Fetched: December 28th, 2008, 10:00am EST
THE GREAT LAKES STORM THAT HAS CAUSED WIND DAMAGE AS FAR EAST AS
BUFFALO NEW YORK EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY IN
PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MIDDAY INTO THIS EVENING...
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>022-026-RIZ001>004-007-282300-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0036.081228T1500Z-081229T0400Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NEWPORT
947 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS IN MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON TO AROUND 30 MPH FOR A SHORT TIME WITH SCATTERED GUSTS 45
TO 50 MPH.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE REGION FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCES
NORTHERN SUBURBS...AS WELL AS THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE REGION FROM
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES.
THEN WEST WINDS THIS EVENING AFTER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MAY BRIEFLY
GUST TO 50 MPH.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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DRAG
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