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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 433 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 630 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...SNOW BEGINNING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
AS OF 430 PM...LIGHT SNOW HAD BEGUN FALLING IN DANBURY CONNECTICUT.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS REPORTED ON NANTUCKET. WINDS WERE
ALREADY GUSTING TO 34 MPH AT BLOCK ISLAND AND NEAR 30 MPH AT
BRIDGEPORT AND NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...
REACHING THE PROVIDENCE AND HARTFORD AREAS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM
AND THE GREATER BOSTON AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM.
THE SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF
STARTING. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF RHODE
ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE
POSTED OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS A
MAJOR WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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