BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.
THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
HEAVIER BANDS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 16 INCHES.
LESSER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET WHERE
THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BUT ANY MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL
LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY
BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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