Weather Conditions at 12 PM EST on 8 JAN 96 for Hyannis, MA.

Temp(F)    Humidity(%)    Wind(mph)    Pressure(in)    Weather

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   29          N/A           NE at 18       N/A      light snow

BARNSTABLE:
CAPE COD-DUKES...MARTHAS VINEYARD-

1221 PM EST MON JAN 8 1996



 ..BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A COASTAL FLOOD

WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...
THIS AFTERNOON:
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION THROUGH NIGHTFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES.

COASTAL FLOODING AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE.  HIGH NEAR 35 BUT TEMPERATURES

FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S.  A NORTHEAST WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH

GUSTS TO 65 MPH TURNS NORTH.
TONIGHT:
VERY WINDY AND TURNING COLDER WITH SNOW TAPERING TO

FLURRIES.  LOW 15 TO 20.  NORTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS

THEN DIMINISHING LATE.
TUESDAY:
PARTLY SUNNY.  HIGH AROUND 30.






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                     Severe weather statement


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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

745 AM EST MON JAN 8 1996



 ..A DANGEROUS STORM WAS WORSENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS

MORNING...

NO ONE SHOULD VENTURE OUT OF DOORS:
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE

COAST...UNTIL AT LEAST THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE WORST OF THIS STORM

WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.



A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

COAST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NANTUCKET WHERE WINTER STORM AND HIGH

WIND WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT.



WINDS WILL BRIEFLY GUST BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH THIS MORNING ALONG THE

RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS COAST AND TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH

INLAND WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH MIDDAY

OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. 


    ON NANTUCKET:
SLEET AND RAIN WILL LIMIT THE DRIFTING THIS MORNING. 

SLEET OR RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST

AND COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. 



THE WIND WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ALONG THE COAST WITH

DRIFTS TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE BY NOON FROM BOSTON TO CAPE COD AND WEST TO

NEW BEDFORD.



THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES

IN A FEW LOCATIONS.  

ALREADY:
10 TO 19 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN CONNECTICUT...RHODE

ISLAND AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE.  VERY

HEAVY SNOW WILL ADD ANOTHER 8 TO 10 INCHES TODAY...WITH ISOLATED

AMOUNTS NEAR 30 INCHES SOMEWHERE IN THE BOSTON...PLYMOUTH...NEW

BEDFORD AREA OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



TIDES WERE 2 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT 730 AM AND SHOULD CONTINUE

INCREASING THEIR DEPARTURE TO AT LEAST 3 FEET BY NOON.  THIS

SIGNIFICANT SURGE COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WAVES WILL CAUSE SOME

FLOODING ALONG THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST. 

AGAIN:
REPEATING...HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND WIND CHILL TO 25


    BELOW ZERO MAKE THIS A NASTY AND DANGEROUS MORNING TO BE OUTSIDE. BE

SMART AND STAY WARM.  



DRAG








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                 State extended forecast


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EXTENDED FORECAST:
WEDNESDAY:
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.  LOWS IN THE TEENS.  HIGHS IN

THE 20S TO LOWER 30S.
THURSDAY:
FAIR AND COLDER.  LOWS ZERO TO 10 INLAND AND 10 TO 20

ALONG THE COAST.  HIGHS IN THE 20S.
FRIDAY:
A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN.  BECOMING WINDY ALONG THE COAST. 

LOWS 5 TO 15 INLAND AND 10 TO 20 ALONG THE COAST.  HIGHS 25 TO 35.$$ 



DRAG 





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