...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT NEWPORT COUNTY AND BLOCK
ISLAND...AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...THE
SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL START BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
ZONES...THEN OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
35 MPH.

* 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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