Date: 2013-03-19
*** WINTER STORM WARNING (from National Weather Service) ****
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY .A COASTAL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY *** AND DELIVER A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLEET *** FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN FOR SOME LOCATIONS. THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. *** THIS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. *** CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF *** FRAMINGHAM *** LOWELL *** LAWRENCE *** BLANDFORD *** AMHERST *** NORTHAMPTON *** MILFORD *** WORCESTER 203 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY * LOCATIONS *** WESTERN ESSEX *** CENTRAL MIDDLESEX *** WESTERN HAMPDEN *** EASTERN HAMPSHIRE *** SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * HAZARD TYPES *** HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS *** SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES *** ALONG WITH AROUND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING *** TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS *** HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS *** NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES *** IN THE LOWER 30S. 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.
More Info: http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone3#t1