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Winter Storm Warning
/O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.080212T2200Z- 080213T2100Z/ 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-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...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 1114 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM.
ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED.
THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN.
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4-8" then ice and heavy rain.
I'm going crank up the snow blower as soon as it starts to change over to try to avoid moving all that rain saturated snow.
