Blizzard Warning extended to Boston and Surroundings. 20" expected.
Posted by JAC on 12/25/2010, 5:55 pm
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
451 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL BE
INTENSIFYING OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST SUNDAY MORNING. THE
STORM WILL THEN STRENGTHEN FURTHER INTO A MAJOR STORM AS IT MOVES
JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
THE STORM WILL PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.

MAZ005>007-012>021-RIZ001>007-260600-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.101226T1700Z-101227T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.101226T1700Z-101227T2300Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...
PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...
WESTERLY...NEWPORT
451 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT BLOCK ISLAND AND ALL OF
 EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...WITH
 CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR ZERO
 VISIBILITIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL START IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND BECOME
 HEAVY BY EVENING. VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SUNDAY
 NIGHT WITH UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY AT TIMES. THE
 SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
 PEAK FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY
 SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO
 CREATE BLINDING CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES
 SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
 HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT FROM BOTH THE STRONG WINDS
 KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES AND THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW.
 SHOVELING SHOULD NOT BE DONE BY ANYONE WITH HEART CONDITIONS.  

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
 WITH GUSTS AS HIGH 50 TO 60 MPH ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL RHODE
 ISLAND AND COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.  VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.  THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY
BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

&&

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>011-026-NHZ011-012-015-260600-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.101226T1700Z-101227T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0007.101226T1700Z-101227T2300Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...
NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
451 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
 MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW VISIBILITY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON IN
 NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND OVERSPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
 SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
 HEAVY SUNDAY NIGHT AND TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MID TO LATE MORNING
 ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR PEAK SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
 MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT
 TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE SCATTERED
 POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S DURING THE HEIGHT
 OF THE STORM.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.

&&

$$

MAZ022-023-RIZ008-260600-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0006.101226T1700Z-101227T2300Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...BLOCK ISLAND
451 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...BLOCK ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF
 SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON THE UPPER PORTION OF CAPE COD.

* TIMING...THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
 EVENING THEN CHANGE TO RAIN MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN BACK TO
 SNOW BY MONDAY. A SHIFT TO THE EAST IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM
 COULD MEAN A LOT MORE SNOW FOR CAPE COD...BLOCK ISLAND...AND
 MARTHAS VINEYARD.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
 ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BUT THEY
 MAY BE STRONGEST DURING THE PERIOD OF RAIN AND NOT SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW. BUT A
 TRACK OF THE STORM FARTHER TO THE EAST COULD CREATE VISIBILITIES
 BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO
36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.

&&

$$
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