WINTER STORM WARNING

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
504 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

...A DEVELOPING NOREASTER WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT...

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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN 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...SPRINGFIELD...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...
NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
504 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM EDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM EDT
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE UP THE COAST FRIDAY AND EARLY
SATURDAY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS BUZZARDS BAY AND CAPE
COD BAY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STARTING LATE FRIDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH THE CENTRAL HILLS TO
SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...BRINGING A THREAT OF ICE ACCUMULATION
THROUGH THE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN DIMINISH TOWARD
MIDDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.  TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
509 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL 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 CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN 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 SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR PUSHES SOUTH
INTO OUR REGION. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SOUTH
OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE WET GROUND
SHOULD ALSO HELP TO LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION.

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 SHIFT THE LOCATION
OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WEST AS WELL. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY FOR A
VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS.

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