The National Weather Service has posted Winter Storm Watches and Winter Weather Advisories for all of Southern New England for the Saturday-Saturday night storm. The Winter Storm Watch covers all of RI and most of SE MA. Most of the rest of Southern New England is in a Winter Weather Advisory for slightly lower snow totals. In general, the National Weather Service is forecasting 4-8″ in the area under a Winter Storm Watch.
Keep in mind, the NWS snow forecast, although similar to the Right Weather forecast, is not an official Right Weather forecast.
Here is the full text of the message from the National Weather Service
...A DEVELOPING STORM WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TO THE CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY MORNING. THE DEEPENING STORM WILL PASS ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE OFF THROUGH NOVA SCOTIA ON SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...WITH THE MOST SNOW EXPECTED OVER RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. MAZ012-013-016>021-RIZ001>007-290545- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0004.121229T1500Z-121230T1200Z/ SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 443 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...RHODE ISLAND/SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY/SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY. SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD SUNRISE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.
