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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 19-23)…
\nIn these final days before Christmas we’ll see a shot of cold air then a return to mild weather again. The weekend will be a chilly one with Saturday having a gusty wind and a few scattered snow showers as a rare cold air mass from Canada comes across the Great Lakes into the Northeast. The chill will hang around Sunday though it will begin to moderate a little and will feel even milder with much less wind. High pressure sinks to the southeast by Monday with a milder southwesterly flow and mainly fair weather. A weak cold front will produce more cloudiness and a few rain showers early Tuesday followed by drier weather as a weak bubble of high pressure moves in. A broad disturbance and more prominent southerly flow will bring unsettled weather into the region Wednesday, though the system may lack some support leading to a more meager rain risk than might have been expected.
\nTODAY: Variably cloudy – clouds most dominant this morning with sun more dominant during the afternoon. Isolated snow showers. Highs 35-42. Wind W 10-20 MPH gusting over 30 MPH. Wind chill 25-30.
\nTONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 20s. Wind W 10-20 MPH gusting over 30 MPH. Wind chill under 20.
\nSUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 38-45. Wind W 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
\nMONDAY: Partly sunny. Lows in the 30s. Highs 45-55.
\nTUESDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the 40s. Highs in the 50s.
\nWEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of light rain. Lows in the 40s. Highs in the 50s.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 24-28)…
\nUpper level high pressure will be centered off the East Coast but will be knocked down a little bit but a fast-moving trough in the northern jet stream. This will bring a change in air mass in southern New England by December 25, which will mean a cooler Christmas Day after a mild Christmas Eve. Rain shower chances should be limited to the early part of Christmas Eve, that is the morning of December 24 with an additional rain shower possible early December 25, otherwise mainly dry weather will dominate. A broad low pressure area to the south and west by later in the period will send cloudiness back in and eventually rain chances as the mild air will continue to be dominant.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 29-JANUARY 2)…
\nUnsettled weather may start the period (rain\/mix\/snow – too early to tell), but then as 2015 ends and 2016 arrives, expect the overall pattern of mild\/dry weather to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
8:24AM DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 19-23)… In these final days before Christmas we’ll see a shot of cold air then a return to mild weather again. The weekend will be a chilly one with Saturday having a gusty wind and a few scattered snow showers as a rare cold air mass from Canada comes across the … Continue reading Saturday Forecast<\/span>