Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Blizzard coming!

The National Weather Service has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING!
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT BLOCK ISLAND AND ALL OF
  EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...WITH
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL START IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND BECOME
  HEAVY BY EVENING. VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SUNDAY
  NIGHT WITH UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY AT TIMES. THE
  SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
  PEAK FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY
  SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO
  CREATE BLINDING CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES
  SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
  HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT FROM BOTH THE STRONG WINDS
  KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES AND THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW.
  SHOVELING SHOULD NOT BE DONE BY ANYONE WITH HEART CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH 50 TO 60 MPH ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL RHODE
  ISLAND AND COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

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