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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 28-JANUARY 1)
\nHigh pressure brings dry and chilly weather today. The much-talked-about “false nor’easter” arrives on Thursday. No, this storm will not be a classic nor’easter. What we have is a parent low pressure area on the Pacific jet stream moving rapidly across southeastern Canada – a common storm track in this pattern. The front that trails from it will focus energy and moisture and with some upper level support a new low pressure area will form on the front and strengthen fairly quickly as it tracks from off the New Jersey coast to across far southeastern New England by Thursday evening then accelerating into the Gulf of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes Friday morning and beyond. For southern New England, the initial precipitation before the second storm forms will move in from west to east during the morning and midday, mainly as snow\/mix far inland and rain possibly starting as mix further east. The second storm will only serve to pull in warmer air from off the ocean and bring largely a rain event a good portion of the region with the exception of higher elevations from north central MA and southwestern NH westward through western MA and northwestern CT. It is in these areas that 4 or more inches of snow are very likely. Any snow further east will have to wait until the storm is accelerating away. Only then will enough cold air flow in to start changing rain to snow, but this will also occur as the precipitation is getting ready to exit. So the drop off in snowfall may be very rapid with perhaps 2-4 inches in the I-495 belt especially north of the Mass Pike, and 2 inches or less to the east. It may never snow at all along the coast from Cape Ann to Boston and especially to the south. This area is a bit of a wildcard and it will come down to a tight squeeze in timing. Behind this comes a blustery and colder but dry day Friday. Looking ahead to New Year’s Eve on Saturday, a dry day is expected, but at night a weak low pressure system approaching from the west may bring a little light snow. This does not look like a significant system at all and may just add to the festive atmosphere of the evening. This should move out by the morning of the first day of 2017.
\nTODAY: Clouds dominate the morning. Sun prevails in the afternoon. Highs 35-42. Wind NW 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
\nTONIGHT: Mostly clear evening. Clouds increase overnight. Lows 23-31. Wind W up to 10 MPH.
\nTHURSDAY: Cloudy. Snow\/mix develops in the morning southwestern NH and higher elevations of central MA into northwestern CT. Mix to rain developing in areas to the east later morning and midday. Highs 32-40 occurring late-day. Wind SW to S 5-15 MPH.
\nTHURSDAY NIGHT: Overcast with rain except snow higher elevations of southern NH, central MA, and northwestern CT. Then precipitation changing to mix\/snow from west to east as it tapers off from southwest to northeast later at night. See above for accumulation forecast. Temperatures ranging from near 32 in snow areas to 40-45 Cape Cod during the evening falling to 27-35 overnight. Wind S to SE shifting to E 10-20 MPH with higher gusts evening, shifting to NE then N 15-25 MPH with higher gusts overnight.
\nFRIDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 35-42. Wind NW 15-25 MPH with higher gusts.
\nSATURDAY – NEW YEAR’S EVE: Sun and clouds day. Clouds with a risk of some light snow at night. Lows 20-28. Highs 32-40. Evening to nighttime temperatures generally 27-33.
\nSUNDAY: Partly sunny. Lows 22-30. Highs 37-45.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 2-6)
\nLow pressure area approaches on January 2 with a chance of mix to rain into January 3 before departing with drier weather returning. Generally fair and colder January 4-5 then a risk of some unsettled weather by January 6.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 7-11)
\nPattern remains generally the same, temperatures averaging on the milder side of normal with a little unsettled weather at times mainly early and again late in the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
3:17AM DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 28-JANUARY 1) High pressure brings dry and chilly weather today. The much-talked-about “false nor’easter” arrives on Thursday. No, this storm will not be a classic nor’easter. What we have is a parent low pressure area on the Pacific jet stream moving rapidly across southeastern Canada – a common storm track in … Continue reading Wednesday Forecast<\/span>