Storm Coordination Message #2 – Thursday Evening 12/15/16-Friday Morning 12/16/16 – Damaging Wind and Bitter Cold Weather Potential

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..Arctic Cold Front will blast through Southern New England bringing bitterly cold conditions and the potential for damaging winds overnight Thursday into early Friday Morning. SKYWARN Spotters and Amateur Radio Operators should closely monitor the Thursday Evening/overnight period for potential damaging winds..
..A High Wind Warning is now in effect for the entire NWS Taunton Coverage Area starting at 5 PM Thursday Afternoon across the entire NWS Taunton coverage area ending at 5 AM Friday Morning for Cape Cod and the Islands and 4 AM Friday Morning for the rest of the NWS Taunton coverage area for sustained winds of 20-40 MPH with gusts in the 60-70 MPH with isolated higher wind gusts possible. These winds could potentially cause scattered to numerous pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Wind Chill Advisory is now in effect from 10 PM Thursday Evening through 11 AM Friday Morning for Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, and North-Central Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts for wind chills as low as 21 below zero and air temperatures in the 5 below to 5 above zero range overnight and getting up to 15 degrees above zero Friday Morning. A Wind Chill Advisory is also in effect from Midnight to 9 AM Friday for Southeast Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Eastern Essex, and Northern Bristol Counties of Massachusetts, Northwest Providence County of Rhode Island and all of Northern Connecticut for wind chills as low as 6 below zero and air temperatures in the single digits above zero overnight and in the low teens by mid-morning to midday Friday. Areas outside of the Wind Chill Advisory areas will see wind chills in the single digits above zero to zero degrees and people should dress appropriately if outdoors..
..An additional storm system will potentially impact the region with a plowable snowfall before a changeover to ice and then rain with rain extending into Sunday and the possibility for some strong winds though not as significant as Thursday Evening at this time. This will be assessed further in future coordination messages..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence between 4-5 PM EST to monitor the strong wind and wind damage potential as the strongest winds maybe a bit earlier than previously modeled. ARES/RACES groups should closely monitor the progress of the strong to damaging wind potential Thursday Evening and seek advice from local leadership due to bitterly cold conditions and the potential for power outages..

An active several day weather period is expected across Southern New England. An Arctic Cold front will bring a short-lived but very intense period of bitterly cold conditions. It will also bring the potential for damaging winds. The damaging wind potential is during Thursday Evening extending into the overnight hours into early Friday Morning and then will subside during the day Friday. High Wind Watches have been upgraded now to High Wind Warnings for the entire region. It is also noted that the strongest winds could start earlier this evening into the overnight hours. This is pushing up the activation start time to the 4-5 PM timeframe. With the bitterly cold weather and the potential for possible power outages, this will need close monitoring. Wind Chills will add to the bitterly cold conditions over the region. Wind Chill Watches were upgraded and expanded into Wind Chill Advisories for much of Southern New England as noted in the message headlines.

Following the cold front with bitterly cold conditions and the damaging wind potential, another storm system will approach with the potential for a plowable snowfall followed by some ice and then rain across much of Southern New England particularly away from the coast. There will also be the potential for some strong winds with this storm system though currently not as strong as Thursday Evening’s potential winds. There could also be widespread rainfall over the region extending into Sunday. Details on this storm will be covered in future coordination messages.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence between 4-5 PM EST to monitor the strong wind and wind damage potential as the strongest winds maybe a bit earlier than previously modeled. ARES/RACES groups should closely monitor the progress of the strong to damaging wind potential Thursday Evening and seek advice from local leadership due to bitterly cold conditions and the potential for power outages. This will be the last coordination message on the damaging wind and bitter cold conditions for tonight into Friday Morning. The next coordination message on the weekend storm will be posted by Noon Friday given Amateur Radio operations for the damaging wind potential for tonight. Below is the NWS Taunton High Wind Warning Statement, Wind Chill Advisory Statement and Hazardous Weather Outlook:

NWS Taunton High Wind Warning Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Wind Chill Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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Hello to all…

..Arctic Cold Front will blast through Southern New England bringing bitterly cold conditions and the potential for damaging winds overnight Thursday into early Friday Morning. SKYWARN Spotters and Amateur Radio Operators should closely monitor the Thursday Evening/overnight period for potential damaging winds..
..A High Wind Warning is now in effect for the entire NWS Taunton Coverage Area starting at 5 PM Thursday Afternoon across the entire NWS Taunton coverage area ending at 5 AM Friday Morning for Cape Cod and the Islands and 4 AM Friday Morning for the rest of the NWS Taunton coverage area for sustained winds of 20-40 MPH with gusts in the 60-70 MPH with isolated higher wind gusts possible. These winds could potentially cause scattered to numerous pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Wind Chill Advisory is now in effect from 10 PM Thursday Evening through 11 AM Friday Morning for Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, and North-Central Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts for wind chills as low as 21 below zero and air temperatures in the 5 below to 5 above zero range overnight and getting up to 15 degrees above zero Friday Morning. A Wind Chill Advisory is also in effect from Midnight to 9 AM Friday for Southeast Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Eastern Essex, and Northern Bristol Counties of Massachusetts, Northwest Providence County of Rhode Island and all of Northern Connecticut for wind chills as low as 6 below zero and air temperatures in the single digits above zero overnight and in the low teens by mid-morning to midday Friday. Areas outside of the Wind Chill Advisory areas will see wind chills in the single digits above zero to zero degrees and people should dress appropriately if outdoors..
..An additional storm system will potentially impact the region with a plowable snowfall before a changeover to ice and then rain with rain extending into Sunday and the possibility for some strong winds though not as significant as Thursday Evening at this time. This will be assessed further in future coordination messages..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence between 4-5 PM EST to monitor the strong wind and wind damage potential as the strongest winds maybe a bit earlier than previously modeled. ARES/RACES groups should closely monitor the progress of the strong to damaging wind potential Thursday Evening and seek advice from local leadership due to bitterly cold conditions and the potential for power outages..

An active several day weather period is expected across Southern New England. An Arctic Cold front will bring a short-lived but very intense period of bitterly cold conditions. It will also bring the potential for damaging winds. The damaging wind potential is during Thursday Evening extending into the overnight hours into early Friday Morning and then will subside during the day Friday. High Wind Watches have been upgraded now to High Wind Warnings for the entire region. It is also noted that the strongest winds could start earlier this evening into the overnight hours. This is pushing up the activation start time to the 4-5 PM timeframe. With the bitterly cold weather and the potential for possible power outages, this will need close monitoring. Wind Chills will add to the bitterly cold conditions over the region. Wind Chill Watches were upgraded and expanded into Wind Chill Advisories for much of Southern New England as noted in the message headlines.

Following the cold front with bitterly cold conditions and the damaging wind potential, another storm system will approach with the potential for a plowable snowfall followed by some ice and then rain across much of Southern New England particularly away from the coast. There will also be the potential for some strong winds with this storm system though currently not as strong as Thursday Evening’s potential winds. There could also be widespread rainfall over the region extending into Sunday. Details on this storm will be covered in future coordination messages.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence between 4-5 PM EST to monitor the strong wind and wind damage potential as the strongest winds maybe a bit earlier than previously modeled. ARES/RACES groups should closely monitor the progress of the strong to damaging wind potential Thursday Evening and seek advice from local leadership due to bitterly cold conditions and the potential for power outages. This will be the last coordination message on the damaging wind and bitter cold conditions for tonight into Friday Morning. The next coordination message on the weekend storm will be posted by Noon Friday given Amateur Radio operations for the damaging wind potential for tonight. Below is the NWS Taunton High Wind Warning Statement, Wind Chill Advisory Statement and Hazardous Weather Outlook:

NWS Taunton High Wind Warning Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Wind Chill Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
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