DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 17-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
March will be up to its antics the next few days, but first we have a pleasant St. Patrick’s Day today as high pressure finishes its job of obliterating low pressure that was trying to move into the region. But this high will give way to the next low pressure area which will be more moisture-filled, although not necessarily a strong storm itself. Its large area of moisture will be in the process of stringing itself out and moving rather quickly from west to east while the low pressure elongation passes south of New England early Friday. The moisture associated with it will be expansive enough that we get into it, with mild air in place so it starts as a rain event everywhere. But as previously stated, we were to be near the boundary of much colder air, and that boundary slips to the south and allows the cold air in, turning this to a snow event before it’s over. No, it’s not going to be a big snowstorm, but it will be the type of event that can have some impact more on visibility than actual road conditions as we will flipped over to snow (north to south) in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, and will still be snowing at commute time. With mild air and rain at first, the roads will not be primed to allow accumulating snow, but to fight against it, and with temperatures probably staying just above to right around freezing, road icing will also not be an issue when combined with the “warmer” pavement anyway. Most of our snow accumulation (which will be noted below) will be on unpaved surfaces (grass, dirt, sand, car tops, etc.). And then, just like that, it’s all gone. The precipitation moves out, maybe leaving behind a few lingering flurries as a colder northerly wind strengthens, but we’ll have enough solar radiation even if clouds hang in for a while on Friday to pretty much eliminate any snow that fell by day’s end. After a breezy and cold Friday night, and a continued breezy and chilly but dry Saturday, the back half of the weekend will remain dry with a temperature moderation. With the vernal equinox at 5:37 a.m. Saturday marking the official start of spring, we’ll have quite a nice first weekend of the new season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Mostly cloudy start across south central MA, RI, and eastern CT, otherwise partly to mostly sunny. Highs 47-54. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Increasing clouds. Lows 32-39. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Cloudy. Rain developing late-day west to east. Highs 50-57 except 45-50 South Coast. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of rain, changing to snow from north to south. Lows 25-32. Wind variable becoming NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Cloudy with snow tapering to snow showers morning. Total snowfall accumulation of 1\/2 to 2 inches, mostly on unpaved surfaces. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny afternoon. Highs 36-43. Wind N 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 23-30. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 40-47. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 22-29. Wind N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 52-59, but cooler eastern coastal areas. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 22-26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High pressure parks off to the south of New England with fair and milder weather early in the period. A frontal system comes through mid period with a chance of some rainfall, followed by fair but somewhat colder weather later in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 27-31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cool start to the period, then moderating temperatures with some unsettled weather during the transition. May turn chilly again right at month’s end as more Canadian cold slips into the Northeast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 17-21) March will be up to its antics the next few days, but first we have a pleasant St. Patrick’s Day today as high pressure finishes its job of obliterating low pressure that was trying to move into the region. But this high will give way to the next low pressure area … Continue reading Wednesday March 17 2021 Forecast (7:28AM)<\/span>