Developing Weather News: Blizzard Watch for Cape Cod & Winter Storm Watch for Southern Massachusetts

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM LIKELY TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND
AND PARTICULARLY THE CAPE AND ISLANDS VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING...


BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET

...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHA/S VINEYARD.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH A LOW
  PROBABILITY FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE OUTER-CAPE AND
  NANTUCKET.

* TIMING...VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
  ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL ALMOST
  IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. IN
  ADDITION...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER
  OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. LOW
  PROBABILITY FOR A FEW GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS THE
  OUTER-CAPE AND NANTUCKET.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST
3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL
VERY DANGEROUS.  BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS.


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

* LOCATIONS...PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
  MASSACHUSETTS AND NEWPORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT VERY
  LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDY
  CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH
  POOR VISIBILITIES. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR MAY BE
  IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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.

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.