7:25AM<\/p>\n
First a slippery morning today as temperatures have stayed below freezing in most areas of southeastern New England except Cape Cod and the Islands where it has made it into the middle 30s with a few areas of spotty light rain and drizzle there. Elsewhere, spotty light snow, frozen drizzle (tiny ice pellets) and freezing drizzle (liquid drizzle freezing on surfaces) has been occurring and will continue through dawn. This will continue to make untreated surfaces slippery, so use caution if outside into the mid morning hours. By late morning onward, temperatures in most locations should rise above freezing, though they may stay close to the freezing mark over some interior valleys. Precipitation will be over in all locations though by the middle of the morning and the balance of the day will be precipitation-free. However, as the warm front responsible for the unsettled weather finally begins a push northward, some additional light rain\/drizzle may develop Tuesday evening, and there may be a few pockets of freezing rain\/drizzle over interior valleys. But finally the warm air will win out, and the temperature will take a trip up – all the way into the 50s to around 60 by Wednesday. A band of rain showers and possible thunderstorms will mark the end of the very brief warm up Wednesday evening through early Thursday morning from west to east across the region, as the first of 2 cold fronts moves through. Windy and drier weather will arrive during the day Thursday but it will not get too cold right away. A sharper cold front will arrive Thursday night or Friday morning and introduce a shot of much colder weather for the end of the week. I’m still watching the weekend period to see if any additional storminess forms nearby, bringing some snow.<\/p>\n
Updated forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
THROUGH MID MORNING: Overcast with spotty\u00a0 light snow, frozen drizzle, and freezing drizzle except liquid drizzle\/very light rain Cape Cod & the Islands. Cloudy thereafter. Temperatures 30-35. Wind light variable.<\/p>\n
LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON: Cloudy. Highs 35-40. Wind light E-SE.<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of light rain and drizzle with some freezing rain\/drizzle possible far northwest of\u00a0 Boston. Lows 32-38 early then temperatures rising into the 40s overnight. Wind light SE shifting to S and increasing to 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Highs 55-60. Wind SSW 10-15 MPH with higher gusts.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with a band of rain showers and possible thunderstorms moving across the region west to east. Some heavy rain possible. Lows 50-55. Wind SW 15-25 MPH gusting 35-50 MPH shifting to W overnight.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Rain showers possible in southeastern MA in the morning. Temperatures falling slowly through the 40s. Wind W 15-25 MPH gusting over 30 MPH.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 20. High 33.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. PM snow. Low 18. High 28.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: AM snow. PM clearing. Low 18. High 28.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 16. High 32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:25AM First a slippery morning today as temperatures have stayed below freezing in most areas of southeastern New England except Cape Cod and the Islands where it has made it into the middle 30s with a few areas of spotty light rain and drizzle there. Elsewhere, spotty light snow, frozen drizzle (tiny ice pellets) and … Continue reading A Slip-Up, Then A Trip Up<\/span>