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                               Eric Tuller   N1QKO
   
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Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:11:38 -0500

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WWUS41 KBOX 021902
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
200 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003

CTZ002-003-MAZ002>005-008>012-NHZ011-012-030010-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-HARTFORD CT-HILLSBOROUGH NH-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-TOLLAND CT-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN MIDDLESEX MA-
200 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF 
MASSACHUSETTS AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT...

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CITIES...
IN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD  
IN MASSACHUSETTS...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER AND LOWELL
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NASHUA...MANCHESTER AND KEENE.

A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OR TWO OF HEAVY SNOW LATE FRIDAY 
INTO SATURDAY.   THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL FRIDAY NIGHT BUT 
ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY.  SNOW MAY BECOME 
MIXED WITH SLEET FOR A TIME.

AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 84 INCLUDING SOUTHERN PARTS OF HARTFORD 
AND TOLLAND COUNTIES MAY END UP WITH LESS SNOW...IF SLEET MIXES IN 
BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.  

AMOUNTS IN HIGH TERRAIN REGIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN 
WORCESTER COUNTY AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS COULD EXCEED 10 INCHES.

OVERALL...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A 
PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATING MORE THAN 6 INCHES...OR A 
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE.

LOW PRESSURE IN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT 
MOVES TO NEAR DELAWARE LATE FRIDAY THEN CLOSE TO NANTUCKET SATURDAY 
MORNING.  AS IT MOVES AWAY SATURDAY EVENING...THE SNOW WILL 
GRADUALLY END.   

$$

CTZ004-MAZ006-007-013>016-RIZ001-030012-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WINDHAM CT-
200 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...THE BOSTON 
METRO AREA...AND COASTAL NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...

THE WATCH INCLUDES BOSTONS NORTH SHORE...THE CITY OF BOSTON...
NORWOOD...WOONSOCKET RHODE ISLAND AND WILLIMANTIC CONNECTICUT. 

SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING MAY ACCUMULATE 6 OR 7 
INCHES IN PARTS OF THIS AREA BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN. 
THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION SATURDAY 
MORNING BEFORE A CHANGE BACK TO SNOW DURING MIDDAY OR THE 
AFTERNOON.   

THE SNOW WILL BE WET FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR 
FREEZING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 OR 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE
SNOW AND MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY 
MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SOME MELTING ON PAVEMENT DURING LIGHT 
PRECIPITATION.       

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATING MORE THAN 6 INCHES...OR A COMBINATION OF 
HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE.

LOW PRESSURE IN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT 
MOVES TO NEAR DELAWARE LATE FRIDAY THEN CLOSE TO NANTUCKET SATURDAY 
MORNING.  AS IT MOVES AWAY SATURDAY EVENING...THE SNOW WILL 
GRADUALLY END.   

$$
DRAG

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