WINTER STORM WATCH

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
324 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007

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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...
MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
324 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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

THIS WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...
MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES TO THE ROUTE
128 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BOSTON...AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY
AND SPREAD TO THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND
SHOULD BECOME HEAVY BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

WARMER AIR MOVING IN OFF THE OCEAN WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO MIX
WITH... OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AS FAR INLAND AS
HARTFORD...WORCESTER AND MANCHESTER.

A CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
EVENING...AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. THE COMBINATION
OF GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING SNOW COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE COAST.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND MONADNOCKS...WHERE AS MUCH AS 8 TO
12 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL. TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW
ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND THE BOSTON
METRO AREA.

KEEP IN MIND THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK OF THIS
STORM. IF IT ENDS UP BEING FARTHER OFFSHORE...IT WOULD PLACE THE
HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FARTHER TO THE EAST. A TRACK CLOSER TO THE
COAST WOULD RESULT IN LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS AS MORE RAIN AND SLEET
WOULD OCCUR.

THIS WINTER HAS CERTAINLY FEATURED A LACK OF SNOWFALL...AND AS A
RESULT...MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO DRIVING IN HARSH
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE TIME NOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE
IS PREPARED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPACTED BEGINNING TUESDAY
NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION...OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON.

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JWD