...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON
NORTH... AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES
IN MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND SOME SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO
10 INCHES OF SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 8 AM THIS MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL IMPACT AT LEAST PART OF THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.
SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK THIS
EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE FALLING MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGE
TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. THE SECOND
PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR.
SIGNIFICANT  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON
UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD
FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER
LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.

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