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Winter Storm Watch Statements for the Region

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Last updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:23 AM

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Winter Storm Watches
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Southern NH

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
448 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SOME ICE TO
THE INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...

NHZ011-012-015-111800-
/O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T0000Z/
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
448 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND ICE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ICE
ACCRETION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL COULD DEVELOP FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
DUE TO SLIPPERY UNTREATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO
36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.

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Central NH/Southern Maine

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
300 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE LIFTING OUT OF THE DEEP SOUTH WILL SPREAD A
POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO THE
MIDWEST...AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRIES TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW
FOR MOST OF THE REGION...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT CREATES A WINTRY
MIX ALONG THE COAST AND IMMEDIATE INTERIOR. SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE
TRACK AND STRENGTH COULD YIELD SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN
PRECIPITATION TYPE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS
INCREASING IN A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND
INTERIOR...WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE CLOSER TO
THE COAST. AS SNOW WINDS DOWN THURSDAY EVENING...FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS WELL.

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-111600-
/O.CON.KGYX.WS.A.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...
NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...
ROCHESTER...DOVER
300 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
WESTERN MAINE...THE FOOTHILLS...AND THE COASTAL PLAIN.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SPREADING NORTHEAST. THURSDAY
MORNING SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING
AS FREEZING DRIZZLE THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE
SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS
IN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.


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