| Title: | The Digital way of working |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL ON |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5321 |
| Total number of notes: | 139771 |
Moderators: I know this is not strictly a topic for this conference, but it will probably have an impact on 'the way we work at Digital'. I have write-locked the note and will delete it after a few days... Lee Roth 096 WWUS35 KBOS 121935 MAZALL-RIZALL-CTZALL-131200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 235 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND THERE IS THE RISK OF MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS... SIX TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING A 12 HOUR PERIOD IN MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN NOON SATURDAY AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. FREQUENT NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL WHIP THE SNOW INTO 5 FOOT DRIFTS BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. A LITTLE SLEET IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE...IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HURRICANE FORCE WESTERLY WIND GUSTS ON SUNDAY CAUSING A GROUND BLIZZARD IN SOME AREAS AND CREATING EVEN DEEPER DRIFTS. IF A FOOT AND A HALF OF SNOW FALLS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND THE NORTHWEST HILLS OF CONNECTICUT... DRIFTS TO 10 FEET WOULD BE POSSIBLE. ROADS SHOULD BECOME IMPASSABLE IN SOME AREAS EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN STATEMENTS SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST FROM CAPE COD TO NEW BEDFORD...NEWPORT AND NEW LONDON WHERE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD FALL WITH 50 MPH WINDS CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THEN IT SHOULD TURN TO RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES BRIEFLY RISING INTO THE 40S. RECORD LOW BAROMETER READINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM EARLY SUNDAY AND WINDS FROM THIS STORM SHOULD DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD PREPARE FOR A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE COASTAL FLOOD EVENT. WEST COASTAL CONNECTICUT...NANTUCKET ISLAND...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD WILL BE HIT FIRST DURING THE MID SATURDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE WITH A 4 FOOT SURGE EXPECTED. WAVES OF 5 TO 15 FEET WILL COMPOUND THE FLOODING. THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE WILL HAVE SURGE OF 3 TO 6 FEET DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION...BUT POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG PARTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST. THE FOLLOWING PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW! ALL TRAVEL PLANS IN AND OUT OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOON SATURDAY. WIND AND SNOW SHOULD AT LEAST TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN AIRPORTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS THE FERRY SERVICE FROM SOUTH COASTAL NEW ENGLAND TO LONG ISLAND AND THE ISLANDS SOUTH OF RHODE ISLAND AND CAPE COD WILL ALSO WILL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 1. ALL HOUSEHOLDS SHOULD HAVE A WORKING FLASHLIGHT AND A WORKING RADIO POWERED BY BATTERIES. THE KEY IS TO HAVE BATTERIES THAT WORK WELL! CHECK NOW. DO NOT USE CANDLES IF POWER IS KNOCKED OUT! CANDLES CAN CAUSE FIRES. 2. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING STORM FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO TRAVEL SATURDAY EVENING. OUR BEST ADVICE...GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. STAY HOME. ALSO...ASSIST THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN DEALING WITH THIS STORM BY ADVANCE PREPARATION. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM. DRAG 189 WWUS46 KPHL 122000 PAZ007>012-016-NJZ002>004-006-130300- BLIZZARD...WINTER STORM...HIGH WIND AND COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA 300 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...THE NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN AND POCONOS AND FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA... ...WINTER STORM WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST... AN EXTREME STORM IS HEADED THIS WAY...THIS COULD BE THE WORST STORM OF THE CENTURY. NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BY SATURDAY...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO PREPARE FOR THE STORM. THIS STORM WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY SNOWS AND DAMAGING WINDS. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE UP THE EAST COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY EVENING...THE CENTER OF THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO BE OVER SOUTHERN MARYLAND. IT WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE DELAWARE VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT ON ITS WAY TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY...BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY AND COULD FALL AT THE RATE OF SEVERAL INCHES AN HOUR. BASED ON THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK...THE SNOW SHOULD MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO RAIN THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN AS FAR WEST AS CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND MAY CHANGE AS FAR NORTH AS ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. IN AREAS FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN AS SNOW. AFTER THE STORM MOVES BY ON SATURDAY NIGHT... COLD AIR WILL RETURN...AND AREAS THAT DO CHANGE TO RAIN SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW. ALL ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY SUNDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND OVER NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE POCONOS NORTH TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO ZERO IN THESE AREAS AS WIND DRIVEN SNOWS CAUSE LOCAL WHITE-OUTS. SNOWFALL FORECASTS ARE AS FOLLOWS... EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... POCONOS...1 TO 3 FEET. UPPER...MIDDLE...AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEYS...1 TO 2 FEET. NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN...AND LEHIGH VALLEY...1 TO 2 FEET. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...NORTHEAST AND POCONOS. DRIFTS COULD REACH 10 TO 15 FEET. SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...6 TO 12 INCHES BUT SOME RAIN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM. SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... METROPOLITAN DELAWARE VALLEY...6 TO 12 INCHES BUT SOME RAIN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM. SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND COASTAL DELAWARE BAY...4 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THEN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AFTER CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERN COASTAL...UP TO 4 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THEN THEN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AFTER CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. WIND SPEEDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 70 MPH ALONG AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY SHORE. AFTER THE LOW MOVES BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE WIND DIRECTION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN WEST. A LULL IN THE WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR AS THE LOW MOVES BY BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY EVENING THEN WINDS OVER THE REGION SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN TO 35 TO 50 MPH ON SUNDAY. ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY SHORE...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 4 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH COASTAL FLOODING. ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION CAN BE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER THE STORM PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY...VERY STRONG WEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWOUT TIDES AT THE TIME OF LOW TIDE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND...DON/T. THERE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CLOSE ROADWAYS AND BUSINESSES. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THE AREAS WITH BLIZZARD WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES BY 10 PM. RNS
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170 WWUS46 KPWM 121957 MEZALL-NHZALL-130300- WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 300 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDCOAST...DOWNEAST COAST...CENTRAL INTERIOR...WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN MAINE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT... A PARALYZING AND LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IN RECENT MEMORY. A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST REACHING NORTHERN FLORIDA TONIGHT THEN EXPLODE INTO A MAJOR WINTER STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE EAST COAST SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE TRACK OF THIS INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE TO HUG OR MOVE JUST EAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE KEEPING ALL THE PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW. EXCESSIVE SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT ALL OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME RESULTING IN ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE FEET BY LATE SUNDAY. THUNDER WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY AND ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL RATES. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER INLAND AREAS AND TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE ALONG THE COAST WILL CAUSE TREMEDOUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW DRIFTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE COMMON. THE COMBINATION OF THE INTENSE SNOWFALL AND HIGH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY TO ZERO SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERING PLOWING OPERATIONS. THIS WILL VIRTUALLY BRING THE TWO STATE AREA TO A CRAWL OR STANDSTILL BY SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE INTENSE SNOWFALL...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS BATTERING THE COAST WILL CAUSE HEAVY SURF AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXTENSIVE LOW LYING COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE FOR PORTLAND IS AT 323 AM AND FOR BAR HARBOR AT 301 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEIGHT OF THE HIGH TIDE AT PORTLAND IS 10.1 FEET. STORM GENERATED WAVES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REACH 30 FEET AND RESULT IN A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET. THIS WOULD RESULT IN MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. IT CAN'T BE EMPHASIZED ENOUGH OF THE INTENSE MAGITUDE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. ALL PRECAUTIONARY ACTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EVERYONE NO LATER THAN EARLY TONIGHT. AS A REMINDER...MAKE PROVISIONS FOR ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER ALONG WITH HAVING BATTERY POWERED FLASHLIGHTS AND RADIO READILY ACCESSABLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE TWO STATE AREA EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EMERGENCIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 PM. FITZSIMMONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND MAINE | |||||