SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 633 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 1100 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FIRST BATCH OF STEADY PRECIPITATION APPROACHING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...
SPOTTER REPORTS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AT 630 PM INDICATE OCCASIONAL
LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS
OF INTERIOR AND COASTAL SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT .
DOPPLER RADAR AT 630 PM INDICATED A BATCH OF ACCUMULATING LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW FROM THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND EXTENDING SOUTHEAST
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THIS BATCH IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND SHOULD REACH THE CAPE AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 830 PM AND 10 PM THIS
EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS NANTUCKET
ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE OUTER CAPE THIS EVENING WHICH
WILL INITIALLY HOLD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DOWN.
YOU SHOULD PLAN TO WRAP UP TRAVELING PLANS THIS EVENING IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE AS HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE RAPIDLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AFTER 10 PM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 452 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
BLIZZARD WARNING.
EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES MAY SEE BEACH EROSION TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY AS LARGE BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STORM. ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES ARE LOW...THEREFORE...SUBSTANTIAL COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED AS OF NOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
BLIZZARD WARNING.
A SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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