Winter lightning

That storm yesterday turned out to be impressive.  Something that I don't think anyone was expecting happened.  Lightning, and lots of it, in a lot of places.  There were lightning strikes from Southeastern MA to Northern New Hampshire.  I don't have any numbers of how many strikes there were, but I looked at a lightning map around 10 PM and couldn't believe what I was seeing.

There was also quite a bit more freezing rain and sleet in larger area than many people expected.  Thankfully this storm hit over the weekend so the impact wasn't as big.

Waking up this morning, at least in Southern New Hampshire, temperatures had already climbed above freezing, so most of the ice that accumulated is gone.  I'm trying to find some snow totals from Central and Northern New England from yesterday and last night, but I'm not having much luck.  If any readers out there have a guess or measurement, please comment how much and where you are below.

As for what is coming in the next few days.  Today is going to be beautiful, but a bit windy, if you haven't noticed already.  Temperatures should be in the 30s, with a few spots in Southern New England hitting or climbing above 40.

Our next chance for unsettled weather will come on Monday night.  The past few model runs have been relatively consistent and they have been indicating snow for much of New England.  This next storm will be rather large, but it appears will pass pretty far to the south and east of Cape Cod.  This will put New England on the cold side of the storm, but the amount of precipitation we'll see should be lower.  I don't want to get into too much in the way of forecasting totals, but I think somewhere between a 3-6 or 4-8 inch range looks possible at this point.

I'll be a busy today and probably won't have another chance to do an update.

Hope everyone enjoys the "big game" today, if you plan on watching.  Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.

P.S. - I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes, I was chancing a toddler around while writing this.