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BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-BRISTOL RI-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-
CHESHIRE NH-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-
NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-
WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...ATTLEBOROUGH...BARNSTABLE...
BARRINGTON...BEVERLY...BOSTON...BRISTOL...BROCKTON ...BROOKLINE...
CAMBRIDGE...CHICOPEE...EAST HARTFORD...FALL RIVER...FALMOUTH...
FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...FRANKLIN...GLOUCESTER...G REENFIELD...
HARTFORD...JAFFREY...KEENE...LAWRENCE...LEOMINSTER ...LOWELL...LYNN...
MANCHESTER...MANSFIELD...MILFORD...NANTUCKET...NAS HUA...
NEW BEDFORD...NEW BRITAIN...NEWBURYPORT...NEWINGTON...NEWPORT...
NEWTON...NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH...NORTHAMPTON...PLAINFIELD...PLYMOUTH ...
PROVIDENCE...PUTNAM...QUINCY...SOMERVILLE...SOUTH KINGSTOWN...
SPRINGFIELD...TAUNTON...VERNON...VINEYARD HAVEN...WALTHAM...
WARWICK...WEST HARTFORD...WEYMOUTH...WILLIMANTIC...WINDSOR LOCKS...
WOONSOCKET AND WORCESTER
445 AM EST MON FEB 7 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER
THIS WEEK...

ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY...THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE
THAT A WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT EXACT DETAILS STILL NEED TO BE DETERMINED IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE STORM COULD POSE LESS OF A THREAT THAN
CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO STRENGTHEN
RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING...PASSES
NEAR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THURSDAY EVENING...THEN HEADS TO THE GULF
OF MAINE FRIDAY MORNING.

HEAVY SNOW COULD AFFECT MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS
WHERE THE HIGHEST TOTALS COULD OCCUR. AMOUNTS WOULD PROBABLY BE LOWER
FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS SINCE
RAIN IS EXPECTED AT THE START...BUT EVEN THERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
MAY ACCUMULATE.

MINOR TO PERHAPS MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING MAY AFFECT THE EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS COAST DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND MIDDAY THURSDAY OR LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...DUE TO ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES AND ROUGH SEAS.

IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE STORM
THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE COAST...AND MAY LAST INTO SATURDAY.

SINCE THIS POTENTIAL STORM IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY...IT WOULD BE A
GOOD IDEA TO PAY ATTENTION TO LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.