***Blizzard Warning update**** Eastern Massachusetts
Hazard Types: Blizzard conditions including heavy snow, poor visibility and strong damaging winds
Accumulations of 10 to 14 inches.
Timing: Saturday night into Sunday…
Travel will become nearly impossible and potentially life threatening!
White out conditions are possible with winds 30-40 MPH with gusts to 75.
Temperatures will be around 20 degrees.
Massachusetts Radar and Forecast:
http://www.massachusettsradar.com/
New York/New Jersey Forecast and Radar:
http://www.joesdiscoweathercentral.com/New_York_and_Vicinit…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1057 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
…WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS THIS WEEKEND AND HEAVY SNOW FARTHER INLAND…
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WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-
NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAWRENCE…GLOUCESTER…CAMBRIDGE…
BOSTON…QUINCY…PLYMOUTH…CHATHAM…FALMOUTH…PROVINCETOWN…
NANTUCKET
1057 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
…BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST
SUNDAY…
* LOCATIONS…EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS.
* HAZARD TYPES…BLIZZARD CONDITIONS…INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW…POOR
VISIBILITIES…AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES…EXCEPT
8 TO 10 INCHES ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET. SNOW DRIFTS OF
SEVERAL FEET DEEP CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
* TIMING…SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS FOR TRAVEL WELL
INTO SUNDAY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW…REDUCED
VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. POWER OUTAGES CAN
BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS.
* WINDS…NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES…AROUND 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MUST BE COMPLETED BY LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR
DISORIENTED. STAY INDOORS.
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