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02-13-2015, 11:47 AM
FOX News
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A winter like few in Boston's history shows no sign of ending as the city prepares for a storm that could dump another 12 and 15 inches of snow on the region over the weekend.
MyFoxBoston reported that heavy snow is expected to start falling late in the day Saturday, with a foot of snow expected by early Sunday afternoon. Forecasters have also called for winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour and possible coastal flooding with waves building up to 20 feet high offshore.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a blizzard watch for an area along the Massachusetts coast, including Boston and Cape Cod between Saturday night and Sunday night. A winter storm watch has been issued for areas of eastern and central Massachusetts away from the coast. Those areas are expected to received between 6 and 12 inches of snow.
The forecast is unwelcome news to Bostonians who have seen the city's record for most snow in a 30-day period shattered by three winter storms in the space of just over two weeks. Bay Staters got a taste of what was to come Thursday, when a smaller weather system dropped between 1 and 4 inches on most of the area, with 3 to 5 inches falling on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Friday wasn't expected to bring much relief, as forecasters called for high temperatures of around 15 degrees. The NWS has issued wind chill advisories for parts of central and western Massachusetts effective Friday morning, saying that wind chill temperatures could drop as low as negative-22 degrees in some areas.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday that the city's beleaguered public transit system, known as the T, should shut down operations when the storm hits this weekend. Walsh does not have the authority to unilaterally close the system, and a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) spokesman told The Boston Globe it would "do what is best for the safety of its customers and employees."
The MBTA has been criticized for its response to previous storms, which saw severe delays and service cancellations due to stalled trains and buses. Part of the city's Red Line subway has been closed since Monday due to the snow, faulty switches along the tracks, and repeated breakdowns.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency told the Boston Herald that it had received approximately 170 pieces of snow removal equipment from other states as it faced an uphill battle to clear highways and streets ahead of the latest storm. Spokesman Peter Judge said the agency had received around 150 requests for equipment from cities and towns.
As of Thursday, Boston had received 78.5 inches of snow this winter, still far from challenging the record set by the winter of 1995-96, when the city got 107 inches of snow. As of 7 a.m. Monday, the city had received 61.6 inches of snow over the previous 30 days, breaking the previous 30-day record of 58.8 set in January-February 1978. Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker have said that they are running out of places to put the snow and are considering dumping it into Boston Harbor.
However, there was one sign that spring was around the corner in Boston Thursday, as hundreds of Red Sox fans gathered outside Fenway Park to see off the team's equipment truck as it headed for spring training in Ft. Myers, Fla. Red Sox pitchers and catchers report Feb. 20. The truck did not accept any passengers.
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A winter like few in Boston's history shows no sign of ending as the city prepares for a storm that could dump another 12 and 15 inches of snow on the region over the weekend.
MyFoxBoston reported that heavy snow is expected to start falling late in the day Saturday, with a foot of snow expected by early Sunday afternoon. Forecasters have also called for winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour and possible coastal flooding with waves building up to 20 feet high offshore.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a blizzard watch for an area along the Massachusetts coast, including Boston and Cape Cod between Saturday night and Sunday night. A winter storm watch has been issued for areas of eastern and central Massachusetts away from the coast. Those areas are expected to received between 6 and 12 inches of snow.
The forecast is unwelcome news to Bostonians who have seen the city's record for most snow in a 30-day period shattered by three winter storms in the space of just over two weeks. Bay Staters got a taste of what was to come Thursday, when a smaller weather system dropped between 1 and 4 inches on most of the area, with 3 to 5 inches falling on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Friday wasn't expected to bring much relief, as forecasters called for high temperatures of around 15 degrees. The NWS has issued wind chill advisories for parts of central and western Massachusetts effective Friday morning, saying that wind chill temperatures could drop as low as negative-22 degrees in some areas.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday that the city's beleaguered public transit system, known as the T, should shut down operations when the storm hits this weekend. Walsh does not have the authority to unilaterally close the system, and a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) spokesman told The Boston Globe it would "do what is best for the safety of its customers and employees."
The MBTA has been criticized for its response to previous storms, which saw severe delays and service cancellations due to stalled trains and buses. Part of the city's Red Line subway has been closed since Monday due to the snow, faulty switches along the tracks, and repeated breakdowns.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency told the Boston Herald that it had received approximately 170 pieces of snow removal equipment from other states as it faced an uphill battle to clear highways and streets ahead of the latest storm. Spokesman Peter Judge said the agency had received around 150 requests for equipment from cities and towns.
As of Thursday, Boston had received 78.5 inches of snow this winter, still far from challenging the record set by the winter of 1995-96, when the city got 107 inches of snow. As of 7 a.m. Monday, the city had received 61.6 inches of snow over the previous 30 days, breaking the previous 30-day record of 58.8 set in January-February 1978. Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker have said that they are running out of places to put the snow and are considering dumping it into Boston Harbor.
However, there was one sign that spring was around the corner in Boston Thursday, as hundreds of Red Sox fans gathered outside Fenway Park to see off the team's equipment truck as it headed for spring training in Ft. Myers, Fla. Red Sox pitchers and catchers report Feb. 20. The truck did not accept any passengers.