HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 341 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 345 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A COASTAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT REMAINS
OFFSHORE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS /40 TO 50 MPH/ AND PERIODS OF SNOW TO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE ON HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL
REMAINS LOW...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RELATIVELY LONG DURATION 5
TO 10 INCH SNOWFALL. THE HIGHEST TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR FROM THE
MERRIMACK VALLEY INTO RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POOR
TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
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