Snow on it's way

The title may be a bit more ominous sounding than it's actually going to be the next couple of days, however, snow is coming.

Today:  Mostly cloudy south, partly sunny north, chance of rain/snow south late in the afternoon, highs near 40 south, 30-35 north.

Tonight:  Rain/snow mix changes to all snow south, snow showers at times for Central and Northern New England.  2-4 inches for CT, RI and Southern and Western MA(Southeastern MA not included), less than 2 inches elsewhere.  Lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s south, teens north.

Tomorrow:  Occassional rain and snow showers, accumulations of 1-3 inches possible across the interior of Central and Northern New England, highs around 40 south, mid 30s north.

Tomorrow night:  Rain and snow showers come to an end, lows in the 20s south, teens north.

Friday:  Partly sunny, highs in the mid and upper 30s south, low 30s north.

Discussion:

So winter doesn't want to give up just yet, just ask the folks in the Upper Midwest.  Several places there received at least a foot of snow.  Fortunately we are not going to have to deal with anything of that magnitude.  There is a low pressure system extending a warm front across the Great Lakes down to NYC and then south of New England.  This warm front will be the focal point for the precipitation we see today and tonight.  The areas that experience rain and snow from this front will generally be confined to Southern New England and for the most part, extreme Southern New England.  Temperatures will be relatively mild, keeping the snow to liquid ratio low, thereby keeping amounts low.  If it were colder, there would be much more snow from this system.

On Thursday the low pressure center will push just south of New England and will start to wrap up.  This means that it will look like a Nor'easter for a short period of time.  As this happens, I expect to see a band of enchanced snowfall set up in a north to south orientation.  Wherever this sets up, those locations will likely see a few additional inches of snow.  Right now it appears that it will develop somewhere across the interior of Central and Northern New England.  My best guess right now is right near the NH/ME border.

So overall, this system will be more of an annoyance than anything else.  Any snow we receive will be gone by the time the upcoming weekend is finished.

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-Jon K.

Precipitation on it's way

Just a quick update for right now.

The precipitation will be moving in over the next few hours.  Many places should start out with a rain/snow mix or just all snow.  Gradually the rain/snow line will push northward over Southern New England, eventually making it as far north as Southern New Hampshire and VT by mid to late afternoon.  One thing that I see that morning is the radar looks much more impressive than expected.  I still don't think there will be too much accumulation south of Manchester, NH, but amounts north of here need to be re-evaluated.

As it stands now, 2 inches or less from Manchester, NH southward.  North of Manchester, a general 3 to 5 inches is expected with isolated spots getting as much as 7 or 8 inches.

I'll have an update on the rest of the week later today.

-Jon K.