From the National Weather Service - 259 PM EST THU DEC 13 2007
“HEAVY SNOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON TO WORCESTER AND SPRINGFIELD
THROUGH 5 PM. HOWEVER SNOW COULD TEMPORARILY MIX WITH SLEET SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE BY 5 PM.
EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO STRICTLY LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.
Heavy Snow Warning for Central Middlesex County (Zone MAZ005)”
From the National Weather Service - 1216 PM EST THU DEC 13 2007
“A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR RHODE ISLAND FROM PROVIDENCE NORTHWARD...ALL OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH TO TAUNTON...ATTLEBORO AND PLYMOUTH...AND INCLUDING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND NEARBY SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.
AT NOON...SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 495. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
ARE EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE LATE DAY COMMUTE AS
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL BE DURING THIS TIME.
THE SNOW SHOULD QUICKLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM THIS EVENING.
A HEAVY SNOW 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.
Heavy Snow Warning for Central Middlesex County (Zone MAZ005)”
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