System Number One...
A warmfront will pass thru early tomorrow morning allowing temps to soar to near 50 again. As it passes through there may be some light showers and along it and with some residual cold in the interior valleys, a few icy patches are possible very early. Other than that, we will see only plain rain with the steadiest of it expected in the afternoon and evening. This first system will be long gone by Thursday morning but the cold will take a little longer to arrive. Thus, Thursday will be a balmy Winter day with highs in the lower 50s and lots of sunshine...easily the best day of the week!
Another storm will eject out of the south Thursday night and Friday morning. This system is looking a little more robust with the moisture today but we are still lacking significant cold in Southern NE...thus rain and mixed precip for the morning commute. Depending on how far the precip can penetrate into interior New England, there may be some icing or snow issues...not too confident on this yet, but there are a few signs pointing to this NW of 495. The storm will be hauling though so it won't have much time to have a huge impact.
There are major differences now for the XMAS Day storm...one of our trusted models has it, the other doesn't! I'm not buying the one that doesn't yet. So it still looks like a good chance for a cold rain / wet snow event...as usual, there will be limited cold air to work with but still, a decent shot of accumulating snow for the interior.
