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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1220 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2006
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED
TO INTENSIFY INTO A WINTER STORM AS IT PASSES ABOUT 75 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING.
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-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...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
1220 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2006
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION CONTINUES TO INDICATE AN INCREASE
LIKELIHOOD THAT A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION FROM
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SOUTH COAST LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IT SHOULD SPREAD NORTH INTO THE MASS PIKE
REGION DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN REACH SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE AROUND MIDNIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MIDDAY SUNDAY.
IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT SNOWFALL RATES WILL REACH 3 INCHES PER HOUR
AT TIMES ALONG WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WITH POOR VISIBILITY.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HARTFORD...
WORCESTER...BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE AREAS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS
STORM.
BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL
SHOULD AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO
OCCUR FROM THE HILLS OF NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT TO THE INTERSTATE
95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN PROVIDENCE...BOSTON AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
BORDER.
SOMEWHAT LOWER TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON
NANTUCKET AND THE OUTER PORTION OF CAPE COD...WHERE RAIN MAY MIX
IN FOR A TIME SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL MAY BE
SERIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE COMBINATION OF POOR VISIBILITY AND
SLIPPERY ROADS. PLAN TO HAVE TRAVEL COMPLETED BY LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.
# posted by ASSi @ 12:54 PM
