BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 808 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 CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF AN INCH PER
HOUR UNTIL MID MORNING. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40
AND 45 MPH WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
OCCASIONALLY BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS
THROUGH MID MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 10
AM BUT NOT LIKELY TO QUIT ENTIRELY UNTIL MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND CAPE COD. NEAR
10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD. 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 OR MID AFTERNOON.
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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