For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: Sunny to partly sunny skies are expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 30 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.
Skies will start out clear to partly cloudy this evening, but will become cloudy during the after midnight hours as a fast moving low pressure system approaches us from the west. Low temperatures will be between 10 and 15 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph before midnight and Southwest at around 10 mph after midnight.
1 To 2 Inches Of Snow Accumulation Is Expected During Wednesday Morning: A fast moving low pressure system is expected to cross Southern New England during Wednesday morning. This storm will bring snow to the entire area throughout Wednesday morning.
Snow is expected to overspread Western Mass between 5 and 7 am Wednesday morning. The snow is then expected to overspread Central Mass between about 6 and 8 am Wednesday morning.
The snow will then continue throughout Wednesday morning and it may come down at a moderate intensity at times. Given that temperatures will be well below freezing during Wednesday morning, the snow should have no problems sticking to roads. Because of this, slick road conditions and slow going is expected during the Wednesday morning commute.
The snow is expected to quickly end around midday Wednesday with skies remaining cloudy throughout Wednesday afternoon.
Snow amounts look to average around 1 to 2 inches or so across the entire area. It is possible that parts of the Worcester Hills could see isolated amounts of around 3 inches or so.
High temperatures during Wednesday afternoon will be around 35 Degrees. Winds on Wednesday will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday Through Friday: As we get into Thursday, we will be watching another storm system that’ll be moving east-northeastward from the Ohio Valley. The track of this low pressure system is going to have to be watched, in case it tracks across our area.
Most recent weather forecast guidance seem to suggest this low pressure system will slide well south of New England. If this turns out correct, then we’d be looking at no snow at all or a very glancing blow during Thursday night into Friday.
For now, this is what I’m thinking in terms of weather:
Thursday looks partly sunny during the morning with some increase in clouds during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 7 to 14 mph.
Thursday night looks cloudy and there may be some periods of light snow during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be near 20 Degrees.
Friday looks to include some periods of light snow during the morning that might lead to a couple of inches of snow. That said, there’s a decent chance that this storm will track well south of the area & if so, then there would be no snow at all during Friday morning. Skies then will be cloudy during the afternoon. High temperatures Friday will be near 35 Degrees.
This Weekend: No significant weather problems are expected throughout this weekend.
Saturday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees.
Sunday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 40 Degrees.
Turning To Next Week: The weather pattern next week looks active and wintry as I will be keeping a close eye on the possibility of a storm impacting our area sometime between Monday and Wednesday of next week.
There is actually going to be a couple of low pressure systems to watch next week. The first one is expected to track near or south of our area on Monday and Monday night. The second low pressure system then looks to closely follow the first one and track somewhere across our area on Wednesday of next week. The exact track of both storm systems are highly uncertain and this is pretty common for a 6-8 day forecast.
Some of the weather forecast guidance show the first low pressure system just missing our area to the south, but then show the second low pressure system affecting our area with snow and ice on Wednesday of next week.
Other weather forecast guidance show both low pressure systems missing our area completely.
The weather next week will be something that I’ll be keeping a close eye on. While there is a chance of even more winter weather during the first half of next week, there’s just as equal of a chance for both systems to miss our area. Either way, I will be keeping you updated on the latest in the coming days.
