Re: Brrrrrr its cold here today
Winter Storm Warning
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
327 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO
8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.* TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY
LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW WILL
FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR
SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
It's two days before Halloween, I am so not ready for this. Makes summer feel like a life time away.
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