Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Chill Advisories in 2015
Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 12, 2015, 3:38 AM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; 4 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Feb 13, 2015, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2015, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 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, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978 WWUS41 KBOX 120838 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 338 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 MAZ022-024-121645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.150212T1800Z-150213T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 338 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE MAINLY THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...TODAY INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES EXPECTED DOWN TO A HALF MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW...AND POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS 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 RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS 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. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-121645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0500Z-150213T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 338 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 24 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...4 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010>012-RIZ001-121645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 338 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 18 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 7 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
8 follow-up statements
101 WWUS41 KBOX 121631 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1131 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 MAZ022-024-130045- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.150212T1800Z-150213T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1131 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE MAINLY THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES EXPECTED DOWN TO A HALF MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW...AND POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-130045- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0500Z-150213T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1131 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 24 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...4 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010>012-RIZ001-130045- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE... FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1131 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 18 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 7 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
493 WWUS41 KBOX 122114 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...SNOW ENDS TONIGHT...COLD WEATHER FOLLOWS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND... MAZ002-008-009-130515- /O.EXT.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0500Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ022-024-130515- /O.NEW.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * ACCUMULATIONS...OVERNIGHT SNOW 2-4 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE WEEKEND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...FOR THE ADVISORY...THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THE BLIZZARD WATCH LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES EXPECTED DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW...AND POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DURING THE WEEKEND. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS. LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. 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 RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS 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. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ004-012-RIZ001-130515- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE WEEKEND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OVERNIGHT...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EARLY SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 22 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-010-011-130515- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 8 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ007-015-016-019-130515- /O.NEW.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-006-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-130515- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 414 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE DAY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
079 WWUS41 KBOX 130330 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...SNOW ENDS TONIGHT...COLD WEATHER FOLLOWS... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ALONG THE EAST COAST... MAZ022-024-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * ACCUMULATIONS...OVERNIGHT SNOW 2-4 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...FOR THE ADVISORY...THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THE BLIZZARD WATCH LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES EXPECTED DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW...AND POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DURING THE WEEKEND. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS. LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. 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 RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS 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. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ004-012-RIZ001-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OVERNIGHT...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EARLY SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0500Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-010-011-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.150213T0800Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 8 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ007-015-016-019-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-006-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-131130- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 1030 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. * TIMING...LATE DAY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
691 WWUS41 KBOX 130902 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND INTO THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS... MAZ022-024-131715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ006-131715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCE 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ004-012-RIZ001-131715- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THIS MORNING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ CTZ003-004-131715- /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1600Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THIS MORNING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-131715- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 24 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO MIDDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 6 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ002-MAZ003-010-011-131600- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 TO 7 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ007-015-016-019-131715- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-131715- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 402 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
299 WWUS41 KBOX 130927 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND INTO THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS... CTZ003-004-MAZ004-012-RIZ001-131730- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THIS MORNING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-131730- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 24 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO MIDDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 6 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CTZ002-MAZ003-010-011-131600- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 16 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 TO 7 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ006-007-015-016-019-022-024-131730- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-131730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 427 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
133 WWUS41 KBOX 131502 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND INTO THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS... CTZ003-004-MAZ004-012-RIZ001-132315- /O.EXT.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THIS MORNING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ CTZ002-MAZ003-010-011-131800- /O.EXT.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1800Z/ HARTFORD CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 15 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...3 TO 11 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ002-008-009-131900- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 23 BELOW. * TIMING...INTO MIDDAY. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 6 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS LIKELY TO REACH -15 TO -24 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ006-007-015-016-019-022-024-132315- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-132315- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 1002 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
803 WWUS41 KBOX 131801 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS... CTZ003-004-MAZ004-012-RIZ001-140215- /O.EXP.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. * IMPACTS....TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. ROOFS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED COULD BECOME LADEN WITH MORE SNOW...LEADING TO COLLAPSE. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. PLAN TO HAVE TRAVEL COMPLETED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ CTZ002-MAZ003-010-011-131915- /O.EXP.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1800Z/ HARTFORD CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD THIS AFTERNOON...WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 15 BELOW ZERO ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MAZ002-008-009-131915- /O.CON.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 15 BELOW. * TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM. * IMPACTS....FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...3 TO 7 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MAZ006-007-015-016-019-022-024-140215- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ MAZ005-013-014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ002>007-140215- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 101 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. PLAN TO HAVE TRAVEL COMPLETED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
000 WWUS41 KBOX 131903 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 203 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS... MAZ002-008-009-132015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 203 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD...WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 15 BELOW ZERO ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MAZ006-007-015-016-019-022-024-140315- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T0000Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 203 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR UNCLEARED ROOFS. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ004-005-012>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-RIZ001>007- 140315- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0007.150214T2000Z-150216T0000Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...MILFORD...WORCESTER... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 203 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWAY FROM THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SLIPPERY AND LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROOF COLLAPSES ON AREA ROOFS NOT CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. PLAN TO HAVE TRAVEL COMPLETED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 11, 10:58 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:58 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1058 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
LIGHT OCEAN EFFECT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
WILL WIND DOWN OVERNIGHT. NUISANCE LIGHT SNOW MAINLY FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND ESPECIALLY CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD...WITH AN ARCTIC CHILL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
1020 PM UPDATE...
STILL NOTING VERY LIGHT PATCHY SNOW ACROSS E MA INTO E RI ON
LATEST KBOX 88D RADAR CONTINUING OFF THE OCEAN...BUT APPEARS TO
BE ORIENTING MORE N-S VS. NE-SW AS WINDS GRADUALLY BACK TO A MORE
NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND DIMINISH. SHOULD SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE
LIGHT SNOW END FROM W-E OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THOUGH SOME MAY
LINGER A BIT LONGER /THROUGH 4 AM OR SO/ ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
OF EASTERN NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES.
EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO ALSO MOVE SLOWLY E OVERNIGHT OUT OF E
MA/RI...BUT BANDS OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E OUT OF NY
STATE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS
AND...IF HIGH CLOUDS ARE THIN ENOUGH...SOME SPOTS COULD SEE TEMPS
DROP QUICKLY. TEMPS DOWN TO 3 AT KBED AND KLWM AND 9 AT KORE AT
03Z. SUSPECT THESE WILL RISE A BIT AS HIGH CLOUDS BECOME THICKER
THROUGH THE PRE DAWN HOURS.
HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO BRING CONDITIONS CURRENT AND
INCORPORATED INTO NEAR TERM TRENDS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
NOTED SNOWFALL TREND HAS DIMINISHED EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS SE
MA AND E RI A BIT AND SHIFTED FURTHER S. THIS TREND WILL
CONTINUE...BUT A FEW FLURRIES ARE LIKELY TO LINGER INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS UNTIL A MORE W COMPONENT TO THE FLOW IS NOTED.
THEREFORE...HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING POPS AND SKIES ACROSS E MA
AND RI BUT INCREASING SKIES AHEAD OF A CLIPPER SYSTEM LATE IN THE
W.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
ROBUST MID LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST FROM THE GT LAKES THU WITH
PARENT LOW MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND. DEEPENING MOISTURE AND LARGE
SCALE MODEST FORCING AHEAD OF THE TROF WILL YIELD LIGHT SNOW
DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON. ACCUM DURING THE DAY WILL BE GENERALLY AROUND AN
INCH...AND SNOW WILL LIKELY BE TAPERING OFF IN THE CT VALLEY BY
EVENING.
POTENT TRAILING SHORTWAVE INITIATES SECONDARY CYCLOGENESIS SOUTH
OF THE BENCHMARK THU EVENING WITH EXPLOSIVE DEEPENING OCCURRING
THEREAFTER. HOWEVER...THIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TOO LATE AND TOO FAR
OFFSHORE TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO SNE. THE STORM MAY WRAP A
PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW BACK ACROSS THE CAPE/ISLANDS AND FAR SE
MA THU EVENING WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING BACK ACROSS THE COASTAL
PLAIN...BUT SYSTEM IS PROGRESSIVE AND SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF BY
MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS PERSISTING OVER
THE OUTER CAPE. TOTAL ACCUM MAY REACH 2-4 INCHES OVER THE
CAPE/ISLANDS...WITH 1-2 INCHES BACK TO THE COASTAL PLAIN. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED ON THE CAPE/ISLANDS.
AS THE STORM RAPIDLY DEEPENS OFFSHORE...GUSTY NW WINDS WILL
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO SNE. MINS WILL
DROP NEAR OR BELOW ZERO IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN
WITH SINGLE NUMBERS ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT TEENS CAPE/ISLANDS. WIND
CHILLS BY EARLY FRI MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW IN THE
COASTAL PLAIN AND 15 TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN
CENTRAL AND WESTERN MA. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
*/ HIGHLIGHTS...
- COLD WIND CHILLS FRI NIGHT AND EARLY SAT
- SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SAT INTO SUN
- ARCTIC CHILL EARLY NEXT WEEK
OVERVIEW...
IT APPEARS THAT THE POSITIVE AO/NAO AND PNA PATTERN REMAINS THE
DOMINANT PATTERN THROUGH THE LONG TERM. NOT SURPRISINGLY...SINCE A
LOOK AT THE UPPER LVLS SHOWS A DOMINANT POSITIVE PNA SIGNAL ACROSS
THE CONUS...WITH DEEP TROFING IN THE E SUPPORTED BY NEARLY
CONSISTENT W COAST RIDGING. THEREFORE...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR
CONTINUED ACTIVE PATTERN WITH WAVE ACTION TO DEAL WITH THROUGHOUT.
THE FIRST LATE THIS WEEK...ONLY BROADENS AND DIGS THE TROF FURTHER
S...SETTING THE TABLE FOR THE VERY COLD/ARCTIC SOURCED WAVE FOR
THE LATE WEEK. THIS WAVE...WITH DYNAMIC TROP PROGGED TO DIP BELOW
500HPA...IS VERY ROBUST...AND AS NOTED IN THE LAST FEW RUNS...IS
LIKELY TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON SRN NEW ENGLAND AS IT GENERATES
SECONDARY LOW PRES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC. AT THIS JUNCTURE...EVEN
DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE IS LESS SUPPRESSED AND SHOWS BETTER
CLUSTERING WITH ENSEMBLES...SO HAVE BETTER CONFIDENCE THAT A
PLOWABLE SNOW WILL BE OCCURRING FROM THE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN
TIMEFRAME. VERY COLD AIR FOLLOWS...WITH H5 HEIGHTS DIPPING BELOW
500DM AND CIPS ANALOGS STILL SUPPORTING H85 TEMPS POSSIBLY
REACHING BELOW -20C. THIS IS CURIOUS THOUGH...AS YET ONE MORE WAVE
IS PROGGED TO PASS OVER OR POSSIBLY EVEN JUST INSIDE BY THE MID
PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. DON/T LIKE THIS SOLUTION AS THE NAO/AO AND
PNA REMAIN POSITIVE SUGGESTING THIS INSIDE PASS IS UNLIKELY. WILL
BE LEANING MORE HEAVILY ON ENSEMBLES FOR THAT PERIOD.
DETAILS...
FRI INTO EARLY SAT...
WITH LOW PRES RAPIDLY DEEPENING TO THE E...COULD SEE A
CONTINUATION OF OCEAN ENHANCED SNOWS UNDER N-NW PRES GRADIENT
DURING THE DAY ON FRI...MAINLY FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.
OTHERWISE...WILL BE EXPERIENCING CLEARING ELSEWHERE ALTHOUGH WITH
COOLING CONDITIONS. H85 TEMPS WILL BE FALLING BACK TO -17C TO
-20C...SO THE COLD CONTINUES. HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE TEENS FRI
AND SAT...AND WIND CHILLS FALLING BACK TO POTENTIALLY ADVISORY
LEVELS /-15F OR LOWER/ FRI NIGHT.
LATE SAT INTO SUN...
AS WAS ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY...IT WAS WISE NOT TO GIVE UP ON
ANOTHER DOUBLE BARREL SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PERIOD.
ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL SETUP IS SIMILAR TO THE STORM FOR
TOMORROW...WITH A CLIPPER SHIFTING ENERGY TO A DEVELOPING MID
ATLANTIC STORM...IT APPEARS THE ENSEMBLES WERE MORE PRECISE WITH
THE HIGH AMPLITUDE ARCTIC TROF. MODELS INDICATE A DEEP TROP FOLD
WHERE THE 2.0 DYNAMIC TROP REACHES AS LOW AS 550HPA AND THE 1.5 AS
LOW AS 750HPA. THEREFORE...GIVEN THE COLD AND VERY AMPLIFIED
POTENTIAL NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM...THE GFS IS LIKELY JUST TOO FAR N
SO WILL BE FAVORING THE ECMWF IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
WITH SOME WEIGHT TOWARD THE ENSEMBLE MEANS.
WHAT ALL THIS MEANS IS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER VERY
STRONG COASTAL STORM PASSING VERY CLOSE THE 40/70 BENCHMARK. THE
TROP FOLD SUGGESTS VERY STRONG WAVELENGTH COMPRESSION WITH THE LOW
DEEPENING FROM 990S TO LOW 970S IN 12 HOURS S OF THE REGION. THIS
IS COLD...SO ONCE AGAIN P-TYPE IS LIKELY TO REMAIN MOSTLY TO ALL
SNOW. QPF VALUES RANGE FROM SHY OF 0.5 IN THE W TO AS MUCH AS 0.75
TO 1.25 INCHES ACROSS THE E. RATIOS ARE LIKELY TO BE A BIT ABOVE
THE 10 TO 1 STANDARD GIVEN THE COLD AIR AND VERY ROBUST UPWARD
MOTION THROUGH THE COLUMN...INCLUDING THE DENDRITE REGION.
THEREFORE...PLOWABLE SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AKIN TO SOME OF THE BIGGER STORMS WE
HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ESPECIALLY IN THE E HALF OF THE
REGION BUT EXACT AXES REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
POTENTIALLY A 50-60 KT LLJ ACROSS THE REGION...STRONG WINDS CAN/T
BE RULED OUT HERE EITHER...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. POWER OUTAGES ALSO SOMETHING OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY AT
COASTAL AREAS WHERE RATIOS WOULD BE LOWER.
THIS JET ALSO MEANS THE NEED TO WATCH TIDES. SUN AM HIGH TIDE IS
10.1 IN BOS BUT WILL NOT HAVE HAD A LONG PERIOD OF FETCH ALTHOUGH
IF THIS LOW DEEPENS AS RAPIDLY AS POTENTIALLY FORECAST...SOME
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CAN/T BE RULED OUT...BUT SURGE AT THIS
MOMENT IS LIKELY TO ACTUALLY PEAK DURING LOW TIDE.
MON AND TUE...
THE ISSUE WILL BE COLD. WITH ALL CIPS ANALOGS SUGGESTING 70
PERCENT OF MEMBERS WITH H85 TEMPS BELOW -20C. THIS WILL BE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH BLUSTERY WINDS BEHIND THE STRONG LOW PRES
ESPECIALLY MON. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR WIND CHILLS APPROACHING
ADVISORY TO POTENTIALLY EVEN WARNING CRITERIA FOR SOME /-25F/ AS
EVEN A MODESTLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL ONLY ALLOW HIGHS TO
REACH THE LOW TEENS AT THE WARMEST.
MID NEXT WEEK...
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STRONG LOW PRES CENTER PASSING
INVOF SRN NEW ENGLAND. 12Z DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE IS MORE
SUPPRESSED THAN THEIR 00Z AND 06Z COUNTERPARTS WITH SEVERAL
ENSEMBLES SUGGESTING OFFSHORE PASS RATHER THAN THE INSIDE RUNNER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS TRACK WILL DETERMINE P-TYPE...BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF
CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN FEEL STICKING CLOSER TO THE COLDER
SOLUTIONS SUGGESTED BY AN ENSEMBLE MEAN IS PREFERRED...ESPECIALLY
SINCE THAT IS THE TENDENCY OF OPERATIONAL MODELS. STILL WITH A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK ACROSS THE AREA...BOTH A RAIN OR A SNOW
SOLUTION ARE NOT GOOD. STAY TUNED AS WE APPROACH.
&&
.AVIATION /04Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
TONIGHT...HIGH CONFIDENCE.
AREAS OF MVFR VSBYS IN OCEAN EFFECT SNOW LINGERING ACROSS SE
COASTAL MA AND E RI...IMPROVING AFT MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD MVFR
CIGS E MA AND RI WITH LOWERING VFR CIGS WESTERN TERMINALS.
DIMINISHING WIND BECOMING LIGHT ALONG THE COAST. A PERIOD OF VFR
POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z FOR THOSE CURRENTLY MVFR...BUT SOME REMAIN
MVFR.
THURSDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE. MVFR CIGS CONTINUE IN THE EAST AND
LOWERING TO MVFR IN THE WEST. SNOW AND LOWERING VSBYS TO MVFR/IFR
WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST MID MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TRENDS. LOWER CONFIDENCE IN
TIMING. VFR IN THE WEST AS SNOW EXITS. MVFR/IFR SNOW IN E NEW ENG
IMPROVING TO VFR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT LINGERING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT CAPE/ISLANDS. GUSTY NW WINDS TO 25 KT DEVELOPING AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
KBOS TAF...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN TAF. MVFR/IFR VSBYS PERSIST
THIS AFTERNOON...IMPROVING THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS CONTINUE.
KBDL TAF...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
FRI INTO SAT...HIGH CONFIDENCE.
MAINLY VFR AFTER SNOWS END EARLY FRI. 20-30 KT NW GUSTS EARLY ON
FRI...BUT DIMINISHING BY FRI NIGHT.
SAT EVENING INTO SUN...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
ANOTHER POTENTIALLY STRONG WINTER STORM WITH ACCUMULATING
SNOWS...HIGHEST IN THE EAST. STRONG WIND GUSTS ESPECIALLY LATE SAT
NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING WITH GUSTS POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 40 KT AT
TIMES OUT OF THE N NEAR THE E COAST. SLIGHTLY LESS INLAND. LLWS A
CONCERN WITH UP TO 50 KT AT 2KFT. IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IF
THIS STORM COMES TO PASS.
MON...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS WITH VFR EXPECTED...BUT VERY COLD. NW WIND
GUSTS 25-30 KT POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...HIGH CONFIDENCE.
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS E
OVERNIGHT INTO THU. SEAS AOA 5 FT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTER
WATERS.
AS COASTAL STORM INTENSIFIES OFFSHORE THU NIGHT...WILL LIKELY SEE
GALE FORCE N-NW WINDS DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND GALE WATCHES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED. ALSO...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED FOR
LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR
MOVING OVER THE WATERS.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
FRI INTO EARLY SAT...HIGH CONFIDENCE
CONDITIONS BEGIN WITH GALES EARLY FRI...BUT THEN TAPER TO SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRI AND FRI NIGHT SUCH THAT A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF QUIET BOATING WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
DAY ON SAT. MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY EARLY FRI...THEN DIMINISHING
THROUGH THE DAY.
LATE SAT INTO SUN...MODERATE CONFIDENCE
POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG COASTAL STORM TO THE SE OF THE WATERS
THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN...LOW VSBYS AND
STRONG WINDS. WINDS COULD REACH STORM FORCE...BUT ARE LIKELY TO AT
LEAST REACH GALE FORCE OUT OF THE N DURING THE PEAK EARLY SUN.
DANGEROUS SEAS MAY EXCEED 20 FT ON THE SE WATERS.
MON...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
GALES TO START EARLY MON...WITH CONDITIONS DROPPING TO SMALL
CRAFTS BY LATER IN THE DAY AS WINDS SUBSIDE. SEAS REMAIN
ELEVATED...WITH 10-12 FT STILL POSSIBLE ON THE OCEAN WATERS.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256.
FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO 3 PM
EST FRIDAY FOR ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ANZ235-237.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THURSDAY FOR ANZ250-251-
254>256.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KJC/DOODY
NEAR TERM...DOODY/EVT
SHORT TERM...KJC
LONG TERM...DOODY
AVIATION...KJC/DOODY
MARINE...KJC/DOODY/EVTHazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:05 PM EST, 11 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 405 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>007-122115- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 405 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...LOW-END ADVISORY SNOWFALLS AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ANTICIPATED ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...THERE IS NOW A MODERATE RISK FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. PLOWABLE SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SUNDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY MORNING...WIND-CHILL HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WITH SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON USHERED BY BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256-122115- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY- RHODE ISLAND SOUND-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- 405 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO 3 PM EST FRIDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. AT THE VERY LEAST GALES ARE LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230-236-RIZ008-122115- BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 405 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. AT THE VERY LEAST GALES ARE LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:43 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 32 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:43 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:14 PM EST | Blizzard Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:21 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:21 PM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Massachusetts, 2015Wind Chill Advisories in Connecticut, 2015Wind Chill Advisories in Rhode Island, 2015Every wind chill advisory in 2015
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.