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Once we get by the storm system of Wednesday night, what can we expected Thursday through Monday, the last 5 days of the month?
High pressure will rapidly build across the region on Thursday, during the day, with plenty of sunshine, a few clouds, and a high temperature around 30. Colder air will move in Thursday night, and high temps on Friday will probably stay in the 20s. There will also be more clouds on Friday as a disturbance travels from the Great Lakes eastward across New England. This disturbance may produce a few snow showers but should not produce any significant snow.
Over the weekend, another, slightly stronger, low pressure area will come across the Great Lakes and head across New England. Latest indications are that this area of low pressure will pass over far southern New England or just south of New England, setting the stage for a period of snow sometime Saturday or Saturday night. It’s early, but some minor accumulations seem possible with this. Clearing should move in during Sunday as this low moves away.
Another Arctic airmass is expected to head into the region from Canada later Sunday & Monday, and the last day of January may be a bright but very cold day, with high temperatures not reaching 20. At this early stage it does not look like as cold an airmass as what went through here during the last couple days, but should be significantly cold regardless.
I was just reading your comments on the WBZ blog. I’m sorry you have to deal with insensitive comments from know-it-all jerks who think they can call this storm even though it’s barely begun. Your family shouldn’t have to be subject to any of that bologna.
I like reading your commentary; it’s teaching me a lot. I’ve got this blog bookmarked on my computer and I’ll check it daily along with my other weather sites!
Oh, and we have 1.5″ already in Worcester as of 5:40pm. First few flakes began at 3:00ish and the snowfall rate really picked up between 3:30 and 4pm. Do you think the moderate rate I’m seeing now will continue all night? Or will it intensify for a few hours after midnight? Are there any lulls we could face out here? This is one crazy storm… I can’t figure it out.
Happy shoveling! 🙂
Hi Christie. And thanks! Yeah I had a stressful day today and it is annoying to watch people verifying something that’s barely started. While it’s true some of my amounts may be too low, I don’t think the end result will be that far off. Time will tell.
You should have a lull there, and then it should get going stronger by late evening (say, 11pm or so). Most of your accumulation will be overnight tonight but should be done by about 4am.
Thanks for your support! I really appreciate it. 🙂