Blizzard conditions expected in SE Massachusetts

Up to 18 inches (45 cm) Cape Cod – Boston expects 4 to 8 inches – Northern MD and Baltimore up to nine inches

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA FEB 7 2016

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT TO 7 PM MONDAY

SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. INCLUDES BROCKTON… PLYMOUTH… MATTAPOISETT… CHATHAM… FALMOUTH… PROVINCETOWN… VINEYARD HAVEN AND NANTUCKET

…HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD/WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES… POTENTIALLY UP TO 18 INCHES OVER PARTS OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND UPPER CAPE COD. LESS SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED FOR NANTUCKET.

* IMPACTS…CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED… SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

* WINDS…NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

http://www.weather.gov/box/

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

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