WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 421 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY FOR
NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES
PLACES SUCH AS HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON...
FOXBORO...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AND NEWBURYPORT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS
OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE
ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW
WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME
DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
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