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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
300 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

IT WILL BE COLD AND DRY TONIGHT UNDER INCREASING CLOUDS.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE TEENS OVER THE INTERIOR WITH
20S ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AND ISLANDS. 

THEN ALL EYES TURN TOWARD THE STORM FOR THE WEEKEND. INTENSIFYING
LOW PRESSURE WILL EMERGE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY AND THEN
TRACK SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE FARTHER
OFFSHORE ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL ARRIVE AROUND 10 AM SATURDAY THEN END
BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE...WITH A
PLOWABLE SNOWFALL ALONG THE SOUTH COAST...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE
ISLANDS. THE STORM WILL ALSO DELIVER STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS THE EAST
COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY
NIGHT AND AGAIN AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY.

IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING STORM...IT WILL BE DRY ON SUNDAY WITH
DIMINISHING WINDS...BUT THERE WILL BE LINGERING SNOW AND BRISK NORTH
WINDS ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE IN
THE 30S.

LOOKING TO NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE ON MONDAY WHEN IT
WILL BE DRY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. THERE
WILL BE A FURTHER WARM UP ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS RISING INTO THE 40S
ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. DRY AND NEAR SEASONABLE
CONDITIONS FOLLOW ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. NEAR SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ON FRIDAY BUT THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR
SNOW.

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KAB