Blizzard! – Boston Information, Climate, Sports activities

Welp…..buckle up. We’ve got a powerhouse storm set to put down between one and two FEET of snow by Monday night! For a lot of, this can be a blizzard, the primary in over 4 years for Boston!

A lot of the area will expertise blizzard circumstances Monday morning. A fast refresher about blizzards, they’re NOT in regards to the quantity of snow for an space however reasonably, in depth whiteout circumstances.

This storm is a beast with the heaviest snow occurring between 4am and 10am the place the depth of the snow may method 4″ in only one hour! That’s bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. This chart reveals when the storm can be at its worst (by way of the heaviest snow):

The snow map says all of it:

The wind can be an enormous concern with this storm as gusts alongside the shoreline are more likely to exceed 50mph for a number of hours. Even effectively inland, throughout the Worcester Hills, occasional gusts as much as 50mph are possible:

For sure, journey shouldn’t be really useful for a lot of the day because of the heavy snow and robust winds:

The opposite concern with that wind is energy disruption. The snow can be chilly, gentle and fluffy in nature effectively inland (west of I-95) however alongside and east of I-95 the consistency of the snow can be wetter and mixed with the robust wind will result in scattered areas of energy loss:

Fortunately, this storm won’t stall however reasonably, carry on transferring and out of right here by Monday night time with sunshine returning to the area Tuesday. Stick with 7News, we’ll have prolonged protection by way of the day on the blizzard.

~JR