Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN KENT RI- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NEWPORT RI- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT- WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN KENT RI- WESTERN MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- WINDHAM CT- 458 AM EST MON DEC 16 2002
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN EXPANDED...
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT THE ISLANDS...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
PRECIPITATION MOVED INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS MORNING. AN INCH OF SNOW COVER IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. IT WILL SPREAD EAST...REACHING BOSTON BY 8 AM AND BEYOND CAPE COD BY 10 AM. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN EASTERN AREAS BY THE END OF THE MORNING COMMUTE.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
BY THIS EVENING THE SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF A BOSTON TO WORCESTER TO SPRINGFIELD LINE. NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCHES RANGE. SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCHES RANGE WHERE THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE STORM WILL INTENSIFY A LITTLE MORE THAN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE SNOW WILL END IN WESTERN AREAS...AND IN EASTERN AREAS THIS EVENING.
PLAN ON EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TODAY. THE SNOW WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PAY ATTENTION TO CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS...SLOW DOWN.
