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The coming week will feature cold & wind, a little more snow, a little more cold, a brief warm-up, then a transition back to seasonable cold with a possible snow threat on the weekend (don’t read too much into this yet – it’s way off).<\/p>\n
Behind our messy weekend storm, high pressure moving in and low pressure moving away will funnel gusty winds and cold air across the region Monday, feeling more like the middle of January. Sunshine will be plenty, but ineffective.<\/p>\n
A clipper-type low pressure area will move fairly quickly out of the Midwest and into Northeast Tuesday, redeveloping off the coast before scooting away toward the Canadian Maritime Provinces. The rate of deepening of this new low will determine how much snow falls. It will be snow, as temperatures will not be an issue. The current thinking is a light to moderate snowfall (3-6 inches on average) Tuesday afternoon and night.<\/p>\n
Low pressure moves away Wednesday and other than some lingering snow showers with a surge of cold air coming in, it will be a sun\/clouds and gusty winds kind of day.<\/p>\n
A warm front approaches on Thursday, which will be a chilly day with increasing cloudiness. Not expecting any precipitation from the warm front at this time.<\/p>\n
A brief warm-up on Friday behind the warm front and ahead of a cold front, which will probably produce some rain showers, and give us a chance to clean up any lingering snow and ice in places we don’t want it to be, though not nearly enough to melt the snowcover anywhere it was above about 3 inches from the weekend storm.<\/p>\n
The cold front that passes Friday will slow down just offshore on Saturday and allow a low pressure wave to ride up along it. The track of that low and how deep we get back into seasonably cold air will determine if precipitation reaches the region and what form it will be in. It’s too early to really be sure. At this very early stage I’ll lean toward a rain\/mix the further southeast you are, and snow the further northwest you are, but that’s just more basic meteorology than thorough scientific analysis at this stage.<\/p>\n
Forecast for southeastern New England (southern NH, eastern MA, and RI)…<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Clearing. Lows drop below 10 in snowcovered valleys to the 10s elsewhere. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs in the 20s. Wind WNW 15-25 MPH gusting to 40 MPH. Wind chill as low as 10.<\/p>\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear evening. Increasing high clouds overnight. Lows 10-15. Diminishing wind.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Thickening overcast. Snow afternoon and evening. Early accumulation estimate 2-6 inches of light and fluffy snow. Highs in the 20s. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Chance of snow showers early otherwise increasing sun. Low 15. High 30.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Increasing clouds. Low 18. High 33.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Late-day rain showers. Low 28. High 46.<\/p>\n
WEEKEND: Mostly cloudy. Snow\/mix possible Saturday night and Sunday. Lows in the 20s. Highs in the 30s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
3:50PM The coming week will feature cold & wind, a little more snow, a little more cold, a brief warm-up, then a transition back to seasonable cold with a possible snow threat on the weekend (don’t read too much into this yet – it’s way off). Behind our messy weekend storm, high pressure moving in … Continue reading The Week Ahead<\/span>