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Arctic air made it feel like mid Winter today, though bright sun ruled. We lose some of the sun tomorrow as a frontal boundary approaches, though we also moderate the air mass. Areas that were near 20 today should near 30 tomorrow, for example, so about 10 degrees “milder”. But this will be after one frigid night tonight, with a mostly clear sky and a calm wind with very dry air allowing temperatures to fall below zero in most areas away from cities and shorelines. The approaching front will make its way though the region from northwest to southeast. Some precipitation, snow\/mix north, mix\/rain south, may accompany this front. As it sits south of the region by Sunday night, a low pressure area is expected to ripple along it. This should throw precipitation back into most of southeastern New England with air cold enough for snow, some some accumulation is expected. This will taper off Monday as the low pressure wave moves away. A second wave of low pressure would bring more important snow if it came close enough, but my current feeling is that this area will pass too far south to impact all of the region, and may just bring some snow to the South Coast. For the entire event (Sunday-Monday), only light snow accumulation is expected from southern NH into MA, with light to moderate amounts in far southern MA and RI, moderate favoring the South Coast.<\/p>\n
Behind the unsettled weather will come another bout of cold and dry weather for mid week, with some temperature moderation late in the week. Don’t look for a big warm up, however, as the pattern we are going into is one that will feature less storminess, but frequent cold air masses.<\/p>\n
Forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows from -8 interior valleys to around 0 most suburbs to around 10 urban centers and immediate shores. Wind calm.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 28-34. Wind WSW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 20-28. Wind SW 10-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Cloudy. Chance of midday-afternoon light rain\/mix south of Boston and light mix\/snow Boston north and west, then a period of snow possible everywhere at night. Highs 30-38. Wind SW 10-20 MPH shifting to NW.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning. Clearing NW to SE by late day. Low 20. High 30.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 10. High 25.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 5. High 30.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Low 15. High 35.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Low 20. High 40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:24PM Arctic air made it feel like mid Winter today, though bright sun ruled. We lose some of the sun tomorrow as a frontal boundary approaches, though we also moderate the air mass. Areas that were near 20 today should near 30 tomorrow, for example, so about 10 degrees “milder”. But this will be after … Continue reading Storm Slips, Cold Holds<\/span>