An Arctic Blast...
November 2011 was the second warmest on record, December 2011 was the 6th warmest on record and the high temp on the first day of 2012 was 52 degrees in Boston! We have been on some amazingly warm ride but that ride will be abruptly interrupted as our first true Arctic outbreak flows in. The leading edge of the bitter air is working over the Great Lakes right now, about to invade New England...as it moves in a flurry or mountain snow shower will be possible.
Temps will stay level or fall during the day tomorrow in the mid 20s with windchill in the single digits or teens throughout most of the day...winds will gust to 30 mph. The core of the cold will be on us Tuesday night and Wednesday morning when most towns slip to the single digits...we will only be able to rebound to the mid 20s again.
By Thursday, the air will be moderating and becoming less frigid...highs will range from 30-35...a milky sky will prevail the warm / cold air interaction...and there may even be a few flurries. The warmth will continue to surge in as we approach and get into the weekend, in fact, a high of 50 degrees is not out of the question on Saturday!
While it will be feeling more like Winter should these next couple of days it won't be looking like a typical Winter. Aside, from a few intervals of flurries there are no signs of a storm in the next seven to ten days...the snow drought goes on.
