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Here is an extra post to get things updated. Much of what comes below will be unchanged from the previous post, but some tweaks are being made to the final snow numbers and a couple other minor adjustments. An additional update will follow tomorrow morning as usual.<\/p>\n
DAYS 1-5 (JANUARY 23-27)…
\nStorm update! What to expect in southern New England…
\nWHEN: Ongoing but ending Sunday morning.
\nSNOW START TIME: It started a long time ago and wherever it didn’t snow, it’s not gonna snow.
\nSNOW END TIME: From northwest to southeast through about 3AM Sunday, lastly Cape Cod and Nantucket.
\nSNOW INTENSITY: Heaviest bands as of 7:25PM are across Cape Cod and the South Coast with another in the immediate Boston area to Metro West but these will be shifting south to southeast and diminishing.
\nSNOW ACCUMULATION: Nothing or flakes in the air briefly in southern NH, dusting to 1 inch north central and northeastern MA, 1-3 inches just northwest of Boston stretching northeast to interior northeastern MA from near Boston west southwestward along the Mass Pike belt and just to the north, 3-6 inches from Boston west southwestward just south of the Mass Pike, 6-12 inches to the south of there with locally over 12 inches in some locations near the South Coast.
\nWIND: Gusts of 30 MPH or greater are likely in coastal NH and northeastern MA, 40 MPH or greater from coastal areas near Boston to the South Shore, 50 MPH or greater Cape Cod across to coastal RI and down Martha’s Vineyard, and 60 MPH or greater on Nantucket. Most of this has already occurred but the threat lingers a little longer this evening.
\nPOWER OUTAGES: The most likely area for any power problems will remain the southern part of Cape Cod where the combination of strongest wind and wettest snow will be. Scattered outages elsewhere in southeastern MA, RI, and CT.
\nCOASTAL FLOODING: Minor to moderate coastal flooding is most likely in the prone areas such as Scituate and Sandwich and similar locations from the South Shore of MA through Cape Cod and the from a couple hours before to a couple hours after high tide times both Saturday night and Sunday morning. Cannot rule out a pocket of major flooding since we have a full moon and astronomical high tides at this time. Major flooding would not be widespread in coastal areas.
\nAfter the storm! What to expect…
\nImprovement Sunday, fair and milder Monday, windy and not too chilly but a few rain showers Tuesday with an approaching cold front, then breezy and colder but fair weather Wednesday behind this front.
\nTONIGHT: Snow retreats northwest to southeast, lastly on Cape Cod. See above for accumulations. Lows 23-30. Wind NE to N 15-30 MPH, higher gusts (see above).
\nSUNDAY: Lingering clouds Cape Cod for part of the morning otherwise mostly sunny. Highs in the 30s. Wind NW 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
\nMONDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows 18-25. Highs 35-42.
\nTUESDAY: Mostly cloudy and windy. Brief light mix possible morning. Few rain showers late. Lows 28-35. Highs in the 40s.
\nWEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and windy. Lows in the 20s. Highs in the 30s.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 1)…
\nWatching from late January 28 into January 30 for possible unsettled weather but odds favor most activity missing both to the north and south or just a fairly minor system passing through. Fair weather for the end of the period. Temperatures near to above normal.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 2-6)…
\nUnsettled weather possible February 2-4 with an air mass battle possibly setting up in the area. Fair and a little colder by February 5-6 based on current timing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:44PM Here is an extra post to get things updated. Much of what comes below will be unchanged from the previous post, but some tweaks are being made to the final snow numbers and a couple other minor adjustments. An additional update will follow tomorrow morning as usual. DAYS 1-5 (JANUARY 23-27)… Storm update! What … Continue reading Saturday Forecast Update<\/span>