A quick-hitting, intensifying storm will blow by Southern New England with snow and strong winds Saturday evening. The storm should come close enough to bring near-blizzard conditions to the Eastern Massachusetts coast. It will be snowy and windy in RI, and interior SE MA, but the wind may not be strong enough or the snow heavy enough to meet blizzard criteria. The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for Eastern MA and a Winter Storm Warning in the rest of Southeastern New England.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAZ007-019-022-151900- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0003.140215T2100Z-140216T1000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ESSEX COUNTY AND EAST COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAZ023-024-151900- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0003.140216T0000Z-140216T1000Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAZ013>018-020-021-RIZ001>007-151900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0007.140215T1500Z-140216T1000Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN 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...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF RHODE ISLAND. EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-151900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0007.140215T1500Z-140216T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 600 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 530 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALSO SOME OF THE FOOTHILLS AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDCOAST OF MAINE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON TODAY THEN INTENSIFY AS IT RACES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT AND INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE LATE TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ020>028-NHZ014-151830- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0006.140215T2200Z-140216T1500Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 530 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES ON THE MID COAST. * TIMING...LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 351 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION... CTZ011-151700- /O.UPG.KOKX.WW.Y.0006.140215T1600Z-140216T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0006.140215T1600Z-140216T0500Z/ SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- 351 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 351 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION... CTZ008-012-NYZ079-081-151700- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.140215T1600Z-140216T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0006.140215T1600Z-140216T0500Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 351 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN NEW YORK AND NEW LONDON COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. &&
