A quiet period coming?

Morning folks!


I hope everyone had a good weekend.  We enjoy a gorgeous day yesterday, probably the best day we've had since sometime before Christmas.  We definitely deserve it.

We'll see another nice day today before a storm system arrives tonight.  Look for a mix of sun and clouds today with temperatures ranging from the upper 30s in Southern New England to upper 20s to around 30 in Northern New England.  Late today we'll start to see high clouds build in and these clouds will thicken and lower after the sun goes down.

Fortunately the storm coming tonight and tomorrow isn't packing the same punch it showed last week in the forecast models.  Most of the energy associated with this storm will pass well out to sea, south of New England.  There will still be some precipitation on the northern fringes of the storm, but amounts will be light.  We are likely looking at somewhere between 0.10 and 0.30 across New England.  Central and Northern New England will again see the highest snow totals with this storm, but those amounts won't be all that high.

The snow will start coming down lightly around 1 AM or so in Southern areas and by 4 AM everywhere.  It will continue off and on throughout the day.  There maybe a few pockets of moderate snow at times, but it doesn't look like there is going to be much in the way of heavy snow with this storm.  Areas southeast of a Portsmouth, NH to Worcester to Hartford line are likely not going to see any snow, or even much in the way of precipitation.  There is going to be a gap between the rain and snow.  Eventually the rain will make its way into Southeastern Massachusetts, but this shouldn't happen until mid morning.  By this time, temperatures should be above freezing so sleet and freezing rain shouldn't be an issue.

Alright, totals time:

North of that Portsmouth-Worcester-Hartford line through a line stretch Southwest to Northeast through Concord, NH:  1 to 3 inches

North of that line through Concord:  2 to 5 inches.

Looking further out, there was some concern of a storm late this week.  This looks like it is going to slide well to the south and east of New England.  Temperatures are going to be a bit chilly after the system passes by tomorrow, but we will have a good amount of sunshine.  Temperatures will stay in the 20s on Wednesday and Thursday, probably hitting 30 on Friday and then into the 30s this weekend.

Beyond this weekend, the models aren't showing much in the way of nasty weather in the Eastern United States.  There might be a few systems passing well south of the Northeast, but the majority of the unsettled weather looks like it will be focused in the Pacific Northwest.

More on tomorrow's storm later today.  Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.