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WWUS41 KBOX 051823  
WSWBOX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
123 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
CTZ002-MAZ003-005>007-010-011-013>015-RIZ001-003-061000-  
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.260305T2200Z-260306T1700Z/  
HARTFORD CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN  
ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-  
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-NORTHWEST  
PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOSTON, COVENTRY, NORTHAMPTON,  
FOXBOROUGH, FOSTER, NORWOOD, SMITHFIELD, GLOUCESTER, GREENFIELD,  
WEST GREENWICH, LOWELL, WINDSOR LOCKS, SPRINGFIELD, CAMBRIDGE,  
LAWRENCE, FRAMINGHAM, AMHERST, HARTFORD, AND ORANGE  
123 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS  
AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET  
ACCUMULATIONS OF A COATING TO 2 INCHES IN WESTERN MA, UP TO 4  
INCHES IN NORTHEASTERN MA, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH  
OF AN INCH IN BOTH REGIONS.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT, EASTERN, NORTHEASTERN,  
AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING  
COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 

 
 

 
 
CTZ003-004-MAZ002-004-008-009-012-026-061000-  
/O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0013.260305T2200Z-260306T1700Z/  
TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-  
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-  
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLANDFORD, CHESTERFIELD, VERNON,  
CHARLEMONT, FITCHBURG, AYER, UNION, MILFORD, WORCESTER, BARRE,  
WILLIMANTIC, AND PUTNAM  
123 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS  
AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET  
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND THREE  
TENTHS OF AN INCH. GREATEST RISK FOR OVER ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE  
ACCRETION WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND THE SOUTHERN  
WORCESTER HILLS.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND  
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE ICE.  
TRAVEL COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD  
IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 

 
 

 
 
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