From the National Weather Service Taunton:
535 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM
EST SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS...RHODE ISLAND...NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND
EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* UNCERTAINTY...THE RAIN SNOW LINE WILL TRACK ACROSS COASTAL
SECTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THUS THE
HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE.
* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOW FALLING FROM 5 PM TO 1 AM...THEN SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD
SUNRISE SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.