DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 3-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the end of today, the vast majority of the snow that fell in the recent blizzard will be gone, having been eaten away by mild air, and eventually some rainfall. It’s not going to be the type of rainfall that causes a lot of flooding as it was a generally low water content snow, so other than in some poor drainage areas, we’re going to avoid an issue with the start of our next unsettled weather event. What we are not going to avoid is a quick temperature drop early Friday and a messy, slippery result. After around an inch or so of rainfall from later today through tonight into the early hours of Friday, a sharp cold front will pass through from northwest to southeast, and the temperature will drop very quickly as the boundary passes, creating a flash freeze. This will be a situation you cannot really pre-treat for, because the rain would wash that away. So crews will have to act quickly when the temperature goes down. As for precipitation, we’ll see a transition from rain to freezing rain and\/or sleet as the boundary goes by each area, the precipitation type to be determined by the thickness of the low level cold air. I think that it goes quickly to sleet the further north you are, with a longer period of freezing rain to the south before transition to sleet. The freezing rain areas will see additional ice accretion on surfaces, whereas areas that are sleeting will see an accumulation of ice pellets of a coating to about 1 inch maximum. A transition to snow will occur in southern NH and north central MA with up to an inch or so of snow atop everything else and a transition to snow will take place further south at least into areas mostly north of I-90 late in the precipitation with a coating of snow possible atop everything else. The end of the precipitation should beat the conditions that would cause snow to occur further to the south. After we dry out later Friday and Friday night through Saturday as the front moves away and high pressure moves into the Great Lakes, it will be quite cold, so icy surfaces that are not treated will remain so for quite some time. Watch for gradual improvement Sunday as we get a slight temperature moderation and some help from bright sunshine, which is starting to be noticeably higher in angle. Look for continued fair weather and a little more temperature moderation and improvement of icy ground Monday as high pressure dominates the weather and low pressure passes far south of our area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Cloudy. Areas of fog. Scattered to numerous rain showers, favoring areas west and north of Boston, midday through afternoon hours. Highs 45-52, occurring late-day. Wind SW increasing to 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Cloudy with rain and areas of fog. Temperatures steady 45-52 evening, falling slightly overnight. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Cloudy with transition from rain\/ice to sleet\/snow from northwest to southeast. Snow\/sleet accumulation 1-3 inches southern NH and north central MA, up to 1 inch south central MA through northeastern MA, coatings at most southeastern MA and RI but these areas may also have a glaze from falling freezing rain. Icy ground all areas from a rapid temperature drop to the 20s from north to south during the morning then remaining in the 20s afternoon. Wind shifting to N-NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers early, then clearing. Icy ground. Lows 10-17. Wind NE to N 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny except variably cloudy with snow showers Cape Cod. Icy ground. Highs 18-25. Wind N 10-20 MPH, higher gusts possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clear. Icy ground. Lows 0-7. Wind N 5-15 MPH, diminishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Sunny. Icy ground but slight improvement. Highs 25-32. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Areas of icy ground. Lows 12-19. Wind variable under 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Sun and high clouds. Areas of icy ground. Highs 28-35. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 8-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Low pressure passes south of the region early in the period and another disturbance approaches late in the period with shots at unsettled weather. Overall though it looks like a fairly quiet pattern with some temperature variability, averaging close to normal for the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 13-17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milder trend. Unsettled weather most likely early in the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 3-7) By the end of today, the vast majority of the snow that fell in the recent blizzard will be gone, having been eaten away by mild air, and eventually some rainfall. It’s not going to be the type of rainfall that causes a lot of flooding as it was a generally … Continue reading Thursday February 3 2022 Forecast (7:09AM)<\/span>