Storm Coordination Message #4 – Saturday PM 1/6/24-Sunday Night 1/7/24 Coastal Winter Storm Hazards
Hello to all…
..A coastal storm will bring significant snow especially to interior areas of Southern New England with strong to damaging winds possible at the coast and the potential for locations near the rain-snow line to have a heavier wet snow that could cause tree and power line damage from wet snow load. Storm timeframe is from late Saturday Afternoon through Sunday Night..
..A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect from 4 PM Saturday Afternoon through 1 AM Monday Morning for Northern Connecticut, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester, Essex, and North-Central Middlesex, Counties of Massachusetts for 6-12″ of snow and wind gusts of 40 MPH. In the southern and eastern areas of the Winter Storm Warning area, the snow could be heavy and wet and that combined with wind gusts could cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages from the combination of strong winds and snow load..
..A Winter Storm Watch is remains in effect from Saturday Afternoon through late Sunday Night for Southeast Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northern Bristol Counties of Massachusetts, Providence and Kent Counties of Rhode Island for 3-8″ of snow and wind gusts of 40 MPH. In this area, the snow will be heavy and wet and that combined with wind gusts could cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages from the combination of strong winds and snow load. The worst conditions are expected in two rounds, one during Saturday Night and the second late Sunday Morning into Sunday Afternoon with a flash freeze also possible..
..Additional Winter Weather and possibly wind headlines could be posted in future updates..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets are likely Saturday Night into Sunday for snowfall reports, measured wind gusts 40 MPH or greater and any snow load/wind damage reports. An Amateur Radio Net Schedule of nets will be posted in the Saturday Morning Coordination Message update. Pictures and videos of storm damage can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook/Twitter feed or via the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter for the pictures/videos unless otherwise indicated..
A coastal storm will bring the first significant snowfall to much of Southern New England. The headlines depict the current thinking along with remaining uncertainty over the rain-snow-mix line possibly being a bit south of the Boston to Providence corridor where Winter Storm Watches remain in effect while Northern Connecticut, Western, Central and interior Northeast Massachusetts including the North Shore are under Winter Storm Warnings. Key factors remain:
1.) The track of the storm as that will depict whether the rain-snow line is further offshore or moves inland into the I-95 corridor of Southeast New England. The trend on the rain-snow-mix line is more uncertain with some models shifting it further north while others keeping it closer to the coast.
2.) The intensity of the storm as that will depict the strength of the winds and whether higher snowfall amounts can be realized over a portion of Southern New England.
3.) The speed of the storm as it moves through the area.
SKYWARN Self-Activation with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets are likely Saturday Night into Sunday for snowfall reports, measured wind gusts 40 MPH or greater and any snow load/wind damage reports. An Amateur Radio Net Schedule of nets will be posted in the Saturday Morning Coordination Message update. Pictures and videos of storm damage can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook/Twitter feed or via the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter for the pictures/videos unless otherwise indicated. The next coordination message will be posted by 11 AM Saturday Morning. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion, Winter Storm Warning/Watch Statement/Snowfall Map, and Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
NWS Boston/Norton Winter Storm Warning/Watch Statement/Snowfall Map:
https://www.weather.gov/box/winter
NWS Boston/Norton Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=box
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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