DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 12-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pleasant winter Sunday finishes off our weekend today. It starts bright but ends less so as clouds advance ahead of approaching low pressure. The low is destined to pass southeast of New England on Monday, with its precipitation shield, in the form of rain, getting into the South Coast region, but not much further north than that – perhaps up to the Plymouth MA area. I’m taking the end-of-system snow chance out of the Outer Cape Cod region because the system will be moving too quickly and the air that is cold enough to support any snow will not be in place quickly enough. Behind this system comes a small but potent disturbance to pass through the region early Tuesday with the possibility of snow showers, favoring southern NH and northeastern MA, where spotty minor accumulations may occur. This moves out quickly though and the balance of Tuesday is nice, but on the cool side. The return of milder air on Wednesday will trigger cloudiness and possible spotty rain shower activity, but I don’t think we get a clean warm frontal passage initially – I think we get a wavy boundary in the region, so we have to wait on Thursday for another surge of warmth to arrive, probably with a lot of clouds and some additional potential rain. This has me doubting the magnitude of warmth being advertised by some outlets, although it will most certainly be a day of very mild air by February standards either way. So I leave a little bit of fine-tuning to do for the end of the 5-day forecast period and move on to the details the best I have them now…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sunshine followed by increasing clouds. Highs 45-52. Wind variable up to 10 MPH becoming SW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Thickening clouds. Rain likely South Coast. Chance of rain up to South Shore. Lows 35-42. Wind SW up to 10 MPH early, shifting to E 5-15 MPH overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Morning rain Cape Cod \/ Islands. Highs 42-49. Wind NE 10-20 MPH except possibly stronger in coastal areas, shifting to NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Snow showers possible southern NH and northeastern MA with spotty minor accumulations. Lows 25-32. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Lots of clouds with possible snow showers favoring southeastern NH and eastern MA early, then mostly sunny. Highs 37-44. Wind NW 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 18-25, 11-18 in normal cold spots. Wind calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Early sun, then lots of clouds with a chance of rain showers. Highs 50-57 by late. Wind calm early, then SW 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Lots of clouds. Chance of a rain shower. Lows 43-50. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, gusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Chance of rain by late-day. Highs 58-65, possibly cooler South Coast. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 17-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fridays seem to be our dramatic day of the week this month, from arctic outbreak on February 3 to warm surge on February 10, and now February 17 looks like a warm start, strong cold front to pass with showers and wind, and much colder finish. Timing of the front may be earlier and warmth may be shorter lived – will monitor that. Following this looks to be a drier period of weather, chilly over the February 18-19 weekend, milder after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 22-26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pattern gets more interesting here as we see the Southeast ridge flatten a bit and colder air dominating Canada and not far away. Boundary nearby, watch for a series of low pressure systems to start impacting our region. Probably on the mild side of these initially, but that may change with time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 12-16) A pleasant winter Sunday finishes off our weekend today. It starts bright but ends less so as clouds advance ahead of approaching low pressure. The low is destined to pass southeast of New England on Monday, with its precipitation shield, in the form of rain, getting into the South Coast region, … Continue reading Sunday February 12 2023 Forecast (7:21AM)<\/span>