Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 18, 2013, 4:53 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2013, 4:53 AM EDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2013, 5:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 2057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
014 WWUS41 KBOX 180853 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND DELIVER A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN FOR SOME LOCATIONS. THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. CTZ002>004-MAZ007-011-013-014-RIZ001-181700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0007.130319T0300Z-130319T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...NORFOLK AND EASTERN ESSEX COUNTIES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-009-010-012-181700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0007.130319T0300Z-130319T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD...WORCESTER 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN SPOTS. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-181700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0007.130319T0300Z-130319T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...BEGINS LATE THIS EVENING AND ENDS LATE TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-181700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0007.130319T0300Z-130319T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0300Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MERRIMACK AND CONNECTICUT VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE MONDAY EVENING...THEN ENDING LATE TUE. * IMPACTS...HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ015-181700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0007.130319T0300Z-130319T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOSTON 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CITY OF BOSTON. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL LIKELY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...LOWERING TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ016>019-RIZ002>004-006-181700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY 453 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ THOMPSON
9 follow-up statements
300 WWUS41 KBOX 181803 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND DELIVER A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN FOR SOME LOCATIONS. THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. CTZ002>004-MAZ007-011-013-014-RIZ001-190215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX...EASTERN ESSEX...AND EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-009-010-012-190215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD...WORCESTER 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-190215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS LATE THIS EVENING AND ENDS LATE TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-190215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0300Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 16 INCHES. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE MONDAY EVENING...THEN ENDING LATE TUE. * IMPACTS...HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ015>019-RIZ002>004-006-190215- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. && $$ RLG
932 WWUS41 KBOX 182029 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND DELIVER A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. NEVERTHELESS EXPECT A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MAZ015-016-190430- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSTON...QUINCY 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND QUINCY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2SM OR LESS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ MAZ007-190430- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES OF ICE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ011-013-014-RIZ001-190430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX...EASTERN ESSEX...AND EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES OF ICE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-006-009-010-012-190430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD...WORCESTER 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES OF ICE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-190430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0100Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS LATE THIS EVENING AND ENDS LATE TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-190430- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0300Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 16 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE MONDAY EVENING...THEN ENDING LATE TUE. * IMPACTS...HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. 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. && $$ MAZ020>022-RIZ005-007-190430- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...BRISTOL... NEWPORT 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...BRISTOL AND NEWPORT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2SM OR LESS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002>004-006-190430- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.130319T0100Z-130319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 429 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT AND WESTERLY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$
059 WWUS41 KBOX 190224 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE THROUGH TUESDAY...DELIVERING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. NEVERTHELESS EXPECT A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. CTZ002>004-MAZ011-013>016-RIZ001-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND QUINCY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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>007-009-010-012-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL... LAWRENCE...NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.130319T0300Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 16 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ MAZ017>022-RIZ002>007-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1024 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... NARRAGANSETT AND WESTERLY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
133 WWUS41 KBOX 190812 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TODAY. THIS STORM HAS BROUGHT HEAVY BURST OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CT AND RI EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TRANSITION TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS. REGIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 2 SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW AND SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE. CTZ002>004-MAZ011-013>016-RIZ001-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND HARTFORD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH NO MORE THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ MAZ005>007-009-010-012-191615- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM...NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-191615- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-191615- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 16 INCHES...ALONG WITH A GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ017>022-RIZ002>007-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE 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...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 412 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON...PROVIDENCE AND WESTERLY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ DUNTEN
677 WWUS41 KBOX 191140 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TODAY. THIS STORM HAS BROUGHT HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CT AND RI THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TRANSITION TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS. REGIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 2 SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW AND SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE. CTZ002>004-MAZ011-013>016-RIZ001-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND HARTFORD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005>007-009-010-012-191945- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM... NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-191945- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-191945- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ MAZ017>022-RIZ002>007-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 740 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON... PROVIDENCE AND WESTERLY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ DUNTEN
673 WWUS41 KBOX 191412 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TODAY. THIS STORM HAS BROUGHT HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CT AND RI THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TRANSITION TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS. REGIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 2 SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW AND SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE. MAZ017>022-191515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN IN THIS AREA AND SNOW HAS CHANGED ALL TO RAIN AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE WE HAVE CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ011-013>016-RIZ001-191515- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND HARTFORD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005>007-009-010-012-192215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM... NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-192215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-192215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ RIZ002>007-191515- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1012 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF TAUNTON... PROVIDENCE AND WESTERLY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ RLG
275 WWUS41 KBOX 191507 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY... .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TODAY. REGIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 2 SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW AND SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE. MAZ011-014-015-191700- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0007.130319T1507Z-130319T1700Z/ EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES AS WELL AS EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES SPRINGFIELD...BOSTON... AND CAMBRIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-016-RIZ001-191615- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...QUINCY... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO RAIN IN THESE LOCATIONS. THERE MAY BE A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE FREEZING/FROZEN PRECIP HAS COME TO AN END. $$ RIZ002>007-191615- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T1500Z/ SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO RAIN IN THESE LOCATIONS. THERE MAY BE A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE FREEZING/FROZEN PRECIP HAS COME TO AN END. $$ MAZ005>007-009-010-012-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM... NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1107 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ RLG
643 WWUS41 KBOX 191718 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY... .A COASTAL STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE THIS AFTERNOON. REGIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AND SEE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 5 PM. THEREAFTER SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND LIFT NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MAZ011-014-192200- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T2200Z/ EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...CAMBRIDGE 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES AS WELL AS EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES SPRINGFIELD... BOSTON...AND CAMBRIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...MAY BRIEFLY LOWER TO 1/2SM AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. 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. && $$ MAZ015-191830- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T1700Z/ SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOSTON 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... HOWEVER RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A SLUSHY INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. $$ MAZ005>007-009-010-012-192200- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T2200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...MILFORD... WORCESTER 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WESTERN HAMPDEN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FRAMINGHAM...NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S. 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. && $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-192200- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T2200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-200130- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 118 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH 8 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ NOCERA
072 WWUS41 KBOX 192152 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 552 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 NHZ011-012-015-192300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130320T0400Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 552 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MAZ002>012-014-026-192300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T2200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 552 PM EDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$
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 Mar 18, 1:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
145 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND
MONDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
DRIER...BLUSTERY AND COLDER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL MOVE
INTO THE REGION AROUND MID WEEK AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
1 AM UPDATE...
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO OVERNIGHT FORECAST. CLEAR SKIES AND
LIGHT WINDS RESULTING IN EFFICIENT RADIATIONAL COOLING OVER
INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY NW ZONES WHERE FULL SNOW COVER REMAINS.
10 PM UPDATE...
FORECAST CONTINUES ON TRACK FOR TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. SATELLITE
IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT ONLY A FEW THIN WISPS OF CI FOR MOST OF THE
NIGHT AND THUS CONFIDENT OF MOST AREAS OUTSIDE OF MAJOR URBAN
AREAS AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST DROPPING INTO THE TEENS.
7 PM UPDATE...
PREVIOUS FORECAST MATCHING UP NICELY WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND
SATELLITE IMAGERY. THUS NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED WITH THIS UPDATE.
POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE ACROSS NEW BRUNSWICK DELIVERING
A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND WITH DEW PTS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS. THIS IS IMPRESSIVE FOR MID MARCH AT THIS LATITUDE
GIVEN THE LACK OF SNOW COVER. IN ADDITION 850 TEMPS AROUND -12C.
HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS CT/RI AND SOUTHEAST MA. THIS MAY SLOW
TEMPS FROM FALLING QUICKLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER ACROSS NORTHERN
MA INTO SOUTHWEST NH WITH CLEAR SKIES EXPECT TEMPS TO FREEFALL
THIS EVENING. NOT RECORD BREAKING OVERNIGHT BUT TEMPS MUCH COLDER
THAN NORMAL WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS!
EARLIER DISCUSSION BELOW.
=================================================================
HIGH CLOUD SHIELD REMAINS ACROSS CT/RI/SE MA AT 20Z...WITH FAIR
WEATHER CLOUDS ACROSS S NH/N MA THAT APPEAR TO BE DISSIPATING AS
SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE. TEMPS CONTINUE TO RUN COLDER THAN
SEASONAL NORMS THANKS TO ARCTIC HIGH PRES BUILDING OUT OF
CENTRAL CANADA INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH BLUSTERY NW WINDS.
FOR TONIGHT...THIS HIGH WILL PUSH THE HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHERN
AREAS OFFSHORE...BRINGING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING
WINDS. H85 TEMPS FALL TO -10C TO -16C EARLY TONIGHT...THEN START
TO REBOUND. HOWEVER...DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS...TEMPS
WILL DROP QUICKLY. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
ACROSS THE HIGHER INLAND TERRAIN TO AROUND 20 ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST...MORE INDICATIVE OF MID WINTER THAN EARLY SPRING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/...
MONDAY...
LARGE HIGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT E DURING THE DAY WITH BLOCKING UPPER
LEVEL PATTERN IN PLACE. MOST SHORT RANGE MODELS APPEAR TO HAVE
RETURNED TO SLOWER TIMING FROM THE 00Z PACKAGE...THOUGH THE 12Z
GGEM AND GFS APPEAR TO BE ON THE FAST SIDE OF THE MODEL SUITE. THE
12Z ECMWF...UKMET AND NAM WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SLOWER
TIMING AS THE HIGH EXITS. THIS SHOULD OFF PRECIP FROM APPROACHING
SYSTEM THROUGH MOST THE DAY...IF NOT INTO MON EVENING. SOME LIGHT
SNOW MAY REACH INTO THE LOWER CT VALLEY BY 22Z.
WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO E-SE AND START TO PICK UP ALONG THE S
COAST LATE IN THE DAY. EVEN WITH THIS...WITH THE VERY COLD
START AND CLOUDS INCREASING DURING THE DAY...HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH
TO THE LOWER-MID 30S...RUNNING AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL
NORMS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HEADLINES...
* SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
* RETURN OF DRY BUT COLDER THAN NORMAL WEATHER WED INTO THE WEEKEND.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW AND MODEL PREFERENCES...
FAIRLY GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT ON SECONDARY CYCLOGENESIS OCCURRING
VICINITY OF MID ATLC TO NJ COAST MON NGT THEN SWIPING THE SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND COAST TUE. HOWEVER MODELS DIFFER ON THE AMPLITUDE OF
THIS SECONDARY SURFACE WAVE. 12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT ON A ROBUST COASTAL LOW DEEPENING TO 990-995MB RANGE
OVER MA BAY LATE TUE. HOWEVER THE NAM IS CONSIDERABLY WEAKER AT
1001MB. MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS RESULTS IN THE NAM OFFERING A WEAKER
LOW LEVEL SE JET. THUS LESS LOW LEVEL WARMING. HENCE THE NAM
PROVIDES A COLDER/SNOWIER SOLUTION. GIVEN THE NAM IS AN OUTLIER
WITH ITS SURFACE PRES WILL BASE THIS FORECAST OFF AN EVEN BLEND OF
THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF/GMOS AND HPC.
DAILY DETAILS...
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...
TIMING...PRECIP BEGINS AS SNOW FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS MON EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...BUT SHOULD BEGIN AFTER THE EVENING COMMUTE /8 PM/ IN
THE HARTFORD/ SPRINGFIELD AREAS. THEN OVERSPREADING THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING ORH/MHT/BOS/PVD TOWARD MIDNIGHT
AND FINALLY CAPE COD AND ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST PRECIP
OCCURS 06Z-18Z...POSSIBLY 21Z NORTHEAST MA AND SOUTHERN NH. THEN
WINDING DOWN THEREAFTER.
SNOWFALL AND PTYPE...LOW CONFIDENCE ON EXACT SNOWFALL BUT HIGH
CONFIDENCE ON MAJOR IMPACT TO TRAVEL LATE MON NGT INTO TUE
MORNING...EXCEPT MUCH OF TUE ALONG/NORTH OF MA PIKE AND ALONG/WEST
OF I-495. DURING THE TUE AM COMMUTE WE ARE EXPECTING SNOW...HEAVY
AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHERN CT/RI AND INTO EASTERN MA...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
VERY TREACHEROUS TUE AM COMMUTE FOR MUCH OF THE ARE. FARTHER
SOUTHEAST ACROSS COASTAL RI AND MA WARMER AIR ALOFT /800-850
LAYER/ WILL BE ADVANCING NORTHEAST ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH SNOW
CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND THEN ALL RAIN. 1-3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS COASTAL RI AND MA BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER.
FARTHER NORTH TOWARD THE MA PIKE AND RT-128...THE CHANGEOVER TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SLOWER...TOWARD MID MORNING.
ALWAYS A TOUGH CALL FOR CITY OF BOSTON GIVEN PROXIMITY TO OCEAN.
HOWEVER NEARBY COASTAL WATERS ARE COOL WITH SST IN THE U30S. THIS
COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND HEAVY PRECIP YIELDS A MODERATE
RISK OF 4-7 INCHES ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ICE. HENCE...INCLUDED
THE GREATER BOSTON AREA IN THE WATCH.
WELL INLAND ACROSS NORTHERN MA /RT-2 CORRIDOR/ AND SOUTHERN
NH...PTYPE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW WITH 12+" POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE
SNOWFALL POTENTIAL ALONG WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF ICE POSSIBLE A
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MON NIGHT INTO TUE. THE
WATCH EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CT/RI AND THE
RT-128/I-95 CORRIDOR DESPITE SNOW TOTALS POSSIBLY LESS THAN 6
INCHES...GIVEN THE RISK OF A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
FOLLOWING THE CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW. AS A RESULT DO NOT FOCUS ON
EXACT SNOWFALL TOTALS AS THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF ICE WILL YIELD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TUE
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
HEAVY RAIN...SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN RI
AND SOUTHEAST MA BY MID TUE MORNING. RAINFALL OF 1+" POSSIBLE
COMBINED WITH 1-3" OF POTENTIAL SNOWFALL ON THE FRONT END MAY PUSH A
FEW SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TOWARD BANKFULL LATER TUE. WILL HAVE TO
WATCH THIS CLOSELY. IN ADDITION EXPECT MINOR POOR DRAINAGE/URBAN
FLOODING POSSIBLE AS WELL ACROSS THIS REGION.
WIND...GUSTY EAST WINDS EXPECTED TUE WITH STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS
CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. LOW PROBABILITY OF WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ACROSS THIS REGION GIVEN STRENGTH OF LOW LEVEL JET AND INITIALLY
COLD BLYR FOR GOOD TRANSFER. HOWEVER GIVEN TIME RANGE HERE /4TH
PERIOD/ AND PROBABILITY LOW...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY WIND ADVISORY AND
LET LATER SHIFTS EVALUATE.
WED AND BEYOND...COLDER THAN NORMAL WITH VORTEX LINGERING OVER THE
NORTHEAST. LOW PROB OF NUISANCE TYPE DIURNAL SNOW SHOWERS GIVEN COLD
AIR ALOFT COMBINED WITH INCREASING MARCH SUN ANGLE. ANY SURFACE
WAVES SHOULD REMAIN FAR ENOUGH OFSHR AS CORE OF VORTEX REMAINS CLOSE
TO NEW ENGLAND...STEERING ANY SURFACE WAVES FAR OFSHR. ALTHO WILL
HAVE TO WATCH POSSIBLE INVERTED TROUGHS EXTENDING NW FROM ANY
OCEAN CYCLONES BACK INTO NEW ENGLAND /NORLUN TROUGH/. THIS WOULD
ENHANCE CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
OVERVIEW...HIGH CONFIDENCE THROUGH MONDAY.
1 AM UPDATE...
CLR SKIES AND UNRESTRICTED VSBY OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO UNTIL AT LEAST 21Z.
10 PM UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO CIGS AND NO VSBY RESTRICTIONS. LIGHT WINDS
OVERNIGHT.
7 PM UPDATE...
NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST.
THROUGH 00Z...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. SCT CLOUDS BETWEEN 5-8KFT
WILL MELT AWAY WITH SUNSET...BUT HIGH CLOUD SHIELD WILL REMAIN
ACROSS CT/RI/SE MA INTO THE EVENING. NW WIND GUSTS TO 20-25 KT
THROUGH 23Z.
TONIGHT...VFR. HIGH CLOUD SHIELD ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS SHOULD
SHIFT S BY AROUND 04Z...THOUGH SOME MAY LINGER ALONG THE S COAST.
MONDAY...VFR. MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM SW-NE DURING THE
DAY...WITH CLOUDS LOWERING TO AROUND 4-5KFT ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WESTERN AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOW PROB OF -SN/-RA ACROSS N
CENTRAL CT/SW MA AFTER 20Z.
KBOS TAF...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF.
KBDL TAF...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF.
OUTLOOK...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
IFR/LIFR IN SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO RAIN ACROSS COASTAL RI AND
SOUTHEAST MA. 4-7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE BDL AND BOS WITH 2-4
INCHES POSSIBLE AT PVD BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN
AND LIKELY ALL RAIN PVD AND BOS. 5-10 POSSIBLE ORH AND 10-14 MHT.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
VFR TO MARGINAL MVFR LIKELY ALONG WITH GUSTY WNW WINDS WED AND
AGAIN FRI. MAINLY DRY WEATHER PREVAILS.
&&
.MARINE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE THROUGH MONDAY.
TONIGHT...SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD ON THE OUTER WATERS...SO
HAVE CONTINUED SMALL CRAFTS THERE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25-30 KT WILL
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SHOULD DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL REMAIN AOA 5 FT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT THEN SHOULD SUBSIDE.
MONDAY...AS HIGH BUILDS OFFSHORE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO E-SE AND
GRADUALLY INCREASE...THOUGH REMAINING BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA
FOR MOST OF THE DAY. GUSTS MAY APPROACH 25 KT ON THE SOUTHERN
OUTER WATERS LATE.
OUTLOOK...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
MON NIGHT THRU TUESDAY...GALE WATCH FOR POSSIBLE EASTERLY GALES
MAINLY OCEAN WATERS. VSBY REDUCED IN SNOW AND RAIN.
TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY...WNW GALES POSSIBLE. MAINLY DRY WEATHER.
ROUGH SEAS WITH LEFTOVER EAST SWELLS COMBINED WITH BUILDING W WIND
WAVES.
THU-FRI...WINDS MAY RELAX THU BEFORE POSSIBLY INCREASING AGAIN
FRI AS ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS NEAR NOVA SCOTIA.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MAZ002>015-026.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR RIZ001.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
ANZ232>235-237-255-256.
GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
ANZ231-250-251-254.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
ANZ250.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR ANZ254-
255.
&&
SYNOPSIS...NOCERA/EVT
NEAR TERM...NOCERA/EVT/THOMPSON
SHORT TERM...EVT
LONG TERM...NOCERA
AVIATION...NOCERA/EVT/THOMPSON
MARINE...NOCERA/EVTHazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 4:15 PM EDT, 12 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:41 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:53 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.