Meteorological Spring Begins With Snow

Happy Meteorological Spring! The season began today, but mother nature doesn't care (Astronomical Spring begins March 20th). Instead of flowers starting to bloom, and milder temps, we still have below normal temperatures and snow.

Any accumulation we get will inch us closer to the all-time snowiest Boston winters ever recorded.  We are close to number one!

This Sunday snow storm is a quick mover and should be out of New England just prior to the Monday morning commute.  Although, we will have to plow our driveways and dig out our cars to get to work.

A winter storm warning covers southeastern Massachusetts, Buzzards Bay and Coastal Connecticut through 7am Monday.  A winter weather advisory is posted for the rest of Massachusetts, CT, RI and southern Vermont until 7am Monday.  Anticipating tricky travel with the decent snowfall accumulation, reduced visibility, and some high snowfall rates in southern CT, RI and SE MA.

We expect 3-6" of snow along and south of the Massachusetts Turnpike. 1-3" to the north of there.  3-6" also for most of Cape Cod and the islands.  The bulls eye for heavy snow looks to set up along the South Coast and around the Cape Cod Canal.  That's where we could see 6-8" of snow by 4am Monday.

The heaviest snow continues through midnight, then exits after that.  Here is the timing:

Monday will leave us a tough day for digging out.  It will gradually become clear (with a few flurries in the Berkshires), but it will become windy.  Winds could gust between 35 and 45 mph from the west, northwest during the afternoon which means blowing and drifting snow.

Our next system moves in Tuesday evening into Wednesday.  First, New England will get snow, changing to a wintry mix, then to freezing rain by Wednesday as highs surge into the lower 40s.  There are still a lot of questions about how this one will pan out, so stay tuned to the WBZ Weather Team!