...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. WIND GUSTS TO 55
MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH HEAVY SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITIES. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT
IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH 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.
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