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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 4-8)
\nThe hype train continues as expected, with even local TV mets referencing snow amounts for threats that are 5 to 7 days away. You won’t be hearing snow amounts from me in this summary since the energy for the threat that is 5 days away is currently sitting in 2 places – half way between the Hawaiian Islands the the Baja Peninsula of Mexico for the southern energy, and in the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska for the northern piece of energy, and the energy for a potential second threat lies in places more distant. We don’t have the ability yet to model this with consistent accuracy. Maybe someday… What we do know is a pattern transition that is going to turn New England colder will be underway in the coming several days, marked initially but a surge of mild air and a rain event ahead of a cold front late Tuesday into Wednesday, and yes this will be mainly rain everywhere for the majority of its duration. The cold air will come in quickly enough for a flip to snow and some accumulation mainly in the mountains of VT, NH, and Maine while it just ends as rain everywhere else. This type of a set-up does not allow the cold air to arrive quickly enough at all levels to flip rain to snow at lower elevations and southeastern New England. What else we know is that Thursday will be a much colder but dry day across New England with the exception of some possible mountain snow showers. Then it gets more interesting. We are not going to see the core of cold blast right in here. Yes it gets colder for Friday and the weekend, but the border of this cold will not be that far to our east and that border is also where the jet stream will be. This setup will allow at least one wave of low pressure, and possibly 2, to make a run at the region between Friday and Sunday. What remains to be seen is how the resultant low pressure areas will track and interact with the newly-arrived cold and the recently-departed mild air and available moisture to impact this area. Several possibilities are on the table at this point and the only thing we can do over the next couple days is monitor and fine-tune. Friday’s threat should be more clear cut by Tuesday or Wednesday. Any threat beyond that will come into focus during the middle of the week. But for the moment, let’s just focus on the next 5 days in this detailed forecast…
\nTODAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 44-50. Wind light variable to E.
\nTONIGHT: Increasing clouds. Lows 33-39. Wind light SE.
\nTUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Increasing risk of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs 48-55. Wind SE to S 5-15 MPH.
\nTUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain showers likely. Temperature rising to 53-60. Wind S to SW 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
\nWEDNESDAY: Cloudy through early afternoon with periods of rain. Breaking clouds later in the day. Temperatures falling to the 40s. Wind SW 5-15 MPH shifting to W and increasing to 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
\nTHURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 20s. Highs from the upper 30s to lower 40s.
\nFRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain\/mix\/snow, rain favored coast, mix\/snow favored interior if it occurs. Lows in the 20s. Highs from the middle 30s to lower 40s.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 9-13)
\nAs mentioned above a threat of unsettled weather as one wave of low pressure departs and another approaches and moves through during the December 9-10 weekend. It remains to be seen what the exact impact will be, but again rain is favored coast, mix\/snow interior early December 9 and again later December 9 into December 10. Dry weather follows briefly an then another threat of rain\/mix\/snow arrives for December 12 and\/or 13. Plenty to iron out in the days ahead. Temperatures near to below normal overall.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 14-18)
\nA more consistent cold pattern, with a trough of low pressure dominated by the polar jet stream and 1 or 2 clipper type systems possible during this period. Snow chances go up, but threat of larger storm goes down, based on current indications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:36AM DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 4-8) The hype train continues as expected, with even local TV mets referencing snow amounts for threats that are 5 to 7 days away. You won’t be hearing snow amounts from me in this summary since the energy for the threat that is 5 days away is currently sitting in 2 … Continue reading Monday Forecast<\/span>