Storm Coordination Message #1 – Friday Night 4/5/19-Saturday Morning 4/6/19 Light Wintry Mix Potential

Hello to all…

..Light Wintry Mix Across Southern New England will become more confined to the East Slopes of the Berkshires overnight with some light snow and ice accumulations possible in the higher elevations..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect through 600 AM EDT Saturday for Western Franklin, Western Hampshire and Western Hampden Counties of Massachusetts for a coating to 2″ of snow and a trace to 0.10″ ice accumulation with the highest amounts at elevations of 1,000 feet or higher. Other areas that have had a light wintry mix will change to rain with some mixed precipitation possible in the Worcester hills but should result in little to no accumulation..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the light wintry mix conditions overnight into early Saturday Morning. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Winter Weather Advisory statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook, Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook and Snow and Ice Maps..

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

NWS Boston/Norton Snow Maps:
https://www.weather.gov/box/winter

Respectfully Submitted,

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