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

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

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME
FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES.

* TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP
BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO
LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING
COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED
FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE
COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW
POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS 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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