Northeast U.S. Blizzard Beginning

Snow begins from NYC to Boston. Intensity will increase dramatically this afternoon with increasing wind. Below is the blizzard warning from the NWS Boston…

…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY…

* LOCATIONS…EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS…INCLUDING BOSTON AND THE BOSTON METRO AREA…ALL OF RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND…AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW…BLOWING AND DRIFTING AT TIMES… QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES…AND WINDS GUSTING NEAR 60 MPH.

* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF MORE THAN 2 FEET.

* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS MORNING…BECOMING HEAVY LATE IN THE DAY INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW…ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR… WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS…BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED BY THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE. STRONG NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH…RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES ALONG WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE ANTICIPATED.

* WINDS…NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S.

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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