| How many of these have we seen this year? ...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- HARTFORD CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... AMHERST... BRISTOL... CHICOPEE... EAST HARTFORD... FITCHBURG... FRAMINGHAM... GREENFIELD... HARTFORD... JAFFREY... KEENE... LAWRENCE... LEOMINSTER... LOWELL... MANCHESTER... MANSFIELD... MILFORD... NASHUA... NEW BRITAIN... NEWINGTON... NORTHAMPTON... PLAINFIELD... PUTNAM... SPRINGFIELD... VERNON... WEST HARTFORD... WILLIMANTIC... WINDSOR LOCKS AND WORCESTER 355 PM EST THU MAR 10 2005
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... ALL OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON REACHING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE ON THE GROUND BY FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW MAY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FOR A WHILE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH ABOUT NOON SATURDAY. SNOW WILL COME TO END DURING THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY... ENDING BY EVENING IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY.
WHILE THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW QUICKLY THE STORM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES NEW ENGLAND... BUT BY THE TIME IT ALL ENDS LATE SATURDAY... 6 OR MORE INCHES MAY BE ON THE GROUND. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE INTERIOR MERRIMACK VALLEY.
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD PLAN ON SNOWY TRAVEL AND SLIPPER ROADS....
I'd say we've had a pretty good winter this year. Let's hope this continues even longer. We're not getting the spring shaft like the last 3 years.[/url] |