SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 728 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 815 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
AT 720 PM EST A BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST
OF LEOMINSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SNOW COULD COME DOWN
BRIEFLY HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A THIN COATING ON ROAD SURFACES AS
IT MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BOSTON BETWEEN 730 PM AND
8 PM AND THROUGH THE METRO BOSTON AREA BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM.
DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF THE VISIBILITY BEGINS TO
DROP AND ROAD SURFACES BECOME COATED WITH SNOW. BRIEF SNOW SQUALLS
SUCH AS THESE CAN BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PEOPLE TRAVELING
AT HIGH SPEEDS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 610 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 615 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MAJOR
COASTAL STORM FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND. THERE REMAINS MUCH
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS STORM. THERE IS CURRENTLY A LOW
PROBABILITY THAT THIS STORM WILL TRACK CLOSE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR ANY HEAVY SNOW EXISTS
ACROSS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLANDERS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND ANY STATEMENTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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