Storm to carry heavy snow, robust winds – NBC Boston

Heads up! Our meteorologists are monitoring a nor’easter that might carry heavy snow (we’re speaking a foot or extra), and robust gusty winds (we’re speaking 60mph) Sunday into Monday.

We’ve began the weekend with just a few lingering snow showers and flurries round Higher Boston as an space of low stress tracks away from New England. Just a few flurries might even develop this night right here and there as a trough swings by. In any other case, we’ll see lots of clouds on this Saturday. Excessive temperatures will likely be within the mid 30s. Highs will stay within the mid 30s on Sunday below principally cloudy skies.

Monitoring and timing the nor’easter

Then, our consideration turns to an impactful nor’easter that strikes towards our space Sunday night into Monday.

The storm will transfer north from the Carolinas by Sunday, giving strategy to durations of heavy snow and gusty winds, beginning late Sunday night by means of a lot of the day on Monday. The worst of the storm will probably occur Monday morning.

Our forecast fashions have been aligning to create a strong storm that might carry a number of inches of snow to japanese Massachusetts. However any shift within the storm’s observe might carry important adjustments to our forecast.

The truth is, a more in-depth observe to southern New England would carry substantial quantities of snow and robust, gusty winds farther inland, together with the potential for widespread energy outages. Nonetheless, a observe farther east would nonetheless carry some impacts, however snow quantities would lower, together with the menace for damaging winds.

How a lot snow for Massachusetts?

At this level, we consider the Cape, the Islands and South Shore will see probably the most snow and wind, probably round 12” of snow or larger and wind gusts as excessive as 60 mph. Blowing snow will likely be doable. We can also’t rule out energy outages.

Farther north towards Boston, we might see between 6” and 12” of snow and wind gusts as much as 45 to 50 mph. Communities north of Boston will see decrease quantities of as much as 6” towards northeastern Mass. and as much as 3” into southern New Hampshire.

Once more, the precise observe of the nor’easter will finally decide if these snow totals will maintain. If the storm pushes nearer to our coast, our snow estimates can even must go up, even for neighborhoods north of Boston.

Storm impacts

Climate alerts – blizzard warning!

There is a blizzard warning (!) and winter storm warnings in elements of Connecticut, in addition to winter storm watches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Coastal flooding

Coastal flooding can even be a priority alongside the coast round excessive tide on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Some minor to reasonable flooding and splash over will likely be doable in low-lying areas. There are coastal flood watches in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Subsequent week’s forecast

Snow ought to wind down by Monday night.

Then, on Tuesday, we’ll see principally cloudy skies. Highs will likely be within the mid 30s. Just a few extra rain/snow showers are doable by midweek.