HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 358 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE EXCEPTION MIGHT BE ACROSS THE OUTER-CAPE
AND ISLANDS WHERE IT MAY BE WARM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT RAIN OR A MIXTURE
OF RAIN AND WET SNOW WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION.
A COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AND ALL CONCERNED WITH TRAVEL PLANS AS WELL AS SNOW REMOVAL
OR HIGH WINDS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS. THIS STORM HAS
POTENTIAL TO DUMP SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL OVER A PORTION OF THE
REGION....ESPECIALLY NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL OF URBAN POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE COAST FROM RAIN.
DAMAGING WESTERLY WIND GUSTS ARE A LOW PROBABILITY THREAT LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND IF HEAVY SNOW OCCURS...WOULD ALSO
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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