Sunday, February 20, 2011

Quick shot of snow...

As I said the other day, winter isn't over yet.  It's still February and mother nature is going to prove that tomorrow.  That is, if you could tell by how cold it was this morning.

I apologize for not updating yesterday, had some issues with the furnace.  A new one is coming....fun.

Anyway, we'll have a pleasant, but chilly  and breezy day today.  Temperatures should hit 30 in most locations, but it definitely won't feel that warm.  Late afternoon today, we may start to see a few high clouds move in from the west ahead of an impending low pressure system scheduled to arrive early on Monday morning.

This storm system will pass just south of New England on Monday, leaving the majority of the region on the cold side of the storm.  This means snow for nearly all of Southern and Central New England.  The south coast of New England may see a time of wintry mix before changing over to mainly rain.  Further north, I don't think there will be much snow as the precipitation will be densely packed closer to the center of the low.

The snow should move in around 3 AM or so on Monday morning and continue through roughly the noon hour.  Fortunately this system will be moving so quickly, it won't have much time to put down a heavy coating of fresh snow.  The location that looks like they'll see the most snow is Southern MA and Northern CT.  Amounts in this area should be between 2-5".  North of I-90 into Southern NH, I'm expecting 1-3".  So this should be a major problem, but I expect the roads to be a little slippery tomorrow for the morning commute.

Beyond Monday, temperatures will stay chilly into Thursday.  Our next chance at unsettled weather will come on Friday and by then, temperatures will have risen dramatically.  This warm up is coming with rain however, and I'm getting more and more concerned about flooding late this coming week.  The track of this system could change, but the models have been quite consistent with it for at least 3 days now.

I'll provide an update either later today or tomorrow as time allows.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.

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