WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 320 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN
RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM PROVIDENCE TO
BOSTON...WITH POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES FROM HARTFORD TO
WORCESTER AND LAWRENCE.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING...AND COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...
BUT NOT YET CERTAIN. KEEP IN MIND CHANGES IN THE STORM TRACK COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FORECAST CHANGES. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS.
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JWD/NOCERA
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