A Mixture Of Snow & Freezing Rain Is Expected From Tuesday Afternoon Through Tuesday Night Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: An Arctic air mass is expected to remain over the area throughout the rest of this afternoon and tonight.

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be generally in the middle 20s. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Clear skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Snow, Freezing Rain & Rain Is Expected Tuesday Afternoon & Tuesday Night: An area of low pressure is expected to track across southern New England during Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night. This storm system is expected to bring a messy mixture of snow, freezing rain and rain to the entire area during Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night. This will lead to the likelihood of slick conditions and slow going on area roads while it snows Tuesday afternoon and becomes freezing rain later Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

Snow is expected to overspread the entire area by midday across Western Mass. The snow then looks to develop across Central Mass during the early afternoon hours of Tuesday.

Snow is then expected to continue throughout much of Tuesday afternoon before it rapidly changes to freezing rain from south to north across the entire area between about 5 pm and 8 pm.

Freezing rain then looks to occur across the entire area during Tuesday evening. A brief change to all rain looks possible, especially across areas near and south of the Mass Pike during Tuesday evening while mostly all freezing rain occurs north of the Mass Pike.

The freezing rain and rain looks to come to an end during the predawn hours of Wednesday morning.

As for snow and ice amounts – Snow amounts during Tuesday afternoon will be between 1 and 2 inches across all of Western and Central Mass.

Ice amounts during Tuesday night looks to average between one tenth of an inch (0.10”) and two tenths of an inch (0.20”).

Again, roads are likely to be slippery throughout Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night due to the snow accumulation Tuesday afternoon and then the icy conditions due to freezing rain Tuesday night. This will certainly impact the Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening commute & slow going conditions on roads is very likely.

High temperatures Tuesday will be near 35 Degrees. Low temperatures Tuesday night will be near 30 Degrees. Winds on Tuesday will be South at 7 to 14 mph. Winds on Tuesday night will be West at around 10 mph.

Wednesday Through Friday: A shift towards some milder temperatures are expected during the second half of this week. Additionally, the weather looks more unsettled than not between Wednesday and Friday.

Wednesday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 50 Degrees. Winds will be West at 6 to 12 mph.

Thursday is expected to be cloudy and there will be some scattered rain showers during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees.

The weather will need to be watched during Thursday night into Friday as yet another low pressure system tracks across the region. This low pressure system is expected to bring quite a slug of precipitation into our area starting during the predawn hours of Friday morning and continuing through Friday morning. Some of the weather forecast guidance are pointing towards a scenario where cold air will be locked in near the ground. Should this occur, it would mean we’d see a period of freezing rain during Friday morning, especially across areas north of the Mass Pike. This is something that’ll need to be watched closely going forward.

For now, I’m going to go with rain with areas of freezing rain beginning during the predawn hours of Friday morning and continuing through all of Friday morning. Rain and freezing rain then ends by midday Friday.

Low temperatures Thursday night will be near 30 Degrees. High temperatures Friday will be near 35 Degrees. OUR BUSY WINTER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRUDGING ON THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK WITH THE EXPECTATION OF SNOW & ICE TOMORROW AFTERNOON & TOMORROW NIGHT & POSSIBLY MORE ICE & RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. NO REST FOR THIS VERY TIRED METEOROLOGIST, THAT'S FOR SURE!!

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Some Snow Is Expected During The Day Sunday Across Western & Central Mass; Snow, Ice & Rain Expected Tuesday Afternoon & Tuesday Night

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

Partly cloudy skies are expected this evening with cloudy skies expected during the after midnight hours of tonight. Low temperatures will be around 25 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Some Snow Is Expected During The Day Sunday: An Arctic cold front is expected to sweep across the area during the day on Sunday. This front will bring with it some snow that begins during the mid and late morning hours of Sunday and lasts until about mid to late afternoon when it’ll end.

So, I expect light snow to overspread the entire area from west to east during the mid and late morning hours of Sunday. This light snow is expected to continue into Sunday afternoon before it comes to an end by the mid and late afternoon hours of Sunday.

This does not look to be a big deal in terms of snow accumulations as I expect around one inch of snow or so.

High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night & Monday: An Arctic air mass will be in place across the area throughout Sunday night & Monday.

Clear skies are expected on Sunday night with low temperatures between 5 and 10 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Skies during the day on Monday will be sunny with high temperatures only between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at around 10 mph.

A Storm May Bring Snow, Ice & Rain During Tuesday Afternoon & Tuesday Night: An area of low pressure is expected to track northeastward from the Ohio Valley as we get into Tuesday. This low pressure system looks to track right over Southern New England late Tuesday and Tuesday night. Out ahead of the low pressure system will be some retreating Arctic air. Because of this, I do think that the precipitation will probably start as snow during Tuesday afternoon and then gradually transition into freezing rain and then rain during Tuesday night. The rain and freezing rain looks to come to an end by just before dawn Wednesday morning.

All-in-all, it’s probably going to be a mess & roads will likely be slick due to the combination of snow to start Tuesday afternoon & then the change to ice during Tuesday night.

As for possible amounts of snow and ice – Right now, the snow during Tuesday afternoon doesn’t look to be a big deal & amounts of 1 to 3 inches seem most possible. Ice amounts Tuesday night could end up amounting to one tenth (0.10”) to two tenths of an inch (0.20”).

Because of all of this, please be aware that slick conditions and slow going look quite possible on roads during Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night.

High temperatures Tuesday will be in the low to mid 30s. Temperatures Tuesday night will remain steady in the low to mid 30s. OUR BUSY WINTER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRUDGING ON WITH THE EXPECTATION OF SNOW TOMORROW & SNOW, ICE & RAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON & TUESDAY NIGHT. NO STOP FOR THIS WEARY METEOROLOGIST, THAT'S FOR SURE!!

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Quiet Weather Is Expected Through Saturday; Snow Showers Or Even A Burst Of Snow Is Possible Sunday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight & Friday: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be around 20 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Friday looks to be sunny to partly sunny day with high temperatures around 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Saturday and it will be mild. High temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Snow Showers Or Even A Burst Of Snow Is Possible On Sunday Morning: The weather has gotten a little more interesting in terms of snow chances on Sunday morning.

An Arctic cold front is expected to sweep across the region during Sunday morning. While the amount of moisture with this front will be somewhat limited, there will be a fair amount of energy and forcing associated with the front.

Because of this, some of the weather forecast guidance such as the GFS model and the NAM model are now pointing towards the possibility of a decent burst of snow to occur during Sunday morning that drops a quick 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulation.

Other weather forecast guidance such as the European model shows much less energy and forcing associated with the front. Because of this, widespread snow showers would occur during Sunday morning leading to about an inch or so of snow accumulation.

At this point, I’m leaning more towards the idea of widespread snow showers rather than the burst of accumulating snow. Reason why is because it’s somewhat uncommon to see that sort of a burst of snow the GFS/NAM is putting out with an Arctic front. That being said, I will be watching the weather for Sunday in case it does trend towards a snowier forecast.

So, my forecast for Sunday is that I expect widespread snow showers throughout the morning & then it’ll turn sharply colder during the afternoon. Snow amounts Sunday morning look to average around one inch. Temperatures on Sunday will be in the low to mid 30s during the morning, but will fall through the 20s during the afternoon.

Monday: An Arctic air mass will be in place across the area during the day on Monday.

Skies during the day on Monday will be sunny with high temperatures only between 20 and 25 Degrees.

Still Watching A Possible Storm For Around Tuesday Into Wednesday Of Next Week: The weather forecast guidance seems to be trending towards the idea of a low pressure system to track near or right over Southern New England sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday. The exact track of this low pressure system is going to be crucial in determining how it’ll impact our weather.

Some of the weather forecast guidance such as the GFS model forecasts the low pressure system to track right over central and southern New England. This would lead to a messy mixture of snow, ice and rain to occur across the entire area from late Tuesday into Wednesday.

Other weather forecast guidance such as the European model forecasts the low pressure system to track near or just south of the south coast of New England. This would lead to snow and ice to occur from Tuesday afternoon into the day on Wednesday.

What we do know about the storm from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday is that it could track right over or near Southern New England. What we don’t know yet is exactly what types of precipitation and how much of each precipitation type might fall. I do think that this storm does have the potential to bring a very messy mixture of snow, ice and probably even rain to the entire area starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing through Tuesday night and into part of Wednesday.

This storm will be watched very closely & I will have more updates as needed.