WWUS41 KBOX 100243
WSWBOX

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...

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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.

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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.

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