winter storm watch!
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER ONSET. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROADS DURING THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL LIKELY BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS... BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL POWDERY WIND DRIVEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WELL INTO SATURDAY ALONG THE COAST DUE TO OCEAN ENHANCEMENT.
AT THIS TIME... IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SEE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. MARTHAS VINEYARD... NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND... AND PERHAPS EVEN CAPE COD MAY SEE RAIN AND SLEET MIX IN WITH THE SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COULD CUT DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THERE.
IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE COAST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.
THIS SNOWSTORM IS STILL ABOUT 30 TO 36 HOURS AWAY SO EVERYTHING IS NOT SET IN STONE. IF THE SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER NORTH OR FURTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECASTED... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CHANGE. HOWEVER... AT THIS TIME... IT MAY BE WISE TO PLAN AHEAD OR MAKE ALTERNATE PLANS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING/S COMMUTE... AS PRESENT DATA INDICATE THAT IT WILL BE SNOWING QUITE HARD BY THEN.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD... OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.
Yeah...I'm staying home on Friday.
Um. And sorry for disappearing and not responding to e-mails--final projects and papers are hitting hard right now, and the Eye of Sauron has turned its attention to my research project, so the three of us working on it have had to look be extremely productive these past few weeks. Okay, that's unfair--my advisor's not the eye of Sauron; he's a duck.
...A demanding duck.