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DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 12-16)
\nIt’s *gasp* “storm arrival day”! Ok this type of phrase may be more appropriate for the arrival of a biggie, like one of the 2015 storms, or like the Blizzard of 2013. But the way this winter’s going, some of us are thinking it for snow flurries. Well, not just flurries today, there is snow on the way, but not a biggie, and not a system that’s going to stay snow everywhere, probably even the hills of southwestern NH where I thought yesterday it may be possible. Too much warm air aloft, the wild card in snowfall amounts as well. Still going to go with a quicker timing on its arrival and a changing of the snow to sleet, before rain (and pockets of icing interior mainly northwest) work in. Largely, the forecast for this system hasn’t changed, so you won’t see much change below in the details. Nor has the outlook beyond it for now, though some of the uncertainties of beyond a few days remain and I will attempt to iron those out as we go along. So we have the messy storm today \/ tonight, no flash freeze in fact kind of mild tomorrow, a seasonable chill for Valentine’s Day, and if there is any adjustment to be made to the late week system it’s to possibly shorten its duration a little bit. What yesterday looked like a mild and wet Saturday (at the start of my DAYS 6-10 section) looks like it may be fairly dry and slightly milder than normal, as the Friday system wants to be parented by one low going across southern Canada and additional development may be limited and stay well to the south after the front passes. Will keep watching this as it already changed several times on guidance in the last few days.
\nForecast details…
\nTODAY: Thickening overcast. Snow arrives southwest to northeast afternoon. Highs 28-35. Wind E 5-15 MPH.
\nTONIGHT: Overcast. Snow changing to sleet from south to north early then to rain from southeast to northwest later but likely some freezing rain north central MA and southwestern NH. Snow accumulation before changeover from a coating to 2 inches South Coast up to a Plymouth MA to Providence RI line, 2-4 inches elsewhere except 4-6 inches higher elevations north central MA into interior southern NH and some greater than 6-inch amounts possible higher elevations southwestern NH. Temperatures steady 28-35 early, then rising to 30-35 north and west and 36-41 south and east. Wind E 5-15 MPH except 10-20 MPH coast.
\nWEDNESDAY: Cloudy start with areas of fog and drizzle, then becoming partly cloudy and drying out. Highs 40-47. Wind light variable early then W increasing to 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
\nWEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 22-29. Wind W 10-20 MPH.
\nTHURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 35-42. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
\nFRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers by late-day. Lows from the upper 20s to lower 30s. Highs from the middle 40s to lower 50s.
\nSATURDAY: Mostly cloudy south and east. Partly sunny north and west. Lows from the lower to middle 30s. Highs in the 40s.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 17-21)
\nBreezy cool and dry as additional storminess should stay to the south through February 18. Will have to watch the period from late February 19 to early February 21 for what may be one of the better shots at widespread snow of the season, although very early on this does not look like a powerful system, but something possibly to watch.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 22-26)
\nLeaning seasonably chilly and dry for much of the period at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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