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It’s mostly about the wind out of this one, except on Cape Cod, where it is about wind, snow, and coastal flooding. As mentioned in previous blogs, most of the snow falls on the Cape today, with a sharp cutoff just to the west meaning only dustings to 1 inch on the MA East Coast building up to around 6 inches or a little more on the Cape, which will be blowing around and hard to measure, with blizzard conditions for a while down there. Elsewhere, the snow tries to edge into eastern MA and coastal NH then moves back to the east out to sea.\u00a0 The wind today will still be the biggest story for all of southeastern New England as the beast of a storm winds up and goes far enough east to spare most of the region the snow, but not the wind. Gusts of around 40 MPH will be common inland and 50-60 MPH will be common near the coast, with gusts over 60 MPH over Cape Cod. Some damage is possible especially on the Cape. Coastal flooding is most likely this morning during high tide on north-facing shores.<\/p>\n
Storm pulls away tonight, high pressure builds in for a nicer Thursday, cool for the season but feeling mild due to less wind and more sun. Warmer southerly wind Friday as a cold front approaches but with rain showers becoming more likely during the day.<\/p>\n
Weekend does indeed look cooler and unsettled as low pressure forms on the front as it settles to the south and doesn’t move too much after that. Rain returns Saturday and may linger into Sunday. Still some hope for clearing late Sunday but we’ll see how that works out as we get into a Spring pattern that looks a little more unsettled than fair. Do expect some dry weather to work into the region by early next week.<\/p>\n
Updated forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
TODAY: Cloudy. Snow of around 6 inches with blizzard conditions at times Cape Cod, up to a few inches of snow southeastern MA, and 1 inch or less near the eastern MA and NH coasts. A few flakes may penetrate slightly inland this morning otherwise all snow ends west to east midday and early afternoon. Highs in the 30s. Wind N to NW 15-30 MPH inland with gusts frequently around 40 MPH, 25-35 MPH with gusts 50 MPH or more near the coast, and around 60 MPH top gusts Cape Cod.<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Clearing west to east. Lows 15-20 except 20-25\u00a0 South Coast and Cape Cod. Wind NW slowly diminishing to 10-20 MPH but still gusty for a while.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 40-45. Wind W 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. PM rain showers. Low 40. High 60.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Low 40. High 50.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Low 35. High 40.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 30. High 45.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Low 30. High 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:28AM It’s mostly about the wind out of this one, except on Cape Cod, where it is about wind, snow, and coastal flooding. As mentioned in previous blogs, most of the snow falls on the Cape today, with a sharp cutoff just to the west meaning only dustings to 1 inch on the MA East … Continue reading March Wind<\/span>