DAYS 1-5 (JANUARY 17-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our weather today is controlled by large weather systems – a big low in eastern Canada, and a big high pressure area in the south central US. Between these two features we have a west northwest air flow of cold air with fair weather. However, while weather itself does not present a hazard today, other than making you chilly if you’re outside in the gusty breeze, the real hazard lies underfoot, where any untreated wet\/slushy surfaces from yesterday have frozen solid and will remain frozen through today, tonight, and tomorrow as well if not impacted by sun’s heat or treated by someone. Use caution if walking and\/or driving over any of these surfaces – and there are many! Back to weather, it’s a quiet but cold one tonight. My Thursday forecast previously read “partly sunny” in response to clouds from a weak disturbance, but it’s become apparent that this disturbance carries enough with it to produce an overcast sky and a period of light snowfall for the region, especially in the I-90 corridor southward, Thursday afternoon and evening. Accumulations from this will be minor, on the order of a dusting to 1\/2 inch, but any light accumulation on already icy surfaces is hazardous, and the snow can cover up the ice to make it unseen. So this little system does its part to continue the walking\/driving hazard on untreated surfaces. Further, we have another storm to contend with late in the week – Friday afternoon and evening for the most part. The upper air pattern expected doesn’t support a full-on hit of a significant winter storm, but rather a glancing blow of a strong storm evolving just too far offshore to dump maximum snowfall on the region. So for now I expect a light snowfall favoring areas from the I-90 and I-95 belts south and east. This will be followed by a very cold start to the weekend on Saturday. We’ll have to watch for a few flurries or isolated snow squalls as the cold air comes into the region with a little instability from Friday night through Saturday too. I’ll take a closer look at that possibility as we go through the week. Sunday’s weather will be fair and cold with high pressure in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sunny. Highs 25-32. Wind WNW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clear evening. High clouds arrive overnight. Lows 12-19. Wind WNW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Becoming cloudy. Light snow in the afternoon and early evening, favoring areas along and south of I-90, with a dusting to 1\/2 inch. Highs 25-32. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partial clearing evening. Clouds fill back in overnight. Lows 15-22. Wind N up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Cloudy. Afternoon snow, especially I-90 south and I-95 east. Highs 25-32. Wind N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Snow in the evening, especially I-90 south and I-95 east. Lows 15-22. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Highs 22-29. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy with a chance of snow showers evening. Clear overnight. Lows 8-15. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Sunny. Highs 25-32. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 22-26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“January thaw” with milder weather – temperatures near to mostly above normal. After a fair weather beginning, unsettled weather becomes more likely mid to late period, favoring snow\/mix at first, then mix\/rain eventually. But there are a lot of moving parts to this outlook with much fine-tuning to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 27-31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A trend back to colder weather takes place in the final days of January with additional unsettled weather from at least one storm system – rain\/mix\/snow chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (JANUARY 17-21) Our weather today is controlled by large weather systems – a big low in eastern Canada, and a big high pressure area in the south central US. Between these two features we have a west northwest air flow of cold air with fair weather. However, while weather itself does not present … Continue reading Wednesday January 17 2024 Forecast (7:34AM)<\/span>