...at least for this weekend.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
509 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007
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WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
509 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING AS RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW OR SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OF MORE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
A DEVELOPING POWERFUL NOREASTER IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE
COAST FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THERE ARE SOME TRENDS THAT THIS
TRACK MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO THE COAST...WHICH WOULD BRING WARMER AIR
OFF THE OCEAN INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND TURN THE SNOW INTO
MORE OF A WINTRY MIX. HOWEVER..THIS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL VERY LATE
FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT...SO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY HAVE ALREADY
ACCUMULATED. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD RESULT IN EITHER A
SNOWIER OR WETTER SOLUTION.
IF THE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...FLOODING
PROBLEMS WOULD LIKELY DEVELOP. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY FOR A
VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS.