...SNOW BEGINNING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
 
 AS OF 430 PM...LIGHT SNOW HAD BEGUN FALLING IN DANBURY CONNECTICUT.
 A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS REPORTED ON NANTUCKET. WINDS WERE
 ALREADY GUSTING TO 34 MPH AT BLOCK ISLAND AND NEAR 30 MPH AT
 BRIDGEPORT AND NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT.
 
 SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...
 REACHING THE PROVIDENCE AND HARTFORD AREAS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM
 AND THE GREATER BOSTON AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM.
 
 THE SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF
 STARTING. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF RHODE
 ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE
 POSTED OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS A
 MAJOR WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
 
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 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
 
 A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY FOR
 NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF
 SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES
 PLACES SUCH AS HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON...
 FOXBORO...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AND NEWBURYPORT.
 
 SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.
 THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS
 OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
 AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE
 ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
 
 STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN
 THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
 POSSIBLE.
 
 THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW
 WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN
 MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
 
 TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME
 DIFFICULT.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
 A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
 INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
 TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
 UNTREATED SURFACES.
 
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 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
 
 A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
 
 THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN
 RHODE ISLAND...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
 
 STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM PROVIDENCE TO
 BOSTON...WITH POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES FROM HARTFORD TO
 WORCESTER AND LAWRENCE.
 
 SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING...AND COULD BE HEAVY
 AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
 ALSO EXPECTED.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
 A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
 POSSIBLE... BUT NOT YET CERTAIN. KEEP IN MIND CHANGES IN THE
 STORM TRACK COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FORECAST CHANGES. KEEP IN
 TOUCH WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL
 PLANS.