 8:05 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Easthampton, MA | TWO ROADS CLOSED. TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 8:15 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Chesterfield, MA | POND BROOK RD. TREE DOWN ACROSS RD |
| Feb 24, 8:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Jaffrey, NH | COUNTY WIDE NUMEROUS TOWNS TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 8:21 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Leominster, MA | MAIN ST - WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 8:35 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Ashby, MA | WIRES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516 WWUS41 KBOX 230913 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 413 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW EXISTS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-231715- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2000Z-100224T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 413 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN WARNING CRITERIA SNOW IS AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR GREATER...WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR THIS IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES... THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-231715- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 413 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND A LOT OF MELTING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON PAVED SURFACES. A SMALL SLUSHY ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE THOUGH... WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE HILLS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. THE BULK OF THIS LIGHT SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE ACTION FOR A TIME DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN EVENT WILL LIKELY BE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT. WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION THE SNOW TO RAIN ACROSS INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT VERY LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS REGION. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE MARGINAL AND A SLIGHTLY WARMER SOLUTION MAY RESULT IN JUST A FEW SLUSHY INCHES. A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THIS STORM BECAUSE OF MARGINAL TEMPERATURES. NONETHELESS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ RLG
13 follow-up statements
906 WWUS41 KBOX 230951 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 451 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW EXISTS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-231800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 451 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FALL DURING THE DAY TODAY...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY EVENING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL...THAT IS 6 INCHES OR MORE...IS AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR GREATER...WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR THIS IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-231800- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 451 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND A LOT OF MELTING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON PAVED SURFACES. A SMALL SLUSHY ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE THOUGH. HEAVIER SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA DUE TO MARGINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
244 WWUS41 KBOX 231031 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 531 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW EXISTS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-231845- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 531 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FALL DURING THE DAY TODAY... POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY EVENING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL...THAT IS 6 INCHES OR MORE...IS AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR GREATER... WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR THIS IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-231845- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 531 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY... AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND A LOT OF MELTING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON PAVED SURFACES. A SMALL SLUSHY ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE THOUGH. HEAVIER SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA DUE TO MARGINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
011 WWUS41 KBOX 231415 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 915 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-232215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 915 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. INTERMITTENT AND MAINLY LIGHT SNOW TODAY... SHOULD ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY 6 PM. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS RANGING FROM WET TO AT TIMES SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES. HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...IS AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR GREATER... WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-232215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 915 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS NEAR INTERSTATE 91 FROM THE VICINITY AMHERST AND NORTHAMPTON TO SPRINGFIELD... AND THE INTERSTATE 93 REGION FROM MANCHESTER TO NASHUA TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY CORRIDOR NORTHWEST OF BOSTON. MAINLY LIGHT SNOW HAS OR WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF THIS AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN COULD MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW MAY NOT ARRIVE IN THE INTERSTATE 93 CORRIDOR FROM MANCHESTER TO NASHUA AND LOWELL UNTIL MID OR LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY 6 PM IN THIS WATCH AREA WILL PROBABLY RANGE FROM NEAR 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES IN THE HILLS OF TOLLAND AND HARTFORD COUNTIES CONNECTICUT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND THERE BE CONSIDERABLE MELTING ON PAVEMENT...ESPECIALLY TREATED SURFACES. WHILE MOST ROADS SHOULD BE JUST WET...BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES IN THE HILLS. HEAVIER SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA DUE TO MARGINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS WATCH REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DRAG
240 WWUS41 KBOX 231705 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1205 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-240115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1205 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. INTERMITTENT AND MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OR...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY SUNSET...SHOULD ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY 6 PM. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS RANGING FROM WET TO AT TIMES SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES IN THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1000 FT. HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...IS AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR GREATER... WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-240115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1205 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS NEAR INTERSTATE 91 FROM THE VICINITY AMHERST AND NORTHAMPTON TO SPRINGFIELD... AND THE INTERSTATE 93 REGION FROM MANCHESTER TO NASHUA TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY CORRIDOR NORTHWEST OF BOSTON. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW OR...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND SUNSET AND ACCUMULATIONS BY 6 PM IN THIS WATCH AREA WILL PROBABLY RANGE FROM NEAR 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES IN THE HILLS OF TOLLAND AND HARTFORD COUNTIES CONNECTICUT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND THERE BE CONSIDERABLE MELTING ON PAVEMENT...ESPECIALLY TREATED SURFACES. WHILE MOST ROADS SHOULD BE JUST WET...BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES IN THE HILLS. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL SHOULD DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE 9 AM TO 3 PM WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA DUE TO MARGINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS WATCH REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DRAG
576 WWUS41 KBOX 231901 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 201 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-232115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 201 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. INTERMITTENT AND MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OR...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY SUNSET...SHOULD ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY 6 PM. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS RANGING FROM WET TO AT TIMES SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES IN THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1000 FT. HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...IS AT ELEVATIONS OF AROUND 500 FEET OR GREATER... WHERE A FOOT OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR EVEN DRIZZLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-MAZ005-006-010-011-NHZ012-RIZ001-232115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 201 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS NEAR INTERSTATE 91 FROM THE VICINITY AMHERST AND NORTHAMPTON TO SPRINGFIELD... AND THE INTERSTATE 93 REGION FROM MANCHESTER TO NASHUA TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY CORRIDOR NORTHWEST OF BOSTON. INTERMITTENT SNOW OR...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND SUNSET AND ACCUMULATIONS BY 6 PM IN THIS WATCH AREA WILL PROBABLY RANGE FROM NEAR 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES IN THE HILLS OF TOLLAND COUNTY WITH 5 INCH TOTALS ON THE HILLS OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY. ALREADY...AS OF 145 PM...THERE ARE REPORTS OF 3 OR 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION FROM NORTHEAST NEW HAVEN COUNTY TO BURLINGTON CONNECTICUT IN WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND THERE BE CONSIDERABLE MELTING ON PAVEMENT...ESPECIALLY TREATED SURFACES. WHILE MOST ROADS SHOULD BE JUST WET...BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY SLUSHY STRETCHES IN THE HILLS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HARTFORD. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL SHOULD DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE 9 AM TO 3 PM WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS AREA DUE TO MARGINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THIS WATCH REGION... ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DRAG
816 WWUS41 KBOX 232011 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 311 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THERE IS VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CTZ002>004-MAZ010-011-NHZ012-240415- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 311 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND POSSIBLE INTERRUPTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 PM TONIGHT AND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THIS HEAVY SNOW INTERRUPTION WILL OVERSPREAD THE THE MANCHESTER NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE 93 CORRIDOR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTALS IN THE VALLEYS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY NOON WEDNESDAY. SEVEN TO 14 INCH TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHWEST HILLS OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY FROM BURLINGTON NORTHWARD TO HARTLAND CONNECTICUT. SNOW MAY END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BEGINNING IN CONNECTICUT 9 AM AND 1 PM...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...AND THE HILLS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-NHZ011-015-240415- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 311 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THERE IS VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND POSSIBLE INTERRUPTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 PM TONIGHT AND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THESE HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED IMPACTS WILL OVERSPREAD THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIDESPREAD VALLEY STORM TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY NOON WEDNESDAY. SEVEN TO 14 INCH STORM TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS. SNOW MAY END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...THE WORCESTER HILLS ON UP INTO THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-006-RIZ001-240415- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.100223T2100Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 311 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLUSHY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BOTH BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME STEADY WET SNOW IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM AND REACH BOSTONS NORTHWEST SUBURBS AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER. THREE TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW SHOULD COVER THE GROUND BY 6 AM WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS..,.ESPECIALLY IN BOSTONS NORTHWEST SUBURBS....BUT THERE MAY BE A CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE TO RAIN TO IS STILL UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...EVEN IF SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN...THE COMBINATION OF PONDING RAIN ON ROADS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL ALSO FORCE SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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
379 WWUS41 KBOX 240217 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 917 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...THERE IS VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-241030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 917 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES TO THE HILLS OF EXTREME WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED 22 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE BERKSHIRES. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND INTERRUPTIONS OF POWER ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS OF 830 PM...AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES HAD ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE BERKSHIRES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE VALLEYS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HEAVIER SNOW FOR THE I93 CORRIDOR FROM NASHUA TO MANCHESTER WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-006-RIZ001-241030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 917 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BOTH BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. THREE TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING FOSTER...GLOUCESTER AND BURRILLVILLE. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND WILL REACH THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AS THE INTENSITY INCREASES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN BOSTONS NORTHWEST SUBURBS...BUT THERE MAY BE A CHANGE TO RAIN BY 6 AM...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE TO RAIN TO IS STILL UNCERTAIN AND COULD OCCUR EARLIER. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
972 WWUS41 KBOX 240755 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 255 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND HIGHER TERRAIN INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-241300- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 255 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...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. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES TO THE HILLS OF EXTREME WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED 22 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE BERKSHIRES. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND INTERRUPTIONS OF POWER ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. AS OF LAST EVENING...AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES HAD ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE BERKSHIRES WITH 4 INCHES IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE HILLS OF NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE IN THE VALLEYS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SLUSHY STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK WILL BE OCCURRING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SNOW SHOULD END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH... BEGINNING BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND REACHING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AT 4 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-006-RIZ001-241300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 255 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BOTH BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. THREE TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING FOSTER...GLOUCESTER AND BURRILLVILLE. SNOW AND MIXED RAIN/SNOW IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN BY 9 AM. MEANWHILE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON SHOULD CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW BEFORE DAWN THEN BACK TO RAIN BY NOON. THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE TO RAIN TO IS STILL UNCERTAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AT 4AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
956 WWUS41 KBOX 240904 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND HIGHER TERRAIN INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... MAZ006-241015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCE 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO WET SNOW FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND SUNRISE...ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING SHOULD BE GENERALLY UNDER 2 INCHES BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. $$ CTZ002>004-241700- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ONLY UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS WARNING MAY BE CANCELED SOONER THAN NOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM HAS BASICALLY OCCURRED AND THE TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN HAS STARTED IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF HARTFORD... TOLLAND...WINDHAM COUNTIES. LARGE FLAKE SNOW AND SOME SLEET IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THESE COUNTIES...NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER WILL BE MIXING WITH RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND 9AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM TRACE AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF THESE COUNTIES TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN THE NORTH THIRD OF THESE COUNTIES. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOULD FOLLOW THIS MORNING CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-241715- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...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. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND INTERRUPTIONS OF POWER ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE IN THE VALLEYS... SLUSHY STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED 22 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BY NOON. LATEST REPORTS INDICATE AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES HAD ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE BERKSHIRES WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WORCESTER HILLS. HEAVIEST SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK WILL BE OCCURRING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SNOW SHOULD END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH... BEGINNING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM IN THE MASS PIKE REGION SOUTHWARD TO THE CONNECTICUT BORDER. THE RAIN MIX SHOULD REACH SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SOMETIME BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ RIZ001-241400- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T1400Z/ NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW ONLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF PROVIDENCE. EVENT TOTALS THREE TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK TODAY IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING FOSTER... GLOUCESTER AND BURRILLVILLE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS AS YOU MOVE CLOSER TO PROVIDENCE. MIXED RAIN/SLEET AND SNOW IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN BY 8 OR 9 AM. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS LATER THIS MORNING WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A SLOWER THAN NORMAL COMMUTE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF PROVIDENCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ005-241715- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL 404 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTHWEST OF BOSTON. EVENT TOTALS OF THREE TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY NOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM BILLERICA TO DUNSTABLE AND TYNGSBORO. SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON SHOULD BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE MIXING AGAIN WITH RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER IS STILL UNCERTAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
679 WWUS41 KBOX 241219 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 719 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND HIGHER TERRAIN INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... CTZ002>004-241330- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 719 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE RAIN. ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW OR SLEET MAY LINGER THROUGH 8 AM ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTHWEST OF I-84 IN HARTFORD COUNTY. $$ RIZ001-241330- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T1400Z/ NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 719 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED WELL ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE RAIN. $$ MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-242030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 719 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...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. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AND INTERRUPTIONS OF POWER ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE IN THE VALLEYS...SLUSHY STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED 22 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BY NOON. LATEST REPORTS INDICATE AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES HAD ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE BERKSHIRES...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WORCESTER HILLS. HEAVIEST SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK WILL BE OCCURRING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SNOW SHOULD END AS RAIN OR TAPER TO DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH... BEGINNING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM IN THE MASS PIKE REGION SOUTHWARD TO THE CONNECTICUT BORDER. THE RAIN MIX SHOULD REACH SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SOMETIME BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. THE WET SNOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND EVEN CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-242030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL 719 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS THE SUBURBS NORTHWEST OF BOSTON. EVENT TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY NOON... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM BILLERICA TO DUNSTABLE AND TYNGSBORO. SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON SHOULD BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE MIXING AGAIN WITH RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER IS STILL UNCERTAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
347 WWUS41 KBOX 241423 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 923 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... MAZ005-241530- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL 923 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THE SNOW HAS CHANGED TO RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THEREFORE...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-242100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 923 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 800 FEET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE HIGH TERRAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT THERE MAY NEVER BE A CHANGE OVER ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM BETWEEN 9 AND 16 INCHES ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES CAN EXPECT FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES. MANY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS REGION AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM BETWEEN 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION...HIGHLY DEPENDING ON THE EXACT ELEVATION. THERE ARE STILL SOME REPORTS OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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
096 WWUS41 KBOX 241631 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1131 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 MAZ003-004-010>012-026-NHZ012-241745- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 1131 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE HEAVY WET SNOW THAT FELL ACROSS THIS REGION HAS PRETTY MUCH CHANGED TO ALL RAIN. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REGION...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON TOP OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES ARE COMMON ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE WORCESTER HILLS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS HAD FINAL STORM TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE...WITH AMOUNTS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON SMALL CHANGES IN ELEVATION. $$ MAZ002-008-009-NHZ011-015-242100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1131 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AS WELL AS THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ALREADY CHANGED TO RAIN AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS REGION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM BETWEEN 10 AND 16 INCHES ACROSS THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES CAN EXPECT FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES. MANY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS REGION AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM BETWEEN 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION... HIGHLY DEPENDING ON THE EXACT ELEVATION. THERE ARE STILL SOME REPORTS OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ FRANK
976 WWUS41 KBOX 242012 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 312 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 MAZ002-008-009-NHZ011-015-242115- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100224T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 312 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON WILL LET THE WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRE ON TIME AT 4 PM FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. ALTHOUGH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN...THE BULK OF THE STORM HAS COME TO AN END. THE HIGH TERRAIN WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WET SNOW OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MANY DOWNED TREES AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT AS THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. $$ 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 Feb 23, 4:01 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 4:01 AM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
401 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION
TO OUR REGION TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FALLING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERIOR. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION MAY OCCUR
BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM THREATENS OUR REGION WITH MORE RAIN/WET SNOW
SOMETIME THURSDAY AND/OR FRIDAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING TO SATURDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WELL EAST OF THE OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WHILE GRADUALLY MOVING NORTHWARD. WE
THINK THAT TODAY WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE
EXPECTING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE PRECIPITATION
FALLING TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN ZONES...BUT THE MAIN
FORCING MECHANISMS DO NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.
THEREFORE...WE EXPECT MORE OF AN INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND/OR RAIN
FOR A GOOD PART OF TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE
CWA. AREAS FURTHER EAST...ESPECIALLY EASTERN MASS MAY NOT SEE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIP TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING
LATER THIS AFTERNOON THERE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FAIRLY
LIGHT TODAY...PROBABLY CONFINED TO THE HILLS OF CT /ESPECIALLY NW
HARTFORD COUNTY/ EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO THE BERKSHIRES WHERE 1 TO
4 INCHES MAY FALL BY 6 PM THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT CLOUDY SKIES REGION-WIDE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
30S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS STILL RUNNING BELOW NORMAL...THOUGH THE 00Z
MODEL RUNS SHOWED A BIT MORE CONSISTENCY. THE 00Z NAM IS AN OUTLIER
WITH THE LOW MOVING ON A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK THAN THE CONSENSUS OF
THE REMAINDER. THERE REMAIN VARIATIONS IN THE TIMING AND TYPE OF
PRECIP. WE DO HAVE INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN A HEAVY WET SNOW EVENT
ACROSS THE INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...FOR
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS
AREA WITH THIS MORNINGS FORECAST PACKAGE. THE REMAINDER OF THE
WATCH AREA /SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE INTERSTATE 495 CORRIDOR/ WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT.
THE MOST DIFFICULT AREA TO FORECAST FOR IS THE BOSTON...
PROVIDENCE...HARTFORD CORRIDOR AND AREAS SOUTHEASTWARD. THIS AREA
IS THE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE PTYPE ISSUES WITH A CHANGE TO RAIN OR
RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW AND PERHAPS BACK AGAIN. IN ADDITION...WARM
TEMPERATURES /AND A WARM BOUNDARY LAYER/ OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL
KEEP SNOW FROM STICKING RIGHT AWAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE BOSTON-PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR WILL BE TUESDAY
NIGHT. HOWEVER...JUST A SMALL CHANGE WARMER OR COLDER IN THE
THERMAL PROFILES WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. A COUPLE OF INCHES OF
SLUSH IS THE FORECAST FOR THE TIME BEING...BUT THIS MAY CHANGE. THE
CAPE AND ISLANDS WILL MOST LIKELY STICK TO RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD.
AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES
AND PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS WARMING THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LEAD
TO A GRADUAL NORTHWESTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN/SNOW LINE. HOW FAR
TO THE NORTHWEST THIS LINE GETS AND HOW QUICKLY IS UNCERTAIN.
ALL IN ALL...A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THIS FORECAST. THE ONE
THING THAT DOES APPEAR CERTAIN IS THAT THIS WILL BE AN ELEVATION
DEPENDENT STORM. THEREFORE...CONFIDENCE IN HEAVY WET SNOW IS
GREATEST ACROSS ELEVATIONS AT 1000 FEET OR HIGHER. LOW CONFIDENCE
ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
A SECOND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL LOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
A SIGNIFICANT COASTAL LOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW...RAIN AND WIND
TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE OPERATIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE IS STILL IN
DISAGREEMENT REGARDING HOW AND WHERE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DECIDES TO
CUTOFF FROM THE JET STREAM. THE LATEST OPERATIONAL 12Z NAM/GFS ARE
FURTHER WEST AND ARE ON THE WESTERN ENVELOPE OF THE GFS ENSEMBLES
AND GLOBAL ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. MEANWHILE THE ECMWF/UKMET AND CANADIAN
GGEM ARE FURTHER EAST. DECIDED TO USE A MODEL BLEND WHICH INCORPORATES
SOME OF THE HPC GUIDANCE AS WELL AS GMOS. THIS FOLLOWS A LOW TRACK
SIMILAR TO THE GEFS MEAN ALONG OR NEAR THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
COAST FRIDAY.
OVERALL SHOULD SEE SOME BREAK IN PRECIPITATION INTENSITY BETWEEN
SYSTEMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS GFS/NAM/ECMWF ARE IN
AGREEMENT REGARDING BRIEF MID LEVEL DRYING...FOLLOWED BY STEADIER
AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CUTS
OFF NEAR OR OVER THE AREA. FUJIWARA EFFECT THROWS A CURVE BALL AND
UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST EXISTS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND
AMOUNTS FOR THIS EVENT. FOR NOW SCALED POPS BACK TO CHANCE LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WITH LIKELY POPS THU AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...CHANCE POPS SATURDAY. A MULTIHAZARD EVENT IS EXPECTED
BUT WILL STILL NEED TO FINE TUNE THE LOCATIONS OF CONCERN AS THERE IS
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING LOW TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT..
USED A BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF PRECIPITATION TOTALS TO DERIVE QPF. ALSO
USED A 50/50 BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF THICKNESSES TO DERIVE PRECIPITATION
TYPE.
MODERATE CONFIDENCE WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH AT WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA ALONG THE COAST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
WET SNOW COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES OVER A PORTION OF THE
CWA. LOW CONFIDENCE WHERE THE SNOW/RAIN LINE WILL BE...ALTHOUGH
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN HAS THE BEST
CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW.
DRYING WILL NOT OCCUR TOO QUICKLY IN THE EXTENDED RANGE AS THE
CUTOFF LOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...CYCLONIC FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS WITH
PERHAPS WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMS.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
TODAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN MVFR CIGS AT MOST TERMINALS TODAY WITH
OCNL MVFR VSBYS IN LIGHT SNOW AND/OR RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE AT IFR
CIGS VSBYS DEVELOPING LATER IN THE DAY WILL BE AT ORH/BDL/BAF WHERE
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN IFR CONDITIONS MOST TERMINALS
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW. VSBY RESTRICTION IN SNOW WILL FOR THE MOST
PART BE CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 1000 FEET...BUT EVEN LOWER
ELEVATIONS MAY SEE A HEAVY BURST OF SNOW TONIGHT...POSSIBLY EVEN AT
BOS AND PVD FOR A TIME...BUT MOST LIKELY AT BDL/BAF/ORH.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR
VSBYS IN LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN.
THURSDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR/IFR VSBYS IN
SNOW AND RAIN.
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IFR
CEILINGS AND MVFR/IFR VSBYS IN SNOW AND RAIN. WINDS COULD GUST TO
40 KT OR MORE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST. LOW CONFIDENCE WIND
DIRECTION AND TIMING DUE TO THE UNCERTAIN TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COASTAL LOW. BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW APPEARS TO BE THE
INTERIOR TERMINALS...SUCH AS KBAF-KORH-MHT AT THIS TIME.
SATURDAY...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE MVFR CEILINGS OR PERHAPS
LOWER IN LEFTOVER SNOW AND RAIN. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST.
&&
.MARINE...
TODAY...EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE TODAY AND SEAS BEGIN TO BUILD LATE.
SCA REMAINS IN EFFECT.
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL
COMBINE WITH DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER OUR WATERS TO CREATE A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS IN TURN WILL RESULT IN PERSISTENT
EASTERLY SCA WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS. THERE IS A LOW
PROBABILITY OF A BRIEF GALE...BUT AT THIS TIME DOES NOT APPEAR WORTHY
OF A GALE HEADLINE. PERSISTENT LONG FETCH EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD ALLOW
SEAS TO BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET ACROSS THE OUTER-WATERS WEDNESDAY.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WITH
SHIFTING WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KT.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE A GALE WARNING
WILL BE NECESSARY PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOOKING
AT SHIFTING WINDS GUSTING TO 40 KT OR HIGHER...BUT WILL ALSO DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF COASTAL LOW PRESSURE.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
MINOR COASTAL FLOOD POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR THE WED MORNING AND
EVENING HIGH TIDE WITH AN INCREASING EAST WIND. STORM SURGE OF 2
FEET COMBINED WITH 10-15 FT SEAS OFFSHORE COULD YIELD WORST CASE
SCENARIO OF MINOR FLOODING.
HOWEVER...BEACH EROSION MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ON EAST FACING BEACHES
DUE TO PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW OVER MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE CYCLES.
NEXT STORM AFFECTING REGION TOWARD END OF WEEK ALSO BEARS WATCHING
AS ASTRO TIDES ARE HIGHER.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MAZ005-006-010-011.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NHZ011-015.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NHZ012.
RI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR RIZ001.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ231>237-254>256.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ230-250-251.
&&
SYNOPSIS...EKSTER
NEAR TERM...EKSTER
SHORT TERM...RLG
LONG TERM...BELK
AVIATION...BELK/EKSTER
MARINE...BELK/EKSTER/RLG
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 5:50 PM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 550 PM EST MON FEB 22 2010 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-232300- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 550 PM EST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...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. A SECOND LOW PRESSURE AREA MAY BRING A SECOND PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM SOMETIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT HEAVIER SNOWS COULD REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE TIMING OF THE SNOW AS WELL AS ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF POTENTIAL GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY WET SNOW COULD PERHAPS YIELD SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DURING THE SECOND EVENT. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ007-013>024-RIZ002>008-232300- EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 550 PM EST MON FEB 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WHERE IT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN. WHERE THE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. A LOT OF MELTING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON PAVED SURFACES. A SMALL SLUSHY ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS THOUGH WITH THE BEST CHANCE THROUGH MID MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR WILL COME TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE MARGINAL SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW...BUT A FEW SLUSHY INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND IT MAY COME DOWN HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. A SECOND LOW PRESSURE AREA MAY BRING A SECOND PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT HEAVIER SNOWS COULD REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE TIMING OF THE SNOW AS WELL AS ACCUMULATIONS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST COULD BRING SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF COASTAL LOW PRESSURE. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-232300- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 550 PM EST MON FEB 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF BRIEF EASTERLY GALE FORCE WINDS FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SECOND COASTAL STORM MAY APPROACH SOMETIME THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE PROBABILITY OF GALE FORCE WINDS DURING THIS TIME. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 18 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:55 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010
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.