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how's the weather where you live, part 2


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Well, the weather is ok for now, but it is going to go down hill really fast tomorrow. We are looking at the possibility for now power for 3 to 5 days and tons of trees and power lines down making roads impassible.

 

Here is the ice storm warning statement, lol

 

 

 

Ice Storm Warning

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

419 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

 

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

 

.A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. COLD

HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS OUT ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA THURSDAY SERVING AS

RESERVOIR OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO FEED INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE

MOVING UP THE EAST COAST. THAT LOW WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND

FRIDAY MORNING...PRODUCING AN ICE STORM IN PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN

NEW ENGLAND. THAT GALE CENTER WILL DEPART FRIDAY...REACHING THE MARITIMES

IN THE AFTERNOON.

 

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-110530-

/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0012.081211T1100Z-081212T0900Z/

/O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0002.081211T0900Z-081212T1200Z/

WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-

WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-

EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...

BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...

NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER

419 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

 

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST

FRIDAY...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

 

THIS WARNING COVERS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

 

RAIN MAY QUIT FOR A WHILE TONIGHT BUT WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY AS

SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

 

THE MIXED FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AT TIMES DURING THE

DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY...POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY THURSDAY NIGHT.

 

ELEVATIONS...ABOVE 500 FEET WILL POTENTIALLY SUFFER FROM CONSIDERABLE

POWER OUTAGES LATER THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ICE ACCUMULATES

BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH... WITH DANGEROUSLY HIGHER AMOUNTS

POSSIBLE.

 

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE SLEET COULD LESSEN THE GLAZE ACCUMULATION.

 

MORE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED AS THIS EVOLVING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

ICE STORM EVOLVES.

 

TRAVEL DELAYS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS TRAVEL

BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

 

ICE ACCRETION SHOULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF

YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS

ON HAND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND

WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

 

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