Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
424 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON THURSDAY...CROSSING
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL THEN QUICKLY
MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
424 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT.

A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST THURSDAY...PASSING OVER
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN
SPREADING PRECIPITATION...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY
THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AT THIS POINT...AS IT/S POSSIBLE
THAT HEAVIER PRECIPITATION COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
OR AS LATE AS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL HAVE TO REFINE THE
ARRIVAL TIME OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS.

THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW AND SLEET IN THE
WARNED AREA...BUT THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ICE ACCRETIONS IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY ICE ACCRETIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
ACROSS ELEVATED TERRAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 THOUSAND FEET. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND CAUSE POWER
INTERRUPTIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING ANY WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.