Hello to all…
..Another intense storm which will largely be a heavy rainfall with some brief heavy snowfall in the hill towns of Western Massachusetts, river, stream, urban flooding, possible coastal flooding and damaging wind event on track to affect the region Tuesday Night into Wednesday..
..A Flood Watch remains in effect for the entire NWS Norton coverage area except for Cape Cod and the Islands for Tuesday Evening through Wednesday Afternoon due to heavy rainfall of 2-3″ with isolated higher amounts combined with snow melt can result in river, stream and urban flooding..
..A High Wind Warning remains in effect from 5 PM Tuesday Evening to 1 PM Wednesday Afternoon for South Coastal Massachusetts including Eastern Plymouth County Massachusetts and South Coastal Rhode Island and is now expanded to Eastern Essex and the rest of Bristol and Plymouth Counties of Massachusetts for sustained winds of 30-40 MPH with gusts to 65 MPH and isolated higher gusts likely. These winds will cause scattered to numerous pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Wind Advisory is now in effect for the rest of the NWS Norton Coverage Area from 5 PM Tuesday Evening to 1 PM Wednesday Afternoon for sustained winds of 20-30 MPH with gusts to 50-55 MPH. These winds will cause scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Coastal Flood Warning is now in effect from 5 AM-9 AM Wednesday Morning for Southern Bristol County Massachusetts, Southeast Providence, Eastern Kent, Bristol, Newport and Washington Counties of Rhode Island and from 6-10 AM for Dukes County for minor to moderate coastal flooding of shore roads at the time of high tide in these areas..
..A Coastal Flood Advisory is now in effect from 5 AM-9 AM Wednesday Morning for Southern Plymouth County Massachusetts for minor to isolated moderate coastal flooding of shore roads at the time of high tide in these areas..
..A Coastal Flood Advisory is now in effect from 8 AM-12 PM Wednesday for East Coastal Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Nantucket for minor coastal flooding of shore roads at the time of high tide in these areas..
..A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect from 3 PM Tuesday Afternoon to Midnight Tuesday Night for Western Franklin and Western Hampshire Counties of Massachusetts for 2-5″ of snow before a changeover to rain causing slippery travel. Other parts of Western and Central Massachusetts particularly in the higher elevations could see a coating to 2″ of snow as well as icing from sleet and freezing rain causing slippery travel in the evening commute .
..SKYWARN Self-Activation is likely with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets as needed for this storm system Tuesday Night into Wednesday. Pictures and videos of storm damage and flooding from this storm as well as for the past coastal storm or prior storm events can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds and via the email address pics@nsradio.org
A multi-faceted storm similar to the the December 17th-18th, 2023 storm is on track for the region, The headlines depict the current thinking. Key factors include:
1.) The ability of winds to get down to the surface in inland areas. If temperatures warm slightly more than expected, that could allow for stronger winds to reach the surface and more wind damage issues in these areas. Southeast New England and East Coastal Massachusetts should prepare for a high impact event similar to the December 17th-18th 2023 storm event.
2.) Heavy rainfall of 2-3″+ combined with snow melt could create flooding issues equivalent or somewhat worse than what was experienced on December 17th-18th 2023.
3.) Coastal flooding issues along South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island could be the equivalent of what occurred in the December 17th-18th 2023 storm event. East Coastal Massachusetts could also see minor coastal flooding as well at the time of high tide. With Southeast winds, east coastal Massachusetts could see that coastal flooding in somewhat different areas than when Northeast, North-Northeast or Northerly winds occur.
4.) Snow and some icing conditions will occur in Western and Central Massachusetts during the evening commute through mid to late evening before a changeover to a windswept heavy rain and the flooding concerns as mentioned above
SKYWARN Self-Activation is likely with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets as needed for this storm system Tuesday Night into Wednesday. Pictures and videos of storm damage and flooding from this storm as well as for the past coastal storm or prior storm events can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds and via the email address pics@nsradio.org This will be the last coordination message as we shift into operations mode. Please note the following Amateur Radio Net Schedule information and what repeaters will be monitored on an as needed basis:
146.940-Mount Tom Repeater PL: 127.3 Hz, 530 PM, 730 PM, 930 PM, 1130 PM Tuesday Evening, Nets restart at 530 AM at every 2 hour intervals on Wednesday
146.790-Vernon, CT Repeater PL: 82.5 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
147.225-Killingly CT Repeater PL: 156.7 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
146.970-Paxton MA Repeater PL: 114.8 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
146.640-Waltham MA Repeater PL: 136.5 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
146.955-Westford MA Repeater PL: 74.4 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
146.895-Walpole MA Repeater PL: 123.0 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
147.180-Bridgewater Repeater PL: PL: 67.0 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
147.000-Dartmouth Repeater PL: PL: 67.0 Hz – as needed for flooding and wind damage reports
NB1RI RI Repeater system -as needed for flooding, coastal flooding and wind damage reports
Echolink *NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123 – will be monitored as needed throughout the storm event for this season
Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion, Flood Watch Statement, High Wind Warning/Wind Advisory Statement, Coastal Flood Warning/Advisory Statement, Winter Weather 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 Flood Watch Statement:
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/Watch/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 Winter Weather Advisory Statement:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=WSW&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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