DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 18-22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re right at the end of our rain and wind event as I type this update just after 8:00 a.m. on Friday. If you are northwest of Boston (basically outside of I-95) and were outside or looking outside you saw a brief “car-wash” burst of rain and wind. There are actually a couple of these “line segments” moving through the area early this morning, and they represent the cold front. Even if you don’t see the heaviest rain with these, that front is coming through, and soon the rain threat will shut off from west to east, replaced by dry air, a sun\/cloud mix, and a shifted but still gusty wind during today. Temperatures were at their maximum for the day in the upper 50s to lower 60s during the overnight hours and will be falling throughout the day today, but not drastically. However, by tonight we’ll end up well below freezing and any standing water that is not dried by today’s wind will freeze up. Keep that in mind if you have to venture out tonight and early Saturday. As for Saturday’s weather, a vigorous disturbance will be moving across the Northeast, and with colder air in place, that means the chance of snow showers here, except possibly rain shower activity closer to the South Coast. Right now I expect that we’ll see two batches of this activity, one in the midday to early afternoon hours, and another one later in the day. The second of these will likely be narrower but more potent, and may contain heavy snow squalls that white-out the visibility and drop a small snow accumulation in a short time, quickly making roads and walkways slick. Tomorrow night, we’ll have a genuine blast of cold and windy weather, setting up a cold start to Sunday. Although high pressure slipping to our south quickly on Sunday will allow the wind to shift to west and southwest and that combined with a good deal of higher angle sun will make it feel nicer by afternoon. This trend will continue with a legitimate warm-up for Presidents Day Monday, when many areas make a run at or exceed 50. However, our theme of quick changes continues, and the next low pressure area should be upon us with the threat of unsettled weather by Tuesday – with the early ideas on this being more of a rain threat than a frozen precipitation one. More fine tuning for that as we get closer to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Clouds, rain showers, and rain squalls into mid morning west to east, then a sun\/cloud mix. Temperatures fall to the 40s. Wind SW shifting to NW 15-25 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clearing. Lows 18-25. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, diminishing, shifting to W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Sun\/cloud mix. Passing snow showers\/squalls possible except rain or snow showers South Coast. Highs 30-37. Wind W10-20 MPH, higher gusts, shifting to NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 8-15. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts, diminishing overnight. Wind chill below 0 at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 35-42. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 22-29. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY (PRESIDENTS DAY): Partly sunny. Highs 46-53. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Clouding over. Lows 32-39. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs 40-47. Wind E 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 23-27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A boundary will sit in our region for most of next week. One low pressure system departs early in the period with any rain\/mix ending, then a second system around February 25 may have colder air to work with with a better chance of wintry precipitation or a variety. Temperatures trending colder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 28 \u2013 MARCH 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pattern looks colder with additional wintry weather precipitation threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 18-22) We’re right at the end of our rain and wind event as I type this update just after 8:00 a.m. on Friday. If you are northwest of Boston (basically outside of I-95) and were outside or looking outside you saw a brief “car-wash” burst of rain and wind. There are actually … Continue reading Friday February 18 2022 Forecast (8:30AM)<\/span>