HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
555 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2004
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555 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...
A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST
NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE WATCH FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY BE CONVERTED TO
EITHER A WARNING OR AN ADVISORY LATER TODAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOW WILL REACH THE HARTFORD AND
SPRINGFIELD AREAS THIS EVENING...BOSTON AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND
MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
TURNPIKE AND 3 TO 8 INCHES IN MASSACHUSETTS NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE LATER TONIGHT.
A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR THE WATERS FROM
PROVINCETOWN TO MONTAUK POINT...INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY AND ALL BAYS
AND SOUNDS ALONG THE MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND SOUTH COASTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES WEDNESDAY FOR MASSACHUSETTS...
RHODE ISLAND...AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY. THIS
WATCH MAY BE CONVERTED TO EITHER A WARNING OR AN ADVISORY LATER
TODAY. SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS A POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
TOTAL ACCUMULATION.
OCEAN WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL REACH GALE FORCE OVER ALL WATERS EXCEPT
BOSTON HARBOR. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SNOW STORM WILL CROSS NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY.
THIS STORM MAY DEPOSIT 2 OR 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE REGION.
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE COASTAL WATERS AGAIN ON FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
ANOTHER SNOW STORM...POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST...MAY
REACH NEW ENGLAND ON MONDAY.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR INTERIM AND FINAL SNOWFALL
MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AS PER THEIR
TRAINING.
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