Messy weekend storm to convey snow, ice and rain – Boston Information, Climate, Sports activities

Prepare for an impactful weekend storm!

First, let’s speak about your Valentine’s night time plans. Temperatures will go from the 20s within the night, however with that whipping wind, that’ll really feel like the kids. In a single day precise low temperatures will get right down to the kids.

Your Saturday will likely be a cold one with highs solely reaching the higher 20s and low 30s. It gained’t be as windy, nevertheless it gained’t be almost as vibrant. Clouds will likely be round forward of the anticipated snow Saturday night time.

Scattered, gentle snow strikes in from the west to the east from 5-8 p.m. That gained’t be the worst of the storm. In actual fact, that’ll be the least impactful time of the storm.

The snow turns into heavier and extra widespread previous 10 p.m. and that can churn in a single day. Nonetheless, towards early Sunday morning, we’ll see a change in precipitation. That change from snow to a wintry combine, sleet and freezing rain will occur first from the south as early as 2/3 a.m. for the islands. Because the morning progresses, that sleet and freezing rain line will advance north. Finally, areas farther south than that, will make the swap over to plain rain.

Earlier than that changeover occurs and compacting and melting of the snow happens, most of us will decide up 3-6″ of snow with lesser totals the place the snow ends the earliest throughout the southeast.

A whole lot of Sunday will likely be marked by that changeover from snow to a combination, sleet and freezing rain.

That’s when the ice will accumulate, and that’s when street circumstances will endure considerably.

Will probably be very location dependent, however as we get into Sunday night, plain rain is probably going south and east with snow or freezing rain and sleet lingering north and west.

Sunday would be the worst day this weekend with these icy circumstances anticipated.

With bushes coated in ice comes a danger for some energy outages, too, so in the event you dwell in Worcester and Middlesex counties particularly, I’d hold your electronics charged up.

Excessive temperatures Sunday will likely be extensively variable because it’s a heat entrance bringing the change in precipitation. It’ll be coldest within the 30s north and west of Boston whereas the southeast, Cape and the islands will likely be a lot hotter within the 40s. However beware Sunday night time. Temperatures will come crashing down. So whether or not you primarily get snow/sleet, or primarily get a combination/rain Sunday, all of it can freeze up Sunday night time. With excessive temperatures not making it out of the 20s Monday, each floor that goes untreated will keep frozen.

In consequence, Monday’s commutes may very well be fairly icy. Ensure that to go sluggish.

After Monday now we have our subsequent Arctic blast. Tuesday by means of Thursday morning lows will likely be within the single digits and teenagers with highs solely within the 20s. Our subsequent likelihood for a storm comes once more Thursday into Friday morning.