Tyler's Weather.com has released an updated Precision Local Area Forecast:
65%..............Cancellation
35%........90-Minute Delay
Monday, January 5, 2009
Winter Storm Watch Issued
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
333 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
333 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009
...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY NEAR DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH A BETTER CHANCE NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. HOWEVER...WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ALOFT CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE TO THE NORTHWEST OF I-84 AND INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION ACROSS A PORTION OF THIS REGION.
IT STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN WHAT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
WILL BE FROM THIS STORM. IF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS CLOSER TO THE
COAST...MORE OF AN ICE EVENT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH JUST SOME SNOW AT THE
ONSET. IF THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH...WE WILL BE DEALING WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WITH NOT AS MUCH ICE. REGARDLESS...THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY NEAR DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH A BETTER CHANCE NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. HOWEVER...WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ALOFT CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE TO THE NORTHWEST OF I-84 AND INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION ACROSS A PORTION OF THIS REGION.
IT STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN WHAT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
WILL BE FROM THIS STORM. IF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS CLOSER TO THE
COAST...MORE OF AN ICE EVENT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH JUST SOME SNOW AT THE
ONSET. IF THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH...WE WILL BE DEALING WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WITH NOT AS MUCH ICE. REGARDLESS...THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
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