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Public Information Statement

Statement as of 9:00 AM EST on November 21, 2008


... Winter weather preparedness - part five of five...

This is the last of a 5 part daily issuance of winter weather
preparedness information for the Taunton County warning forecast
area.

As this 2008-09 winter season develops... El Nino - southern
oscillation /enso/ neutral conditions are expected to continue into
early 2009. This means that there is neither a clear El Nino or La
Nina signal in the Pacific equatorial waters.

For southern New England our winter outlook with respect to normals
is undetermined. There are no known reliable guiding factors to
confidently express the severity or lack of severity for this
upcoming combined 3 month period... including the months of December
January and February.

For more details please reference this website /in lower case/
www.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.Gov/products/predictions/long_range/fxus05.Html

A sampling of "approximate seasonal" snowfall normals in inches are...

Boston MA 41.8 30 year normal 1971-2000
Haverhill MA 54.8
Worcester MA 60.8 30 year normal 1971-2000
New Bedford MA 33.1
Edgartown MA 21.7
Provincetown 19.1

N Foster RI 58.6
Providence RI 32.9 30 year normal 1971-2000
Kingston RI 32.6

Hartford CT (n suburbs-bdl) 46.0 30 year normal 1971-2000
Hartford CT (city) 35.1

Keene NH 61.4
Nashua NH 62.0

For major snowstorms... many of US probably remember the December
13th midday into evening event about a year ago when a quick hitting
6 to 12 inch heavy snowfall made for horrendous traffic jams and
6 hour commutes in parts of southern New England.

At Worcester... a recent 2 foot snowstorm was the January 23-24 2005
event where the 24.1 inches was the fifth largest on record.
That storm delivered blizzard conditions to parts of the southeast
New England coast. Boston recorded its fifth heaviest snowfall on
record... 22.5 inches and Providence its second heaviest...
23.4 inches.

Details of what to do when a huge snowstorm is predicted can be
found in the NWS brochure website /use lower case/
www.Weather.Gov/om/brochures/winterstorm.Pdf

Summarizing... plan ahead to mitigate the adverse impact of a huge
storm by altering your plans and checking your winter weather
preparedness kit. Be careful not to overexert yourself during snow
removal.

If you have any questions about this segment or any of the other
preparedness segments issued this week... please contact Glenn Field
at 508-823-1900.

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