[HCRA] This Week's Storms {01}

Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:15:16 -0500

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Rob Macedo" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:25:29 -0500
Subject:  This Week's Storms {01}

Hello to all....

Complex WX Pattern will lead to three different potential storms this
week
affecting the area. See latest HWO and SPS for details as listed below:

FLUS41 KBOX 311013
HWOBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-011100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
515 AM EST TUE DEC 31 2002

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY
MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH THE CHANGEOVER OCCURRING LAST IN THE
DEEPER VALLEYS.  ICING IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
INCH.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND ALL OF RHODE
ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTH COAST.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON CURRENT OUTLOOKS/WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PLEASE REFER TO THE NWS-TAUNTON WEB SITE AT (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX .

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THREE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE:

1.  WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE AS WELL AS GALE FORCE
NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH COASTAL WATERS...AS LOW PRESSURE
PASSES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND.

ACROSS THE INTERIOR...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
NIGHT BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY.  CLOSER TO THE COAST...RAIN OR SLEET
WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...EVEN DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND
THE ISLANDS.  THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING DURING THE MORNING.

ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR
ICE THAT WILL ACCUMULATE...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO
FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE.

2.  FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY...THERE IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM PASSES JUST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.  GALE FORCE WINDS FROM
THE EAST OR NORTHEAST ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
NORTHERLY GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND THE STORM POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

THIS TIME...THE RAIN/SNOW LINE MAY REACH FARTHER INLAND TO LOCATIONS
SUCH AS WILLIMANTIC...WORCESTER AND LAWRENCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
COLDER AIR BRINGS A CHANGE TO SNOW IN ALL AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.  MOSTLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
THIS LINE.

3.  LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...A THIRD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...
WHILE A SECONDARY LOW FORMS JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COAST.  SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS
THE INTERIOR...WHICH MAY CHANGE TO SNOW OR RAIN MONDAY.  ELSEWHERE
SNOW OR RAIN MONDAY MORNING MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ALTHOUGH FORMAL ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED
TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPE CHANGE THIS MORNING...SUCH AS FREEZING
RAIN TO RAIN...AS WELL AS ANY ICE ACCRETION THAT IS OBSERVED.

$$

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

DELLICARPINI

WWUS81 KBOX 310916
SPSBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-312100-

WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
415 AM EST TUE DEC 31 2002

...A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.  LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND
THURSDAY MORNING...BRINGING A VARIETY OF WINTRY WEATHER TO SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.

ACROSS THE INTERIOR...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
NIGHT BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY.  CLOSER TO THE COAST...RAIN OR SLEET
WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...EVEN DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND
THE ISLANDS.  THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING DURING THE MORNING.

ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR
ICE THAT WILL ACCUMULATE...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO
FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE.

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

$$

JWD

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
SEMCARES Emergency Coordinator
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