[HCRA] Fw: Fwd: [coordinators-box] Winter Storm Watch {01}

[Eric W Tuller]

Eric Tuller  N1QKO
Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator for W.Ma.     Ware Emergency Management
Communications
Emergency Coordinator for the MTARTA    KB1HGK Radio Operators for
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>From the Western MA Skywarn NOAAPORT-N-AWIPS Server:
WWUS41 KBOX 312149
WSWBOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
449 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

..LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST TUE AFTERNOON THEN DEPART FOR NOVA SCOTIA WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BRING
A PERIOD OF MODERATE OR POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON.


MAZ002>004-008-026-NHZ011-012-015-010600-
/O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0001.080101T1400Z-080102T1000Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...
MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
449 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE WATCH COVERS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS...KEENE AND MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ROUGHLY 2 PM AND 7 PM
TUESDAY.

IT WILL SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL AT THE
RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS... ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE ACROSS NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS.

SNOW MAY BE A BIT ON THE WET SIDE AND ALSO MELT FOR AN HOUR OR 2 ON
PAVEMENT FROM PELHAM AND NASHUA TO AYER...THEN OVER TO INTERSTATE 290 IN
WORCESTER COUNTY.

SNOW MAY TAPER TO FLURRIES IN THE EVENING OR THERE COULD BE A BACKLASH
SWIPE OF ACCUMULATIVE SNOW DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY.

THE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL BE MORE CONFIDENTLY
RESOLVED IN THE FORECASTS ISSUED NEW YEARS DAY...WHEN THE WATCH WILL
EITHER CONVERT TO WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE MOST LIKELY REGION FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES
OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENT SHOULD BE IN CHESHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST
MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF WORCESTER
COUNTY.

NO MATTER THE AMOUNTS...IT WILL BECOME SLIPPERY BY THE MIDDLE OF
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LATE DAY TRAVELERS MAY FIND THE GOING VERY VERY
SLOW AND DANGEROUS...ACROSS THE ROUTE 2...INTERSTATE 93 AND INTERSTATE
91 SEGMENTS OF FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ITS POSSIBLE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY DURING THE LATE EVENING
HOURS IF THE SNOW COMPLETELY QUITS.

HOWEVER...IF A BACKLASH SWIPE OCCURS TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY...THEN THERE
COULD BE RESIDUAL CLEAN UP TRAVEL DELAYS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE NEW SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY...COMBINED WITH THE 6 TO 10 INCHES
THAT FELL LAST NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WILL LEAVE MORE
SNOW AVAILABLE FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR
WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS DURING MID AND LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR 8 OR MORE INCHES
IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL
PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.

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DRAG