IN MASSACHUSETTS…THIS INCLUDES THE ENTIRE STATE…EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY. IN ADDITION…THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POISED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY…AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT…NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND…AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS MAY RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF NEW SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION…STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND…INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE.ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND…INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS…THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT. EVEN SO…THIS AREA MAY STILL RECEIVE AT LEAST SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY…AND SPREAD OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THIS WILL BE A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY…AND REMAIN SO THROUGHOUT MONDAY NIGHT.
THERE MAY BE A PERIOD…MAINLY DURING MONDAY NIGHT…WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES…ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN RHODE
ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS…ALONG AND NORTH OF A PLYMOUTH-TAUNTON LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATING MORE THAN 6 INCHES…OR THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND ICE…IS EXPECTED.
IN ADDITION…THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND STRONOMICAL HIGHER TIDES DUE TO THE FULL MOON WILL CAUSE THE TIDE TO RUN 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ALONG THE MASSACHUSETTS EAST COAST. WAVES OF 10 TO 15 FEET MAY APPROACH THE SHORELINE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME…MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE LATE MONDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE AND EVEN A LITTLE MORE LIKELY WITH THE MONDAY NIGHT AND MIDDAY TUESDAY HIGH TIDES.
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