Storm Coordination Message #1 – Tuesday 2/7/17 Through Early Wednesday Morning 2/8/17 Wintry Mix Potential

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..Storm System for Tuesday into early Wednesday Morning will bring a wintry mix of precipitation to Southern New England and affect both the morning and evening commutes..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM Tuesday to 3 AM Wednesday for Franklin, Hampshire, Northern Worcester and Northern Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow and ice accretion of up to one-tenth of an inch with amounts of one-tenth to one-quarter inch of ice possible in higher elevations..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM to 7 PM Tuesday for Northern Connecticut, Hampden, Southern Worcester Counties of Massachusetts and Northwest Providence County of Rhode Island for an inch or less of snow and one-tenth of an inch of ice or less..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM to 7 PM Tuesday for Central Middlesex and Western Essex Counties of Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow and sleet and possibly a trace of ice accumulation..
..There is high confidence in timing and that a wintry mix of precipitation types but lower confidence in precipitation amounts for the different types of frozen precipitation. The different precip type amounts could be adjusted in future forecasts..
..Another winter storm is possible Wednesday Night into Thursday. This will be handled in future coordination messages after the Tuesday event has passed..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm on Tuesday. Another coordination message will be posted by 11 PM Monday Evening. Below is the NWS Taunton Winter Weather Advisory statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Winter Weather Graphics..

NWS Taunton Winter Weather 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

NWS Taunton Winter Weather Graphics:
http://www.weather.gov/box/winter

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…

..Storm System for Tuesday into early Wednesday Morning will bring a wintry mix of precipitation to Southern New England and affect both the morning and evening commutes..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM Tuesday to 3 AM Wednesday for Franklin, Hampshire, Northern Worcester and Northern Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow and ice accretion of up to one-tenth of an inch with amounts of one-tenth to one-quarter inch of ice possible in higher elevations..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM to 7 PM Tuesday for Northern Connecticut, Hampden, Southern Worcester Counties of Massachusetts and Northwest Providence County of Rhode Island for an inch or less of snow and one-tenth of an inch of ice or less..
..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 AM to 7 PM Tuesday for Central Middlesex and Western Essex Counties of Massachusetts for 2-4″ of snow and sleet and possibly a trace of ice accumulation..
..There is high confidence in timing and that a wintry mix of precipitation types but lower confidence in precipitation amounts for the different types of frozen precipitation. The different precip type amounts could be adjusted in future forecasts..
..Another winter storm is possible Wednesday Night into Thursday. This will be handled in future coordination messages after the Tuesday event has passed..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm on Tuesday. Another coordination message will be posted by 11 PM Monday Evening. Below is the NWS Taunton Winter Weather Advisory statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Winter Weather Graphics..

NWS Taunton Winter Weather 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

NWS Taunton Winter Weather Graphics:
http://www.weather.gov/box/winter

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
http://beta.wx1box.org
Like us on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/wx1box
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