UPDATED: Winter Storm Watch Issued for RI on Sunday, 4-8 Inches of Snow Possible

UPDATED: Winter Storm Watch Issued for RI on Sunday, 4-8 Inches of Snow Possible

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Rhode Island and Massachusetts on Sunday.

According to NWS, heavy snow is possible — with snow accumulations of four to eight inches — and wind gusts of up to forty miles an hour.  And, Accuweather says, "Breezy and colder with periods of snow, 6-10"; untreated roads will be snow packed and slippery."

Winter Storm Watch Issued for Sunday

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
327 PM EST Fri Feb 5 2021

Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-
Nantucket MA-Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown,
Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett,
Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham

327 PM EST Fri Feb 5 2021

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8
  inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southeastern Massachusetts and northern
  and southern Rhode Island.

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.