The National Weather Service office in Taunton, MA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for most of Southeastern Massachusetts through late Thursday night. A complex disturbance over Southern New England will bring a light to moderate accumulating snow to Southeastern New England. While Southeastern Massachusetts is the favored area for more than two inches of snow, we, at Right Weather, also expect similar amounts in Southeastern Rhode Island. See the text below from the National Weather Service.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 335 PM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 MAZ018>023-220345- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.130321T2000Z-130322T0800Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 335 PM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHERN BRISTOL COUNTIES...AND CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PLYMOUTH...NEW BEDFORD...FALL RIVER...HYANNIS...FALMOUTH...AND VINEYARD HAVEN. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT...THOUGH THERE MAY BE FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW BEFORE AND AFTER THIS TIME. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AS THESE SNOW BANDS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. 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.
