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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 9, 2016, 12:37 AM EST for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 12:37 AM EST (05:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 8, 10:19 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 10:19 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 9, 12:06 AM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1206 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 MAZ002-004-008-009-026-091000- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...BARRE...FITCHBURG... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AYER 1206 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW MAY RESULT IN SLIPPERY TRAVEL OVERNIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN WORCESTER HILLS... SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTHERN WORCESTER HILLS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN IS FOR ELEVATIONS OVER 1000 FEET ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. WHILE ANY SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW WILL BE RATHER LIGHT...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY. DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION IN THIS REGION OVERNIGHT. FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:09 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 66 hr | |
| Jan 9, 4:17 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.