Nor'Easter Coming
February 11, 2006
So says the national weather service.
…BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON…
SNOW WILL BEGIN ON THE SOUTH COAST AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 8 PM AND
11 PM TONIGHT…AND SHOULD REACH THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN
10 PM TONIGHT AND 1 AM SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ON NANTUCKET AND
BLOCK ISLAND…TO BETWEEN 8 AND 15 INCHES ELSEWHERE. THE 15 INCH
TOTALS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON TO THE
SOUTH COAST.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY…BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 3 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHEAST WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH MAY PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITY. ON THE SOUTH COAST…CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WIND
GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH.
Sounds impressive, but 28 years ago this week, we got through the Blizzard of 78. Now that was a storm; this will be a snow shower by comparison. Besides, I’ve got plenty of gas in the snow blower, and my roof rake stands at the ready.
Posted by Bill Trippe at February 11, 2006 9:49 AM
