Blizzard Watch for RI and Cape Cod

[bzukajo]

Winter Weather Statement As of 3:30 PM EST on January 21, 2005

... Heavy Snow Warning and blizzard watch in effect from 6 PM EST
Saturday until 7 am EST Sunday...

The National Weather Service in Taunton MA has issued a Heavy Snow
Warning and a blizzard watch... covering Rhode Island and eastern
Massachusetts from the Interstate 95 corridor to Cape Cod and the
islands.

Snow will begin late Saturday afternoon... then will quickly become
heavy early Saturday evening. The height of the storm is expected to
occur Saturday night into early Sunday morning... when snow could fall
at the rate of 3 inches per hour. Strong northeast winds will produce
blowing and drifting snow with whiteout conditions at times.

Snow will taper off early Sunday morning. Total accumulations of 1 to
2 feet are expected over a large area... with the highest amounts
along the immediate eastern Massachusetts coast... as well as Cape Cod
and the islands.

If the potential for blizzard conditions increases... blizzard
warnings will be issued in later forecasts.

[Dave C]

There also is some indications of the storm slowing down on it's path south of New England. Don't be surprised to see warnings extended later into Sunday.

[SnowGod]

Maybe, but the High is going to force it to move. Saying 1-2 feet over a large area right now is hypish in my opinion, based on the poorly intialized ETA.

Appears it will hit MECS strength, but I think it will miss HECS by a hair.

[Dave C]

We had 1 forecaster in Boston(Barry Burbank) who was hesitant to go with heavier snowfall until noon today.

[krysof]

The storm is at least 16 hours away, is there a chance it will miss new jersey for good or deliver much lighter snows about 3-5 inches.

[bzukajo]

Todd Gross of WHDH channel 7 news just uped the accumulation to 16-24 accross most of southern NE ....and all in a 24 hr period...this is going to be one very nasty storm!!!