Weather and notes

Notes for tomorrow's lecture are now available.

At this time the University hasn't announced anything about closing tomorrow as a result of the snow expected tonight. I'm planning to be here tomorrow morning. But this is what the National Weather Service has to say about what's coming.

310 PM EST Tue Jan 27 2004

... Winter Storm Warning continues for tonight and Wednesday...

This warning includes northern Connecticut... all of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The highest storm totals are expected south of the Mass Pike... including northern Connecticut... Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts where totals of 6 to 10 inches are expected. Locally as much as 12 inches may fall in a few spots. Storm totals of 4 to 8 inches are expected along and north of the Mass Pike... with the lowest amounts near the New Hampshire and Vermont borders.

These totals are slightly lower than previously thought... due to a storm track a little farther to the south of New England.

Snow will develop early this evening in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut... then spread north and east... reaching eastern Massachusetts around midnight.

The peak of the storm will be late tonight into Wednesday morning... from about 1 am to 8 am... when the snow will come down heavy at times.

The snow will taper off Wednesday from west to east.

Travel is expected to become difficult tonight into Wednesday morning... due to the combination of poor visibility and snow covered roads.

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your local media for updates on this winter storm.

Be sure to check the Emergency Closings link that is available here and listen to weather reports on radio or TV. You can also e-mail me. I'll be checking in regularly, either from here or from home depending on conditions. Above all, use common sense. Don't travel if conditons are unsafe. Population genetics is wonderful, interesting, and important, but it's not that important.