If you are using alternative heat, follow fire safety guidelines and ensure proper ventilation.

Locate water valves and know how to shut them off, if necessary.

Install storm windows or cover windows with plastic from the inside.

Caulk and weather-strip doors and windows.

To keep pipes from freezing, wrap them in insulation or layers of newspaper, then cover with plastic to keep out moisture.

Service snow removal equipment and have rock salt on hand to melt ice on walkways and sand or kitty litter to generate temporary traction.

Be familiar with winter storm watch and warning messages.

An ice storm occurs when moisture falls and freezes immediately upon impact.

A heavy snowstorm is one that drops 4 or more inches of snow in a 12-hour period.

It combines low temperatures, heavy snowfall, and winds of at least 35 miles per hour, reducing visibility to only a few yards.

A blizzard is the most dangerous of all winter storms.

North to northwest winds will gust as high as 35 mph. Monday.Īdditional snow accumulations between 5 and 7 inches for a storm total of up to 12 inches is expected. In New Hampshire, a winter storm warning has been issued for Belknap, Cheshire, Eastern Hillsborough, Interior Rockingham, Merrimack, Southern Carroll, Northern Carroll, Southern Grafton, Strafford, Sullivan, and Western and Central Hillsborough counties from 7 p.m.

“Up to one-half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways,” the NWS said. Monday.Īnywhere between an additional 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected to fall in those areas with 35 mph wind gusts.Ī coastal flood advisory is also in effect for Eastern Essex, Eastern Norfolk, Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable, and Suffolk counties from 10 a.m. Central Middlesex, Southern Worcester, Western Essex, Western Hampden, Eastern Hampden, Eastern Hampshire, and Southern Berkshire counties are all under a winter weather advisory until 9 p.m.

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