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

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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. 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 AND
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BY 4 AM TUESDAY...THEN ACROSS RHODE ISLAND
AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AM AND 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL BE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE AT TIMES AND
ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING WITH A BREAK IN THE ACTION
BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AGAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
LIKELY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF THE
MASS PIKE. NORTH OF THE PIKE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND
PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

MOST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING BUT IN
NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF UNTIL
LATER 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.

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