...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCLUDING THE SOUTH COAST AND EXCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TUESDAY. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF GLAZE OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...THEN ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATE 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY INCREASES AGAIN LATE AT NIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN LIKELY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF THE PIKE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTH OF THE PIKE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SNOW AND ICE CLOGGED STORM DRAINS...ROOFS AND GUTTERS SHOULD ONLY BE REMOVED BY OR WITH THE SUPERVISION OF PROFESSIONALS AND/OR ADULTS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOR SOME BUSINESSES AND HOMES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...18 TO 25 NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE TUESDAY...25 TO 32 SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE TUESDAY. LOWS 15 TO 20 NORTH AND 20 TO 25 SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS 25 TO 30 NORTH AND 30 TO 35 SOUTH WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS PRIMARILY TUESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. &&