[SKYWARN RI] Winter Weather Message(1)
- From: TVSMESO@xxxxxxx
- To: skywarnri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 18:54:06 EST
Hello all...
We are now under a Winter Storm Watch posted by the National Weather Service.
The watch covers all of us in RI...and it also includes North Central and
Northeast CT and the Southeast two thirds of MA.
We could see a possibility of 6 or more inches of snow for are area....before
it moves off the coast late monday night. Snow should begin here around
9am-1pm. SKYWARN should be a self activation...so I will be monitoring
146.760 all day tomorrow...so please send me ur snowfall amounts.
Another email will be sent out to update everyone on this winter storm.
Below is the NWS WinterStorm Watch Text:
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WWUS41 KBOX 092051
WSWBOX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
349 PM EST SUN FEB 9 2003
CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-011>024-RIZ001>007-100423-
BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-
WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
349 PM EST SUN FEB 9 2003
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT AND THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IT ONLY RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF 6 INCH OR GREATER SNOWFALL.
HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...LOWELL...BOSTON...BROCKTON...
PROVIDENCE AND ALL OF SOUTH COASTAL NEW ENGLAND ARE IN THE WATCH
AREA.
PLOWABLE SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
HEAVIEST SNOW MAY FALL IN TWO BANDS...ONE FROM HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD
TO WORCESTER AND THE BOSTON AREA AND BE OF A FLUFFY VARIETY. THE
OTHER BAND BEING A SOMEWHAT WETTER SNOW...AND OCCURRING MUCH CLOSER
TO A FAST DEVELOPING GALE CENTER NEAR THE SOUTH COAST.
THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM
AND SHOULD BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY FOR A SHORT TIME DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
IT WILL END OR TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM AND ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 9 PM MONDAY
AND 1 AM TUESDAY.
THE IMPACT OF THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE AT ITS GREATEST IN THE
INTERSTATE 84...HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...STURBRIDGE...WORCESTER AREA
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM.
FURTHER EAST...THE EVENING COMMUTE IS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERABLY
SLOWED BY A STEADY SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS ON ALL UNTREATED
SURFACES...ESPECIALLY FROM THE MERRIMACK VALLEY TO BOSTON AND THE
SOUTH SHORE AS WELL AS TOWARD PROVIDENCE.
THE CAPE AND ISLANDS MAY SEE SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW...BUT EVEN
THERE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING.
A FAIRLY HARD FREEZE WILL FOLLOW FOR A FEW HOURS TUESDAY MORNING AS
A BITTERLY COLD AND GUSTY WEST WIND DEVELOPS AND CAUSES ANY SLUSH TO
FREEZE SOLID.
IF 6 INCH OR GREATER AMOUNTS BECOME MORE CERTAIN...WARNINGS WOULD BE
ISSUED FOR PART OF THIS AREA.
PERSONS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS
DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
$$
DRAG
Submitted By,
Edward Cayer Jr(WX1USA)
RI SKYWARN Coordinator
Pager#: (401)581-0240
Home Phone: (401)397-4094
Email: TVSMESO@xxxxxxx
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