WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 314 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS
NORTHWEST...CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND
CONNECTICUT VALLEY BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY...AND SHOULD REACH
THE MERRIMACK VALLEY BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD QUICKLY
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...PERHAPS FALLING AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER
HOUR DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
THE ARRIVAL OF MILDER AIR WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE AN EVENTUAL CHANGE TO RAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THIS
TRANSITION WILL TAKE PLACE.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE 8 INCH AMOUNTS
LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM THE WORCESTER HILLS INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW.
ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED
TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS IF NECESSARY.
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JWD
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