Upgraded to a Blizzard Warning
Jan. 28th, 2022 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeWhee! Blizzard warnings now up effective tonight!
It's an upgrade (for some value of "upgrade") from earlier today. The predicted snowfall totals haven't changed, but they've now included "considerable blowing and drifting snow along with near white out conditions at times"; presumably, that's what caused the shift to a blizzard warning.
Still, I'm not overly worried personally; the local power lines are all underground, and we're close enough to the main feeders that an extended outage is awfully unlikely. And I don't have anywhere I need to go for the next couple of days.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 940 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 MAZ005-006-013-014-RIZ001>008-290345- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.W.0004.220129T0500Z-220130T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.220129T0500Z-220130T0500Z/ Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI- Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 940 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of 15 to 19 inches. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph. * WHERE...Portions of eastern and northeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to midnight EST Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Travel could be extremely difficult to impossible. Strong winds could cause tree damage. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Considerable blowing and drifting snow along with near white out conditions at times. Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour is possible at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Travel should be restricted to emergencies only. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle. && $$
It's an upgrade (for some value of "upgrade") from earlier today. The predicted snowfall totals haven't changed, but they've now included "considerable blowing and drifting snow along with near white out conditions at times"; presumably, that's what caused the shift to a blizzard warning.
Still, I'm not overly worried personally; the local power lines are all underground, and we're close enough to the main feeders that an extended outage is awfully unlikely. And I don't have anywhere I need to go for the next couple of days.