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..Multi-faceted coastal storm will affect the region Wednesday into Thursday with the greatest impact timeframe Wednesday Night into Thursday. The coastal storm will bring higher elevation heavy wet snow and sleet to portions of western and northern Massachusetts along with potential for tree and power line damage with power outages, renewed heavy rainfall of 1-3″ with isolated higher amounts and river, stream, urban and poor drainage flood potential, strong to damaging winds and coastal flood potential in east and south coastal New England..
..A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect through 2 AM Friday Morning for Western Hampshire and Western Franklin Counties of Massachusetts for 6-12″ of snow and wind gusts of 55 MPH with the highest amounts in the higher elevations. A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect from 8 PM Wednesday Evening through 8 AM Friday Morning for Northern Worcester and Northern Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts for 4-8″ of snow with highest amounts in the higher elevations near the NH border and wind gusts to 55 MPH. The combination of strong wind gusts, wet snow and icing could lead to scattered pockets of tree and power line damage and power outages..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect through 5 AM Friday Morning for Eastern Franklin, Central Middlesex, Western Essex and Southern Worcester Counties of Massachusetts for 1-3″ of snow/sleet with isolated higher amounts and wind gusts to 50 MPH. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through 2 AM Friday Morning for Western Hampden County Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow and winds gusting to 50 MPH. The wet snow and wind gusts may lead to isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages.
..A High Wind Warning is in effect from 4 PM Wednesday Afternoon through 5 AM Thursday Morning for Southern Bristol, Southern Plymouth, Dukes, Nantucket counties of Massachusetts, Newport and Washington Counties of Rhode Island including Block Island for sustained winds of 30-40 MPH with gusts to 60 MPH. A High Wind Warning is also in effect from 8 PM Wednesday Evening through 2 PM Thursday Afternoon for Eastern Essex, Suffolk, Eastern Norfolk, Eastern Plymouth and Barnstable Counties of Massachusetts for sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts to 60 MPH. These winds will cause isolated to scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect from 4 PM Wednesday Afternoon through 2 PM Thursday Afternoon for Northern Connecticut, North-Central Rhode Island and Southwest, South-Central and Southeast Massachusetts for sustained winds of 25-30 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH. Other areas not under the Wind Advisory are covered by Winter Weather headlines. These winds will cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Coastal Flood Warning is now in effect from 6 AM to 10 AM Thursday Morning for Eastern Essex, Suffolk, Eastern Norfolk, Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties of Massachusetts for widespread minor to pockets of moderate coastal flooding of shore roads at the time of high tide Thursday Morning..
..A Coastal Flood Advisory is now in effect from 3 AM to 7 AM Thursday Morning for Southern Plymouth, Southern Bristol Counties of Massachusetts, Southeast Providence, Eastern Kent, Bristol, Washington and Newport Counties of Rhode Island for minor to pockets of moderate coastal flooding of shore roads at the time of high tide late Wednesday Night into early Thursday Morning..
..Flood Watches are now in effect for specific rivers in portions of Southern New England..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets are likely for this multi-faceted coastal storm. Pictures and videos of storm damage and flooding can be sent as a reply to this message, via out WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter social media feeds or to the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter unless otherwise indicated..
A coastal storm will bring a multi-faceted set of hazards to the region. The headlines depict the current thinking. Key factors include:
1.) Rain-snow line and level of elevation for heaviest snow in the Winter Storm Warning area along with any extent of wet snow damage that could be enhanced by strong to damaging winds in these areas. Same is true in the Winter Weather Advisory area.
2.) Extent of flooding from heavy rainfall and how widespread the heaviest rainfall is across lower elevations of Southern New England
3.) How widespread strong to damaging winds are in the High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory areas.
4.) Extent of coastal flooding that will depend on the strong winds and how close those winds are to the high tide cycles for East and South Coastal Massachusetts where a Coastal Flood Warning is in effect for East Coastal Massachusetts and a Coastal Flood Advisory for South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island
5.) Extent of rainfall and river flooding as well as any flooding of urban and poor drainage areas if heavy rain falls over a short enough period of time
SKYWARN Self-Activation with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets are likely for this multi-faceted coastal storm. Pictures and videos of storm damage and flooding can be sent as a reply to this message, via out WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter social media feeds or to the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter unless otherwise indicated. This will be the last coordination message as we shift into operations mode. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion, Winter Storm Warning/Winter Weather Advisory Statement with Snowfall Maps, High Wind Warning/Wind Advisory Statement and Coastal Flood Warning/Advisory Statement 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/Winter Weather Advisory Statement & Snowfall Maps:
https://www.weather.gov/box/winter
NWS Boston/Norton Flood Watch Statement for various rivers:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=FFA&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
NWS Boston/Norton High Wind Warning/Wind Advisory Statement:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=NPW&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
NWS Boston/Norton Coastal Flood Warning/Advisory Statement:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=CFW&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
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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