Library Closed – Saturday, January 7, 2017
The Oak Bluffs Public Library will be closed on Saturday, January 7 due to blizzard conditions. Stay safe and warm, everyone!
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA253 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…..VINEYARD HAVEN.253 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017…WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORMWARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AMEST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.* LOCATIONS…INCLUDE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTSINCLUDING CAPE COD…MARTHAS VINEYARD…AND NANTUCKET.* SNOW ACCUMULATION…OF 12 TO 16 INCHES.* TIMING…SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING BECOMINGHEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…THEN TAPERINGOFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.* IMPACTS…NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS SNOW BECOMESHEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS RESULTING INCONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUTCONDITIONS FORECAST. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED ANDSLICK. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS.* WINDS…NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE SNOWFALL OF 6INCHES OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITHIN A 12 HOUR PERIOD…OR FOR 8INCHES OR MORE IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES…AND QUITEDIFFICULT ON UNTREATED SURFACES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IFYOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER INYOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.