A number of inches of snow to fall this weekend – Boston Information, Climate, Sports activities
Our weekend is off to a pleasant and quiet begin! Snow strikes in tonight and continues to build up via tomorrow morning. Snow showers taper off mid/late morning with flurries nonetheless attainable Sunday afternoon. That’s the gist of our weekend. Let’s get to the small print!
As we speak is dry and nice to run errands or get exterior. Our chilly begin will result in a cold day within the low/mid 30s. Fortunately, the gusty wind from yesterday is gone. Gentle wind prevails in the present day. We’ll additionally see growing cloud cowl.
Our storm will come collectively from the snow showers close to the Nice Lakes and blended precipitation across the Mid Atlantic. That moisture will attain the chilly air locked in place throughout New England bringing us snow.
A Winter Storm Warning might be in impact from 7:00 tonight via 1pm tomorrow for a lot of southern New England. Snow might be heavy at instances and result in troublesome journey. A Winter Climate Advisory is in place for Cape Cod and the Islands the place journey might nonetheless get slippery. Journey disruption would be the largest impression with this storm. The worst journey might be in a single day via tomorrow morning. Previous 8 am, circumstances ought to steadily enhance.
Snow showers method the area round 8-9 pm. The snow protect will proceed to maneuver west to the coast by 10/11 pm. Temperatures help all snow at this level. Snow will come down a good tempo with 1″/hour snow charges undoubtedly attainable via the early morning hours. Additionally in the course of the early morning hours, some mixing will happen for the Islands. That may lower into snow totals there. Temperatures keep colder north and west, the place a light-weight and fluffy snow will simply accumulate. A gentle snow continues via about 7-8am. After that, snow tapers off from west to east. There’ll nonetheless be some snow showers within the morning, and flurries are nonetheless attainable for the afternoon.
Right here’s a take a look at the newest snow map. A lot of the accumulation will happen in a single day via 7-8 am Sunday.
This storm might finish Boston’s 6″ snowstorm drought that’s been going for 1000+ days. If we decide up greater than 5.2″ of snow at Logan, it could be the largest storm for the reason that 2021-2022 season. Though the seasons sandwiched in between weren’t spectacular snow producers.
Looking forward to subsequent week, it’s dry to begin the week. Temperatures keep chilly to chilly, so there gained’t be numerous alternative for melting. We’ll watch the monitor developments for a system Tuesday night time into Wednesday to convey snow. It’s trending south however might convey snow for a few of us. There’s a greater shot of wintry climate on Thursday.
-Meteorologist Melanie Black
