[Weather] [2020.02.06 AM] NWS Boston EM Briefing -- Wintry Mix for the Morning Commute and Rain/Snow late tonight/Friday

[BOX Operations - NOAA Service Account]

Good morning everyone.

There is a wintry mix of precipitation across most of interior southern New
England to northeast Massachusetts early this morning, where temperatures
range from the mid 20s to near freezing. Further to the south and east,
temperatures are lingering near freezing from near Boston southwest to
Willimantic, but there is still pockets of mixed precipitation in place.
Across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, mainly rain is falling
as temperatures are in the mid 30s to near 40, along with east to southeast
winds.

The *Winter Weather Advisory* remains in effect for most of the region,
except across south coastal areas.  As temperatures continue to slowly rise
through today, the advisory will end from southwest to northeast, ending
across most of the region by around midday. However, the advisory will
linger across N central and NW Massachusetts into early tonight.

Here are more details for these events that are impacting the region:

*1.) Through This Afternoon:*

*What/Where/When:*
-- Any leftover mixed precipitation across interior SE Massachusetts should
bhange to rain by around 9 AM.
-- The wintry mix from northeast Massachusetts through the Route 128
beltway, central and southern Worcester county to N central/NE CT and N
RI should change over to rain by around 1 PM as temperatures slowly rise
above freezing. This should allow the mix to change over to rain.
-- Across N central and NW Massachusetts, the snow or mixed precipitation
will linger into this evening.

*Snow/Ice Accumulations:*
-- Expect snow/sleet accumulations generally an inch or less for most areas
away from southern RI and S coastal Massachusetts. May see up to around
one-half inch from the interior Merrimack Valley to central and southern
Worcester county into SW Massachusetts.
-- Snow amounts up to 1 to 3 inches are likely from N central into NW
Massachusetts, with the highest amounts across western Franklin and
northwest Hampshire counties.
-- Ice accretion from a few hundredths up to one-tenth of an inch are
likely across portions of interior NE, central and western Massachusetts,
with the highest amounts across the northern Worcester hills and E slopes
of the Berkshires.

*2.)  Tonight through Friday evening:*
-- A stronger storm will push across the region tonight, bringing an area
of heavy rain. Rain amounts will range from 1 to 1.5 inches from near the
Mass Pike to the Route 2 area of N Mass, up to 1.75 to 2.5 inches from
northeastern Connecticut across Rhode Island to southeastern Mass. Expect
the highest amounts to fall late tonight into Friday morning.
-- Expect temperatures to hold steady early tonight, then will slowly rise
through the overnight hours. This will allow any leftover mixed
precipitation to change over to rain.
-- There is a low risk that temperatures may remain around or just below
freezing across the higher inland terrain late tonight into Friday morning,
which may mean a prolonged period of light freezing rain.
-- The rain will change back to snow late Friday afternoon into early
evening before tapering off.  An additional inch or two is possible across
N central/NW Mass, likely less than an inch elsewhere.

Attached please find the latest forecast snow and ice totals through Friday.

If you have any questions or would like more information, don't hesitate to
contact us via this email address, on NWSChat <https://nwschat.weather.gov/>,
or at the following:

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