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Winter Storm Watch for coastal SNE

A developing storm will brush by Southern New England late Tuesday into Wednesday and bring a period of light to moderate snow into very cold air. Accumulations are likely, and plows and shovels will most likely be needed – especially near the coast. The track of the storm is still questionable, but the threat of 6″ of snow has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Winter Storm Watch for coastal areas.

Winter Storm Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
403 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING WELL SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND DURING TUESDAY
WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TO CAUSE
OCEAN EFFECT SNOWS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS
AND MOVE INLAND INTO RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY
COLD...RANGING FROM THE TEENS ACROSS THE INTERIOR TO AROUND THE
MID 20S ACROSS OUTER CAPE COD. THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE SNOW WILL
PILE UP RATHER QUICKLY ESPECIALLY ALONG SOUTH COASTAL AREAS. NORTH
TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH...HIGHEST ALONG THE COAST...WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE THE
SNOW TO BLOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE STEADY SNOW SHOULD
START TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT MAY LINGER AS SNOW
SHOWERS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST THROUGH THE DAY.

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SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...
MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...
BLOCK ISLAND
403 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...
  INCLUDING NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST
  ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

* TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY
  WINDS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES AT A MILE OR LESS.

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.

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