NEW: Worcester Declares Parking Ban in Effect at 6 p.m.

Monday, February 15, 2016

GoLocalWorcester News Team

The City of Worcester has declared a winter parking pan in effect as of 6 p.m. on Monday, February 15.

Here is the latest from the National Weather Service:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
255 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER
255 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...INCLUDE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...INCLUDE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS OVERSPREADING THE REGION AND WILL BECOME
MODERATE TOWARDS EVENING. TRANSITIONING TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN BY LATE EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...COLD ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS
SNOW AND THEN A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD DAYBREAK.
EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING...GROUND
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO AN
HOUR OR TWO MORE OF ICY CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES
ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.