The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Nantucket from midnight to 8AM on Friday, January 18, 2013. A fast-moving storm will deliver some accumulating snow to Southeastern Massachusetts, and Nantucket will likely receive the highest amount. Here is the text of the advisory from the National Weather Service forecast office in Taunton, MA.
...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR NANTUCKET LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY... MAZ024-180515- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.130118T0500Z-130118T1300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 413 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARD MIDNIGHT...ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S BY LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
