Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I thought I’d add “weather reporter” to my list of uses for “Around Town on the Web”! In case you have not heard, Hanover Schools will be on an early release schedule tomorrow due to the impending snowstorm. Be careful driving home, and be sure to watch for the kids out sledding. They’ll be home earlier than usual!
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, with the following details:
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND… INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM.
THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE ONSET. THUS TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ROADS DURING THE FRIDAY LATE DAY/EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS… BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT… .ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS… INCLUDING CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.
IN ADDITION… STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW… YIELDING VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.
AT THIS TIME… IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT… WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.
So, bundle up, make arrangements to greet your cherubs early, and start looking for the snowpants and snow boots! Be safe, and plan now to come home early and stay home.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B