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Hello to all...

Please monitor for a potential ice storm based on the HWO and SPS issued
today. If the trends continue, Storm Coordination emails will be sent to
the
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FLUS41 KBOX 101133
HWOBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-111115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
635 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL WORK NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD FROM THIS STORM WILL PUSH INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH...NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...FOR A
MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY.  THE BEST CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN
THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH.  THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FROM THE INTERIOR MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY OF
NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY AND WESTERN
PROVIDENCE COUNTY...ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TO THE CONNECTICUT
VALLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT
OVER CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTS INTO SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND MOST OF RHODE ISLAND...THE PRECIPITATION WILL
MAINLY BE RAIN.

SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ENOUGH ICING TO CAUSE SPOTTY POWER
OUTAGES AND DOWNED LIMBS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  THERE COULD ALSO BE A
PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS EAST OF CAPE COD TO NANTUCKET LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

MORE WINTRY WEATHER COULD THREATEN ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MAY FORM ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES ON SATURDAY...THEN MAY TRACK TOWARD SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY.  THOUGH THE TIMING IS UNCERTAIN...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AGAIN DURING
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.  CURRENTLY...IT IS FELT THAT THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END MONDAY MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY.

WHILE THE CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THE STORM
COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA FASTER.  THE STORM COULD MOVE
IN ON SATURDAY AND END EARLY SUNDAY.

$$

FOR WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY THRESHOLDS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING
LINK (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX/WARNINGCRITERIA.SHTML .

VALLIER-TALBOT

WWUS81 KBOX 101058
SPSBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>012-RIZ001-101645-

WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
600 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2002

...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY...

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY.  THE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS LOW WILL PUSH INTO THE
REGION DURING WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER COLD...NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...SO THIS
WILL CAUSE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF
DURING THURSDAY MORNING.

THE BIGGEST THREAT OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE FROM A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY FROM THE MERRIMACK
RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS TO NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND
AND INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY
RAIN ALONG THE RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS COASTS...THOUGH THE
RAIN COULD MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING.

THE MIXED FREEZING RAIN AND WET SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VALLIER-TALBOT

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
SEMCARES Emergency Coordinator
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