BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.
SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
DURING THE EARLY MORNING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH
ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AS WELL AS ALONG THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY EAST
COAST WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
AND INTERIOR RHODE ISLAND...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL ALSO
PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ISOLATED THUNDER SNOW
COULD RESULT IN BRIEF ISOLATED SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES
PER HOUR UNTIL DAYBREAK. THE WETTER SNOW ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS
MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST BY
AROUND MID MORNING.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS
ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE UPPER CAPE.
NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE OUTER CAPE. ON
NANTUCKET...A WETTER SNOW WILL REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES.
LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING
AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW
ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST
OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO
STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR
HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED
BY SNOW DRIFTS.
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