HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 546 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST...
AND OVER MOST OF THE REGION FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
THURSDAY. THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
NEEDED. THERE IS A MEDIUM PROBABILITY THAT A HIGH WIND WATCH/WARNING
WILL BE NEEDED FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND POSSIBLY RHODE
ISLAND.
THE HIGHEST ASTRONOMICAL TIDES OF DECEMBER WILL BE OCCURRING ON
THURSDAY MORNING TO BEGIN WITH. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS MENTIONED
ABOVE MAY COINCIDE WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE...WHICH ROUGHLY
OCCURS AROUND 8 OR 9 AM IN THE MORNING ON THE SOUTH COAST. THE EXACT
TIMING WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON COASTAL FLOOD POTENTIAL. THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST AFTER THE HIGH TIDE.
HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A 2 FOOT OR HIGHER STORM SURGE AT
THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. THIS WILL
BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY ACROSS
BUZZARDS AND NARRAGANSETT BAYS. MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING MEANS THAT
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED IN SUBSEQUENT FORECAST PACKAGES.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OFF THE COAST LATE
SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IF THIS STORM IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
COAST...THIS COULD BRING SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS. CONFIDENCE ON
THIS SYSTEM FORMING IS MEDIUM AT THIS TIME...BUT CONFIDENCE ON ITS
TRACK IS LOW AT THIS LONG RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR WEDNESDAY. BUT SPOTTERS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO RELAY REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE OR COASTAL
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR
THURSDAY.
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