***Blizzard Warning!!*** Blizzard warning issued for Boston and other areas along the East Coast of Massachusetts. Heavy snow is forecast elsewhere!
Winter Storm Watch has been issued for areas farther inland including the city of Springfield!!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
318 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-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAWRENCE…GLOUCESTER…BOSTON…
QUINCY…PLYMOUTH…CHATHAM…FALMOUTH…PROVINCETOWN…NANTUCKET
318 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST
SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST
SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* 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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Massachusetts Radar and Forecast:
http://www.massachusettsradar.com/
