Severe Weather Alert: Winter Storm Watch

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL
  MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
  THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING...WHEN 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN
  FOR A TIME NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.
  THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM WEST TO EAST
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET
  SNOW. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.