7:32AM
NOTES…
* Been very sick so this particular forecast is really more an updated version of yesterday’s. Will add more in the comments today when I can.
* Will try to have the special blog out by tonight about my Blizzard of 1978 experience.
DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 7-11)
No big changes to the messy storm coming today and departing tonight other than to just shave the top edge of the snowfall slightly for the timing of the warming and the speed of the storm. Otherwise here is an updated forecast…
WEDNESDAY: Thickening overcast. Snow (rain South Coast) arriving southwest to northeast late morning and midday then becoming heavy at times with a changeover line from sleet to rain progressing north northwestward into the I-95 belt during the course of the day with freezing rain and some significant icing in central MA and southern NH. Highs 28-35 except 35-42 South Coast. Wind E 5-15 MPH increasing to 10-20 MPH with a few higher gusts along the coast, and may become variable late in the day.
TONIGHT: Snow/mix northwest, rain elsewhere except continued icing central MA and southern NH, ending west to east evening. Snow/sleet accumulation for the event: nothing southeast of the Cape Cod Canal, coating to 2 inches Plymouth to New Bedford, 2-4 inches remainder of southeastern MA and northern RI to Boston’s immediate western suburbs up to Cape Ann, 4-6 inches I-95 belt north of the Mass Pike, 6-8 inches northwest of there with spot amounts up to 10 inches higher elevations north central MA and southwestern NH. Clearing overnight. Lows 22-28. Wind N 10-20 MPH.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 28-35. Wind N 10-20 MPH.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Variably to mostly cloudy with a risk of a little light snow at times. Lows in the 20s. Highs in the 30s.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the 30s. Highs in the 40s.
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 12-16)
Mild with unsettled weather mainly early in the period.
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 17-21)
A couple minor precipitation threats and a bit colder during this period.