Your local Mr.Weather / Mr.Safety chimes in ... Would be better part of valor to take a "rain" check until it's *only* rain.
Driving after could be particularly hazardous for those returning North &/or West, and will be hazardous at times even here in Boston Proper / Cambridge river front. NWS has upgraded to WINTER STORM WARNING for All but coastal & SE MASS, RI. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/ Under a WARNING, responsible meetings are deferred. Get home while you can. -- BILL / N1VUX Winter Storm Warning for Central Middlesex County County (Zone MAZ005) http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/displayHazardByCounty.php?locationCode=MAZ00 5|MAZ026&warncountyname=Middlesex&pil=BOXWSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... [..city county list..] 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 430 AND 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 630 PM AND 8 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD FINALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY STILL BE AROUND FREEZING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. 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. ========== Winter Weather Advisory for Southeast Middlesex County (Zone MAZ014) http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/displayHazardByCounty.php?locationCode=MAZ01 4&warncountyname=Middlesex&pil=BOXWSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND THEN ICE... [... City county list ...] 251 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 630 AND 8 PM. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY...FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST TOWARD MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD HAVE CHANGED TO RAIN BY 6 OR 7 AM ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR AND IT MAY BE FALLING QUITE HEAVILY. HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME POCKETS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WHERE FREEZING RAIN MIGHT BE FALLING. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL THEN BECOME A BIG CONCERN. BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...SNOW WILL GENERALLY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
