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Powerful winds have been blowing across southeastern New England during Sunday night behind the departing beast of a storm that exploded just offshore, close enough for light to locally moderate snow and just too far offshore to really dump on the region. There have been some lingering bands of snow near the coast of Cape Ann and Cape Cod MA during the evening hours but these will be moving out overnight. The clouds will depart too, and when the sun rises on Presidents Day Monday, the wind will still be with us, maybe not with the ferocity of the night preceding it, but still strong and gusty. This will create the continuation of blowing and some drifting of the snow that fell on Sunday. It will also be pretty chilly for mid February, with a mid winter feel to the air including a low wind chill. Winds finally slacken at night as a narrow ridge of high pressure moves overhead, but this gets out of the way for the passage of low pressure on Tuesday. This low will be minor in nature, and occurring with milder conditions will result in more rain than mix\/snow, though some frozen precipitation may start it and end it, especially over interior areas. As we get to mid week, upper level low pressure will hang around and bring colder air back in, especially by Thursday. Mostly dry weather will also dominate for Wednesday and Thursday. By the time we reach the end of the week, there are signs of a prolonged precipitation event from late Friday into the weekend, the details of which won’t be known for a few days.<\/p>\n
I’d also like to take a moment to tell you about a new Facebook page called New England Regional Weather Service. It is run by a staff of 6 from Lyndon State College in Vermont, including one of the regular blog participants here, Scott. If you are on Facebook, please check it out!<\/p>\n
Forecast for southern NH, eastern MA, and RI…<\/p>\n
OVERNIGHT: Clearing. Lows ranging from around 10 suburbs to 20 on outer Cape Cod. Wind NW 15-30 MPH with gusts above 40 MPH. Wind chill often around or below zero. Blowing and drifting snow.<\/p>\n
MONDAY – PRESIDENTS DAY: Sunny. Highs 30-35. Wind NW 15-30 MPH and gusty. Additional blowing snow.<\/p>\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 15-20. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Clouding up in the morning. Chance of light snow\/mix mainly well north and west of Boston midday. Chance of rain elsewhere mostly the mid to late afternoon hours. Highs reaching around 40. Wind S increasing to 15-25 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 20. High 37.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 15. High 33.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Increasing clouds. Chance of snow at night. Low 16. High 34.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Cloudy. Chance of snow\/mix\/rain. Low 24. High 38.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of mix\/snow early. Low 32. High 40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
10:19PM Powerful winds have been blowing across southeastern New England during Sunday night behind the departing beast of a storm that exploded just offshore, close enough for light to locally moderate snow and just too far offshore to really dump on the region. There have been some lingering bands of snow near the coast of … Continue reading The Week Ahead<\/span>