The National Weather Service has upgraded the Winter Weather Advisory in part of Central and Eastern Massachusetts to a Winter Storm Warning in effect until 1 AM Wednesday. The new National Weather Service forecast is for 4-8″ in the warning area. The Right Weather forecast continues to be for 4-6″ in this same area.
See more details from the National Weather Service below.
MAZ004>007-012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-180000- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-131218T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0010.131217T1555Z-131218T0600Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER... CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1055 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE CITIES AND METRO-AREAS OF WORCESTER... LAWRENCE...LOWELL...NASHUA...AND MANCHESTER. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW IS EXPECT TO INTENSIFY TOWARDS 4 PM AND CONTINUE TO ROUGHLY AROUND 10 PM BEFORE DIMINISHING. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR DURING THIS WINDOW...BUT MAY FALL IN AS LITTLE AS THREE HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES AT OR EXCEEDING 1-INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE 4 PM TO 10 PM TIMEFRAME. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RESULT IN QUICK ACCUMULATING SNOW MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WITH HEAVY SNOW. 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.
