Storm Coordination Message #2 – Thursday Afternoon 11/15/18-Friday Morning 11/16/18 Winter Storm Potential

Hello to all…

..First widespread accumulating snow and ice is on track for much of interior Southern New England late Thursday Afternoon through Friday Morning with strong to damaging winds on the Cape and Islands..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 7 PM Thursday Evening to 7 AM Friday Morning for Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester, North-Central Middlesex and Western Essex Counties of Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow with isolated amounts to 6″ and a coating to two-tenths of an inch of ice. The weight of snow and ice may cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Franklin and Western Hampshire Counties of Massachusetts from 7 PM Thursday Evening to 9 AM Friday Morning for 3-6″ of snow with isolated higher amounts to 8″ and up to one-tenth of an inch of ice. The weight of snow and ice may cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages.
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Northern Connecticut from 4 PM Thursday Afternoon to 7 AM Friday Morning for 1-3″ of snow and up to two-tenths of an inch of ice. If Ice accumulations exceed one-quarter inch, isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages would be possible..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 7 PM Thursday Evening to 1 AM Friday Morning for Rhode Island and Bristol and Plymouth Counties of Massachusetts for a coating to 3″ of snow and ice accumulations of a coating with wind gusts in the 35-40 MPH range..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 7 PM Thursday Evening to 7 AM Friday Morning for Eastern Essex, Southeast Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk Counties of Massachusetts for 1-4″ of snow and a coating of ice with wind gusts up to 40 MPH possible.
..A Wind Advisory is in effect from 12 AM to 12 PM Friday for Cape Cod and the Islands for sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH. These winds will cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages. This area may see precipitation start as snow before changing to rain with one inch or less of snow accumulation..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm with potential Amateur Radio call-up nets on various SKYWARN frequencies for snow and ice totals and changeover in precipitation types and any tree and wire damage from snow and ice during Thursday Night and again for final totals and reports Friday Morning..

The first widespread accumulating snow and ice particularly for interior Southern New England and possibly some coastal areas is still expected late Thursday Afternoon into Friday Morning. The headlines depict the latest thinking. Key items to be resolved remains that there is a warm layer of air between the cold surface and colder temperatures aloft. Various factors in how thick this temperature layer is, how cold temperatures are and how heavy the precipitation is will determine how much snow versus ice falls and where the rain-snow line sets up before the rain-snow line eventually moves through Southern New England changing precipitation to ice and rain. The headline changes reflect the latest thinking

SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm with potential Amateur Radio call-up nets on various SKYWARN frequencies for snow and ice totals and changeover in precipitation types and any tree and wire damage from snow and ice during Thursday Night and again for final totals and reports Friday Morning. This will be the last coordination message as we move into operations mode. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Winter Weather Advisory Statement, Wind Advisory Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:

NWS Boston/Norton Winter Weather Advisory Statement:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus41.KBOX.html

NWS Boston/Norton Wind Advisory Statement:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Boston/Norton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Boston/Norton Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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