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Winter Storm Watch for part of SNE Thursday

The National Weather Service in Taunton, MA has issued a Winter Storm Watch for part of Southern New England on Thursday. The watch does not included SE RI and E MA. The watch was issued due to the potential for heavy, wet snow with a developing storm moving up the coast. While the National Weather Service snow forecast is higher than the Right Weather snow forecast, there is still potential for it to be correct. This is a storm that may have a fine line between heavy snow totals and mainly rain. See below for more details.

Winter Storm Watch in effect Thursday morning through Friday morning
Winter Storm Watch in effect Thursday morning through Friday morning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

CTZ002>004-MAZ017-RIZ001>004-006-120500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0005.140213T1200Z-140214T1200Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...TAUNTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...
PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY
351 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN
  AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND...AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY PICKING
  UP IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
  A WINTRY MIX THEN TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW
  ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT EARLY THURSDAY INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

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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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

MAZ002>006-008>013-026-NHZ011-012-015-120500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0005.140213T1200Z-140214T1200Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...AYER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
351 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...INCLUDE WESTERN...CENTRAL...EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN
  MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  FOR AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WORCESTER MA
  NORTHEAST TO MANCHESTER NH.

* ACCUMULATIONS...OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY FALL ALONG THE
  EAST SLOPES OF HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY PICKING
  UP IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
  LOCATIONS AROUND SPRINGFIELD AND WORCESTER MA...TOWARDS
  MANCHESTER NH MAY SEE A PERIOD OF A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH SNOW
  ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT EARLY THURSDAY INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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.

&&

Fred Campagna

President and Chief Meteorologist - Right Weather LLC AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist #756 AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist #126

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