For Tonight & Monday: Generally partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures between 12 and 17 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 7 to 14 mph.
After a sunny to partly sunny start to the day on Monday, the rest of Monday looks to feature a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds. High temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Tuesday Through Wednesday: It appears that the storm system that I’ve been watching for Tuesday night is going to stay too far south of our area to really affect us. For right now, it appears that the northern edge of the snow with Tuesday night’s storm may reach as far north as central and southern Connecticut, southern Rhode Island and the Cape.
Tuesday looks partly sunny during the morning with skies becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday night will be cloudy with low temperatures between 15 and 20 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday looks cloudy with high temperatures between 25 and 30 Degrees.
A Mix Of Snow, Sleet & Freezing Rain Is Expected From Late Wednesday Night Through Thursday Morning: An area of low pressure is expected to cross New England during the late night hours of Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This storm has the potential to bring with it a messy mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the entire area.
Precipitation is expected to start out as snow beginning around midnight Wednesday night. The snow may then continue for several hours during the after midnight hours of Wednesday night into the predawn hours of Thursday morning before it changes to freezing rain and sleet around sunrise Thursday morning. Freezing rain and sleet then continues for several hours during Thursday morning before it comes to an end around midday Thursday.
In terms of possible snow accumulations, this is looking something like a 1 to 3 inch snowfall for most areas. Exception may be across the northern parts of Worcester County where 2 to 4 inches of snow is a possibility. Ice amounts of a very light glaze looks possible during Thursday morning.
Low temperatures Wednesday night will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. High temperatures Thursday will be near 35 Degrees.
An Extended Winter Storm May Affect The Area Next Weekend From Saturday Night Until Next Monday: There’s going to be very little rest for this meteorologist as once the Wednesday night and Thursday morning storm gets done, I’ll be quickly pivoting to the next storm, which looks to be a potential long-lasting extended storm that lasts from Saturday night until sometime next Monday.
A couple of pretty robust storm systems are forecast to track along a frontal boundary just to our south. The first storm looks to pass near the area on Sunday with the second storm tracking near us late Sunday night through next Monday.
The big questions are where exactly these storms will track in relation to our area and how strong will they be. Both are important in determining whether this will end up being a major winter storm that brings heavy snow amounts or a storm that brings a kitchen sink variety of precipitation including a few inches of snow followed by ice accumulations from freezing rain and sleet. Another possible scenario is for the low pressure systems to track just west of our area leading to mostly all rain, which would lead to its own headaches due to the ground being frozen & not being able to absorb the rain.
This is definitely going to be a storm that I will be watching closely and I will have more updates for you as needed.