...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...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A LIGHT GLAZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS
EVENING BEFORE ENDING.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY
MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY. 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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