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davis_squarePlease note the following all-call Connect CTY message set to go out at 6:10 this evening:
Hello, this is Tom Champion calling from the City of Somerville with snow alert information for Wednesday, December 31st. Based on current weather projections, the City will be declaring a snow emergency effective at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. During snow emergencies, parking is allowed on the odd-numbered side of the street only (unless otherwise posted). Cars not moved from the even numbered side of the street by 10 a.m. Wednesday morning may be subject to ticketing and towing. Residents unable to find a parking space on the odd-numbered side of the street may park in any municipal lot or in designated school parking lots. Because school is not in session, designated school lots are available for snow parking beginning this evening and designated metered lots will be available after 8 p.m. Tuesday night. For additional information, please call the City’s 311 constituent service line. Thank you.
Update from the National Weather Service:
Winter Storm Warning for Southeast Middlesex County, MA
Issued by The National Weather Service
Boston, MA
4:55 pm EST, Tue., Dec. 30, 2008
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND BY 8 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BY THE END OF THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE... WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHEAST TO THE BOURNE AND SAGAMORE BRIDGES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS AND NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND HILLS.
IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES... HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE.
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.
Hello, this is Tom Champion calling from the City of Somerville with snow alert information for Wednesday, December 31st. Based on current weather projections, the City will be declaring a snow emergency effective at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. During snow emergencies, parking is allowed on the odd-numbered side of the street only (unless otherwise posted). Cars not moved from the even numbered side of the street by 10 a.m. Wednesday morning may be subject to ticketing and towing. Residents unable to find a parking space on the odd-numbered side of the street may park in any municipal lot or in designated school parking lots. Because school is not in session, designated school lots are available for snow parking beginning this evening and designated metered lots will be available after 8 p.m. Tuesday night. For additional information, please call the City’s 311 constituent service line. Thank you.
Update from the National Weather Service:
Winter Storm Warning for Southeast Middlesex County, MA
Issued by The National Weather Service
Boston, MA
4:55 pm EST, Tue., Dec. 30, 2008
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND BY 8 AM. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BY THE END OF THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE... WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES PER HOUR DEVELOPING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHEAST TO THE BOURNE AND SAGAMORE BRIDGES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS AND NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND HILLS.
IN ADDITION WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU SHOULD WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS SCARVES... HATS AND MITTENS IF HEADING OUTSIDE.
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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