That Was Easy!
I love low impact storms that happen in the middle part of the weekend. In many but not all areas, we have a fresh albeit scanty cover of bright white snow without any major hassles. Obviously, the snowfall produced slippery roads last night and early this morning but we don't have to deal with too much snow removal so it will not interfere much with your plans today. Be cautious on untreated surfaces early this morning. The weekend snowfall ranged from nothing more a few lonely snowflakes to flurries to a dusting up to an inch in spots over northeastern Worcester County, most of Middlesex County, most of Essex County into most of eastern New Hampshire and much of Maine to 1-3 inches elsewhere except 3-5" over northeastern Connecticut, southwestern Worcester County and much of western Rhode Island into the Connecticut River Valley plus the Gloucester/Rockport area and parts of the immediate South Shore from near Scituate to Marshfield to Brant Point and another small area centered around Yarmouthport with the jackpot areas happening Friday night where more than 6 inches up to localized 12-16" occurred in western Connecticut into the Berkshires to parts of Vermont.
As the ocean storm wheels away, drier air will enable periods of sunshine today with a brisk and gusty northwesterly wind of 15-25 mph with some gusts to 35 mph near the coast with highs of 32-36 degrees. Following a drop to 16-26 tonight with less wind, it will recover to near 32 tomorrow with a brisk breeze and ample sunshine. As a ridge of high pressure shifts over the region late tomorrow night and Tuesday, the wind will be light. Sunshine will fade away Tuesday afternoon as the cloudiness from the next approaching storm appears. The primary storm will be exiting the Rockies in the next 24 hours while a southern stream system captures some Gulf of Mexico moisture. As upper level support comes in from the west-northwest, there will be energy translation to the developing secondary storm near Delmarva. This feature will intensify on its northeastward trek toward Nantucket. Its envelope of snowfall will press into southern New England as Tuesday evening progresses. Present timing initiates the snowfall in Boston around 11pm Tuesday. The snow will become heavier through the morning hours of Wednesday as it expands into northern New England. Meantime, sufficient warm air should switch the snow to rain on the Islands and at least cause a mix on the rest of Cape Cod perhaps into southern Plymouth County. The specifics will become more determinate by late tomorrow. Nevertheless, it seems plausible that more than 6 and up to 12 inches of snow will fall over much of the area except in the changeover/mixing zone of Cape Cod. The northeasterly wind will become gusty but the threat of any coastal flooding will be minimal to none because of the astronomical setup this time of the month yielding lower than average high tides.
Joe Joyce did a great job reporting live from Bourne this morning. I shall return for the evening shift later this afternoon.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
