8 to 14 inches snow for eastern Massachusetts including Boston

NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA… JAN 1 2014… A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS… …

INCLUDING CITIES OF… GLOUCESTER… FOXBORO… NORWOOD… CAMBRIDGE… BOSTON… QUINCY… TAUNTON… BROCKTON… PLYMOUTH… FALL RIVER… NEW BEDFORD… MATTAPOISETT… CHATHAM… FALMOUTH… PROVINCETOWN

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY…

* LOCATIONS…COASTAL NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST… RESULTING IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES (20 to 35½ cm).

* TIMING…AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND  CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY… ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. THE WORST OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS…HEAVY SNOW/GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A TIME THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY…RESULTING IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.

* WINDS…NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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