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R.I., and its only ski area, prepare for snow tomorrow

2:46 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 |
Donita Naylor    Email

A snow storm expected tomorrow will probably hold off until 7 or 8 p.m. and then deliver as much as an inch of snow an hour through Sunday morning.

"People should plan to use common sense and alter their travel plans," said Neal Strauss, a meterologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass.

The storm is expected to dump five to 10 inches of snow on southern New England, according to the weather service.

Two areas of moisture, one coming east from the plains and one moving northeast from Arkansas, are likely to meet over most of New England tomorrow evening.

Conditions should become hazardous overnight, Strauss said. The weather service has issued a storm watch, meaning that meterologists expect at least six inches.

Rhode Island's only ski area, Yawgoo Valley Ski and Sports Park has plenty of snow, and offers skiing, snowboarding and tubing.

"We'll have it all groomed," said Max de Wardener, owner of the park on Yawgoo Valley Road in Exeter.

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