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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Massachusetts
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Barnstable
high wind warning
winter storm warning
Central Middlesex County
winter storm watch
Dukes
high wind warning
winter storm warning
Eastern Essex
winter storm watch
Eastern Franklin
winter storm watch
Eastern Hampden
winter storm warning
Eastern Hampshire
winter storm watch
Eastern Norfolk
winter storm warning
Eastern Plymouth
winter storm warning
Nantucket
high wind warning
winter storm warning
Northern Berkshire
winter storm warning
Northern Bristol
winter storm warning
Northern Middlesex County
winter storm watch
Northern Worcester
winter storm watch
Southeast Middlesex
winter storm watch
Southern Berkshire
winter storm warning
Southern Bristol
winter storm warning
Southern Plymouth
winter storm warning
Southern Worcester
winter storm warning
Suffolk
winter storm warning
Western Essex
winter storm watch
Western Franklin
winter storm watch
Western Hampden
winter storm warning
Western Hampshire
winter storm watch
Western Norfolk
winter storm warning
Western Plymouth
winter storm warning
Winter Storm Warning
Northern Berkshire (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 533 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-101000- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.100210T1000Z-100211T0600Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 533 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...THE CENTRAL TACONICS...AND THE BERKSHIRES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BEGINNING JUST PRIOR TO DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BANDS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WHICH COULD PRODUCE WELL OVER A FOOT. HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THE LATE EVENING...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 25 MPH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL. THE WINTER WEATHER IS DUE TO A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...MOVING WELL SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND CAPE COD BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Western Franklin (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Eastern Franklin (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Northern Worcester (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Central Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Western Essex (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Eastern Essex (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Western Hampshire (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Western Hampden (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Eastern Hampshire (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Eastern Hampden (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Southern Worcester (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Western Norfolk (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Southeast Middlesex (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Suffolk (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Eastern Norfolk (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Northern Bristol (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Western Plymouth (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Eastern Plymouth (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Southern Bristol (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Southern Plymouth (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Barnstable (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... MAZ022>024-101100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0004.100210T2100Z-100211T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL ABOUT 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Barnstable (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Dukes (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... MAZ022>024-101100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0004.100210T2100Z-100211T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL ABOUT 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Dukes (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Nantucket (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... MAZ022>024-101100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0004.100210T2100Z-100211T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL ABOUT 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Nantucket (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY AS ONE NEARS THE MASS PIKE AND BOSTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR NORTH THE REAL HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL PROGRESS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MASS PIKE... WHICH WOULD MEAN LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SPRINGFIELD EASTWARD TO WORCESTER TO BOSTON. WE WILL KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Southern Berkshire (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 533 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-101000- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.100210T1000Z-100211T0600Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 533 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...THE CENTRAL TACONICS...AND THE BERKSHIRES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BEGINNING JUST PRIOR TO DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BANDS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WHICH COULD PRODUCE WELL OVER A FOOT. HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THE LATE EVENING...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 25 MPH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL. THE WINTER WEATHER IS DUE TO A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...MOVING WELL SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND CAPE COD BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Watch
Northern Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 943 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE SHIELD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WARNING ISSUED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE...POSSIBLY LEAVING AREAS NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES. FINAL ADVISORY AND OR WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY 4 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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