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Today may be the start of a new week for some of you and the last day of a long weekend for others. Either way, it’ll be a cold and bright day, courtesy high pressure. But the active pattern is still with us. The difference this week will be that it will be a milder pattern as the mean trough of low pressure shifts back to the west and the jet stream lifts to the north over the eastern US, allowing somewhat milder weather to move into the region with time. This will set up a battle zone, however, which southern New England will find itself in a few times. The first battle is waged tomorrow, and results in snow, as a potent upper level disturbance and associated low pressure system moves across New England into air cold enough for accumulating snow, though onshore wind at the surface combined with milder air coming in aloft may cause some mixing and limit any snow over Cape Cod and the Islands as well as the South Coast and South Shore of MA. The second battle will be a weaker disturbance coming through Wednesday with rain or snow showers. A break comes Thursday as high pressure slides across the region, then moves to the east, allowing what will be the strongest push of mild air for Friday, but accompanied by rain showers as a cold front approaches. This front clears the region by early Saturday but on its heals may be yet another low pressure system, returning unsettled weather to the region later Saturday or Sunday. Timing and details are, of course, more uncertain several days away…<\/p>\n
Forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
TODAY: Sunny. Highs 25-30. Wind NW 10-20 MPH with a few higher gusts.<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Increasing clouds. Lows 10-15 northwest of Boston, 15-20 Boston south except 20-25 some coastal areas. Wind light N to NE.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Snow arriving west to east in the morning and continuing through the afternoon before tapering off west to east from late afternoon through early evening, Mixing with or changing to rain at times parts of Cape Cod and coastal southeastern MA. Snow accumulation less than 1 inch Cape Cod, Islands, and immediate coast from Plymouth County to the\u00a0 South Coast of MA, 1-2 inches southern RI and interior southeastern MA to Boston, 2-4 inches central RI up along I-95, 4-6 inches west of I-95. Highs in the 30s. Wind E increasing to 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain\/snow showers. Low 30. High 40.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Low 25. High 40.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Low 35. High 48.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Low 30. High 40.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain\/mix. Low 30. High 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
6:50AM Today may be the start of a new week for some of you and the last day of a long weekend for others. Either way, it’ll be a cold and bright day, courtesy high pressure. But the active pattern is still with us. The difference this week will be that it will be a … Continue reading The Week Ahead (Presidents Day Edition)<\/span>