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A winter storm watch is in force from tomorrow afternoon through Sunday morning, the National Weather Service said in a 4 p.m. statement.

Snow is predicted to reach Providence and Worcester, Mass., around 6 or 7 p.m. tomorrow. The forecast calls for it to reach Boston around 8 or 9 p.m.

Prediction is the storm will 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," Neal Strauss, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Taunton, Mass., said this afternoon.

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 in Exeter.

-- projo.com staff writers Donita Naylor and Michael P. McKinney

 Tags  National Weather Service ski area storm

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Ski Peaks said:

Thank you for the very important information. It is necessary for us to know the climate in the area where we stay for snow sports. Cheers.

Link | January 13, 2009 11:56 PM
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