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...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1137 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2003
... FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR A TIME AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A COATING TO POSSIBLY AN INCH IS LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS... NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 495... AS WELL AS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. SINCE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... UNTREATED ROADWAYS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SHOULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS.
THE COMBINATION OF AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THIS EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. COLDER AIR WILL BE FILTERING INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO ALLOW FOR THE CHANGEOVER.
RAIN SHOWERS MAY EVEN MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO WET SNOW IN BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE TOWARD DAYBREAK. HOWEVER... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING IN THE CITIES... SO LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES AND SPRINKLES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION DURING MIDDAY THURSDAY.
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1137 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2003
... FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR A TIME AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A COATING TO POSSIBLY AN INCH IS LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS... NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 495... AS WELL AS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. SINCE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... UNTREATED ROADWAYS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SHOULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS.
THE COMBINATION OF AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THIS EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. COLDER AIR WILL BE FILTERING INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO ALLOW FOR THE CHANGEOVER.
RAIN SHOWERS MAY EVEN MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO WET SNOW IN BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE TOWARD DAYBREAK. HOWEVER... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING IN THE CITIES... SO LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES AND SPRINKLES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION DURING MIDDAY THURSDAY.
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