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WWUS81 KBOX 201002
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
502 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

CTZ002>004-MAZ012-013-015>021-RIZ001>007-201315-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...
NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...
PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...
WESTERLY...NEWPORT
502 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH CLEARING
SKIES WILL PRODUCE ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROAD AND WALKWAY SURFACES
EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH DROPPING SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BRIDGES...
SECONDARY ROADS AND EVEN RAMPS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLIPPERY
UNTIL TREATED. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE WARY OF HIDDEN ICE.

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MAZ003>007-010-011-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-201315-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...
FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...
AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
502 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

RESIDUAL MOISTURE...LIGHT WINDS AND PARTIAL CLEARING WILL CAUSE ICY
SPOTS EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE
WARY OF HIDDEN ICE ON UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES..AND EVEN
RAMPS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS.

$$

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000
WWUS81 KBOX 200607
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
107 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

CTZ002>004-MAZ012-013-015>021-RIZ001>007-201000-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...
NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...
PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...
WESTERLY...NEWPORT
107 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

..A DUSTING OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY PARTIALLY CLEARING SKIES TOWARD DAYBREAK
SHOULD MAKE FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW
ENGLAND THROUGH SUNRISE...

WHILE LAST EVENINGS SNOW WAS NOT ANYWHERE AS SUBSTANTIAL AS THAT OF
THIS PAST WEEKEND...ITS GOING TO RESULT IN SLIPPERY PAVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE STARS BECOME VISIBLE AND TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS
OVER THE SNOW COVERED COUNTRYSIDE.

SNOWFALL IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN UNDER ONE HALF INCH.

HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING EARLY THIS MORNING AND IT IS
EXPECTED THAT BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AS WELL AS SECONDARY ROADS AND EVEN
RAMPS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY UNTIL TREATED.

CAUTION IS ADVISED THOSE WHO MUST TRAVEL THESE PRE DAWN HOURS... NOT
ONLY FOR SNOW COVERED SLIPPERY PAVEMENT BUT ALSO POSSIBLE HIDDEN ICE.



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MAZ003>007-010-011-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-201000-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...
FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...
AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
107 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG COULD CAUSE ICY SPOTS EARLY THIS MORNING
FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.


$$

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000
WWUS81 KBOX 200254
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
954 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009

CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-010>021-026-RIZ001>007-200800-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...
LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT
954 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009

...A DUSTING OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY CLEARING SKIES TOWARD DAYBREAK SHOULD
MAKE FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH
SUNRISE...

WHILE TONIGHTS SNOW IS NOT NEARLY AS SUBSTANTIAL AS THAT OF THIS
PAST WEEKEND...ITS GOING TO CREATE SLIPPERY PAVEMENTS...NOT ONLY
DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODIC SNOW.... BUT ALSO AFTER IT CLEARS
TOWARD DAWN.

HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS
INTO PARTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHERE UP TO 1
INCH MAY ACCUMULATE. ELSEWHERE TRACE TO QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED FROM HARTFORD TO WORCESTER AND LAWRENCE.

A SUBSTANTIAL CONCERN IS WHEN SKIES CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES DROP
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. EVEN RESIDUALLY
MOIST PAVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED AND APPEAR SAFE THIS EVENING
MAY BECOME QUITE ICY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM TUESDAY.

CAUTION IS ADVISED THOSE WHO MUST TRAVEL OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY...NOT ONLY FOR SNOW COVERED SLIPPERY
PAVEMENT BUT ALSO POSSIBLE HIDDEN ICE.

RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS APPEAR ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
FOR UNEXPECTED FREEZEUP OF MOIST PAVEMENT IOWARD DAWN.


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000
WWUS81 KBOX 190147
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
847 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2009

CTZ002-MAZ002>004-008>011-026-NHZ011-012-015-190800-
HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...CHARLEMONT...
GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
847 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2009

...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT...

WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS
EVENING WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND PASSES
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MONDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL BRING A PERIOD
OF SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE IT TAPERS
OFF AND ENDS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLICK OVERNIGHT.

$$

MAZ022-023-RIZ008-190800-
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...BLOCK ISLAND
847 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2009

...SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS
EVENING WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND PASSES
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MONDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL BRING A PERIOD
OF RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF AND
ENDS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLICK OVERNIGHT.

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