Back when we used to have winters ....
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Taunton MA
703 AM EDT Mon Mar 12 2018
SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
Monday Night into Tuesday...
*/ Highlights...
- Moderate to heavy snow, some locations seeing upwards of a
foot to perhaps two feet total accumulation
- 1-3"/hr snowfall rates at times, plus winds could yield
blizzard conditions with visibility less than a quarter of a
mile
- Strong to damaging winds, E gusts up around 65 mph possible
for E/SE MA coast, brunt of the winds around Tuesday morning
- Impacts to the Tuesday AM commute with difficult, near-
impossible travel.
- Especially the Tuesday morning high tide, strong E onshore
flow yielding around a 2 to 3 foot surge, splashover, minor
coastal flood issues, especially ocean-facing shores,
vulnerable areas impacted by earlier storm systems