DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 24-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A little bit of winter weather for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Our region sits on the colder side of a frontal boundary today as a wave of low pressure moves by this morning, producing a light snowfall for the region. The boundary shifts a little bit to the north allowing some warming aloft as another disturbance comes along for Christmas Day, so any precipitation that starts as sleet or snow in northern MA northward will quickly switch to freezing rain\/drizzle, especially away from the coast, with icing likely. To the south, the temperature should be warm enough so that most areas see rain, but there still could be some pockets of freezing rain away from the coast in the early morning. The surface should warm enough to transition most areas to non-freezing rain by midday, except a few lingering pockts of icing in places like the Merrimack Valley and southern NH. While this will not be a major system, it doesn’t take much freezing precipitation to produce hazardous walking and driving conditions on untreated surfaces, so keep this in mind if you are doing holiday travel by wheels or by feet. The low pressure area responsible for the Christmas Day precipitation will intensify as it moves away to the east on Sunday, leaving us with a blustery and chilly ending to the holiday weekend with a few snow showers possible as an upper disturbance moves through. When we get to early next week, we’ll again find ourselves on the colder side of a boundary with additional disturbances trying to make it out of the Midwest into the Northeast. I don’t have much faith in these systems surviving fully, so we’ll probably just end up with varying amounts of cloud cover with mostly precipitation-free conditions. That’s the leaning for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Cloudy with snow of a coating to 1 inch (locally up to 2 inches) this morning. Partly sunny this afternoon. Highs 28-35. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT (CHRISTMAS EVE): Clouds return. A little snow or sleet possible southern NH and northern MA pre-dawn, with a bit of light rain \/ freezing rain to the south. Lows 25-32 evening, rising slowly overnight. Wind N to E under 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY): Cloudy. Periods of rain with freezing rain away from the coast and especially near and north of I-90, transitioning to plain rain from south to north before tapering off during midday-afternoon. Highs 34-41. Wind E to N up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of mix\/snow showers. Lows 26-33. Wind N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Highs 33-40. Wind N-NW 10-20 MPH and gusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 17-24. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, diminishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 33-40. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 23-30. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Variably cloudy. Highs 35-42. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 29 \u2013 JANUARY 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two disturbance may bring episodes of precipitation during this period. Neither look like major events. Temperatures near to slightly below normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 3-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Variable temperatures, averaging close to normal. One or two disturbances bring precipitation threats. Timing \/ details not possible this far in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 24-28) A little bit of winter weather for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Our region sits on the colder side of a frontal boundary today as a wave of low pressure moves by this morning, producing a light snowfall for the region. The boundary shifts a little bit to the north allowing … Continue reading Friday December 24 2021 Forecast (2:15AM)<\/span>