WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO NOON EST SUNDAY.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
EXCEPT THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR.
A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND
LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND
WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW
WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO
TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS THE LOW
APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS
COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO
UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF WINDS LOOK TO INCREASE MORE THAN
FORECAST ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY
NEAR AND EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...AND UPGRADE TO BLIZZARD
WARNING WOULD BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT.
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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