HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 526 PM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 530 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED. THERE IS A MEDIUM PROBABILITY THAT A
HIGH WIND WATCH/WARNING WILL BE NEEDED FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
AND POSSIBLY RHODE ISLAND.
THE HIGHEST ASTRONOMICAL TIDES OF DECEMBER WILL BE OCCURRING ON
THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COINCIDE
WITH THIS ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 8 OR 9 IN
THE MORNING ON THE SOUTH COAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL BRING A
POTENTIAL 2 FOOT OR HIGHER STORM SURGE WHICH WOULD CAUSE MODERATE
COASTAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY ACROSS BUZZARDS AND NARRAGANSETT BAYS.
MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE AREAS. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
NEEDED IN SUBSEQUENT FORECAST PACKAGES.
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE URBAN
AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE USUAL PRONE AREAS.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTHEAST
USA COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE PAST NANTUCKET SATURDAY. IF THIS
STORM MOVES CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE COAST...IT COULD CAUSE SNOW AND
WINDY CONDITIONS. CONFIDENCE ON THIS SYSTEM FORMING IS MEDIUM...BUT
CONFIDENCE ON ITS TRACK IS LOW AT THIS LONG RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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