SNOW... AGAIN!!!

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-1130 AM EDT SUN APR 6 2003
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...ALLOF RHODE ISLAND...AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY.THE WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON SNOWSTORM IS EXPECTED MONDAYAFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE HARTFORD AND PROVIDENCE AREAS AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY...THEN SPREAD INTO ORANGE...WORCESTER...BOSTON AND HYANNIS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM SHOULD FALL LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING...IMPACTING THE MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FROM HARTFORD TO PROVIDENCE AND PLYMOUTH. IN THESE LOCATIONS...TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

SURROUNDING THIS AREA...TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WORCESTER AND BOSTON...AS WELL AS FROM WESTERLY TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. ALONG THE ROUTE 2 CORRIDOR IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE MOST LIKELY...HOWEVER WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE STORM TRACK THESE AREAS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW.STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND WEATHER.COM FOR UPDATES....