Blizzard Warning Just Issued by the National Weather Service

[Coldwater]

in Norton

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY...

WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations between 1 and 2 feet. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph.

WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern, and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. This includes Boston to Providence corridor.

WHEN...From 4 PM Sunday to 7 AM EST Tuesday.

IMPACTS...Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow. The strong winds and weight of snow on tree limbs may down power lines and could cause power outages. Whiteout conditions are expected and will make travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening. Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous conditions will impact the Monday morning and evening commutes. Strong winds could cause tree damage.

[Croney]

1. This is when off-street parking is worth its weight in

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[Coldwater]

2. Don't I know it

the problem remains digging out from under 1-2 feet of snow like we did two weeks ago.

Where are they going to put all the snow?

[Croney]

4. And where do all the cars go when street parking is banned?

It's a mystery.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Here in Mid-Atlantic the snow amounts are very wide too

Add up the expected for time periods and it's 8 to 16 inches. Yet it's 45 degrees outside right now.

[Coldwater]

5. Even with all of this modern technology

it's still hard to predict where the heaviest snow bands will set up, the difference between 12 inches and 24 inches.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Phila seems to be the city expecting the most snow

When I checked Weather Underground NYC and DC will get a lot of snow but Phila will get more.

Of course, growing up in Phila I know from experience that it is impossible to predict snow around there. A few degrees makes all the difference.

I still remember my school closing number as we listened to the radio before school praying to near "318". We rarely did. It would usually go like this...315, 316, 317, 319, 320, etc. Then we'd trudge to the bus stop, get to school only to learn we were being sent home 10 minutes later. So instead of staying warm and safe at home our cheap-assed school district would never announce a snow day so that they could collect a full day's income from the state. There had to be over 10" on the ground before finally conceding. After I became a teacher in CA I learned how school districts work and how $$$$$$$$ rules ALL of their decision, not the students and their welfare.