For Tonight: Clear skies are expected throughout tonight and it will be quite cold. Low temperatures will be between 5 and 10 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures tonight will be near Zero before midnight and near minus 10 after midnight.
Wednesday: Lots of sunshine can be expected during Wednesday, but it will be cold. High temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 8 to 16 mph.
A Mix Of Snow, Sleet & Freezing Rain Is Expected On Thursday: A fairly fast moving low pressure system is expected to bring quite the messy day on Thursday with snow to start with that changes to freezing rain and sleet.
Based on the current data, it appears that snow will overspread the entire area between about 6 and 9 am Thursday morning. This is actually the easy part of the forecast.
The tricky part of the forecast lies with when exactly the snow will change to freezing rain and sleet. On one hand, if we see a prolonged period of snow that takes its time to change to freezing rain and sleet, it would lead to 3 to 5 inches of snow accumulation and a little bit of ice accumulation. On the other hand, if the snow changes to freezing rain and sleet quickly, it would lead to perhaps 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulation, but it would also lead to ice amounts of one tenth to one quarter of an inch causing some extremely hazardous travel conditions.
My thinking is that once the snow begins between 6 and 9 am Thursday morning, it’ll last throughout the rest of the morning and right through the midday hour. A change to freezing rain and sleet might occur during the early afternoon hours before it ends by mid to late afternoon.
As for snow amounts, I’m thinking something like 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulation with some very light ice accumulations to occur near the end of the storm.
High temperatures will be near 30 Degrees. Winds will be East to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Another Storm That Brings Snow, Sleet & Freezing Rain Looks Likely On Saturday Night Through Sunday Morning: The weather over the next 10 to 14 days or so looks VERY busy with a potential storm every 2 to 3 days or so. I know this news will make some of you very happy. I also know that this news of a very busy winter weather pattern will make some of you not very happy at all.
Either way, let’s get right into the next storm threat which looks to occur on Saturday night through Sunday morning.
A low pressure system is expected to track across southern New England during Saturday night. Big question is what sort of wintry precipitation will this storm bring. The weather forecast guidance is showing a few different scenarios, including one that brings mostly all snow that changes to a bit of freezing rain at the end. This scenario would lead to a 4 to 8 inch snowfall across the entire area.
Another weather model is showing much more of a messy mixture of snow to start with Saturday evening that changes to sleet, freezing rain and rain by later Saturday night into Sunday morning. This scenario would lead to a more 2 to 4 inch snowfall along with one tenth to one quarter of an inch of ice.
Given that this storm is still 4 days away, I still do not want to get much more detailed, except to say that it looks likely there will be a messy mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain throughout Saturday night that lasts through Sunday morning.
Next Week’s Weather Outlook: Wow, next week looks very busy in terms of possible winter weather.
Current indications are pointing towards a storm to affect the area around next Tuesday night with a follow up storm affecting the area around next Thursday and a third storm possibly affecting the area next Friday night. Each individual storm has the potential to bring anywhere between 3 to 6 inches and 4 to 8 inches of new snow to the area. This means that the snow pack across the region could build up fairly quick next week.
Obviously, I will have much more in the way of detailed information as we get closer, but next week’s very busy winter weather pattern is one that’ll need to be watched very closely.
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