A combination of snow, wind, and cold temperatures is poised to complicate the Tuesday morning commute in Eastern Massachusetts because of a snowstorm churning just offshore, the National Weather Service said. The coldest overnight temperatures in two years are predicted to follow the storm.
Greater Boston and Rhode Island were expected to get 2 to 4 inches of snow between 4 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday. That would be accompanied by winds between 10 and 20 miles per hour and temperatures in the low 20s, according to forecasters, making driving potentially hazardous in the morning.
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Sounds like the National WX Service is using commercial TV station-style fear forecasting. Mr. Foley said the storm "is set to explode" rather than saying the storm is expected to increase in intensity. It was refreshing to see the word "hazardous" driving rather than treacherous driving like we hear on Channel 7.
The tv weather wonks demanded that Mother Nature drop 2-4 inches of snow close to the Massachusetts eastern coast, with 4-8 aimed at Cape Cod, Cape Ann, Nantucket and a rather uncertain amount around coastwise Boston. Gee... half an inch in Winthrop just after dawn Tuesday... Looks like the Glob, the U.S. Weather Service and the tv wonks were at least partially.... WRONG!!!
fail.