Forecast time!

Ok, I've put this storm behind me, now it's time to look forward to warm, yet still stormy weather.

Today:  On and off rain and snow showers, limited additional accumulations to the north, highs in the upper 30s and low 40s south, 30s north.

Tonight:  Any precipitation ends, becoming partly cloudy, lows in the low 30s south, 20s north.

Tomorrow:  Partly sunny, warmer, highs near 50 south, 40s north.

Tomorrow night:  Partly cloudy, lows in the 30s south, 20s north.

Sunday:  Mostly sunny, pleasant, highs near 50 south, 40-45 north.

Discussion:

For the rest of the day, the biggest thing we will have to worry about is snow falling off the trees and power lines.  Additional accumulations will be light as temperartures are generally above freezing in most locations.  Tonight, be on the alert for slippery spots on untreated surfaces, I would imagine there is going to be some black ice developing.

High pressure will start building in tonight and this will make for a beautiful weekend.  All the snow across Southern New England should be gone by Sunday afternoon, lingering a bit longer in Central and Northern New England.  Temperatures will be a bit above normal under a good amount of sunshine.

Our next system will arrive Monday night into Tuesday.  A very strong low pressure system will make it's way across the United States.  I think we will see a major severe weather outbreak across the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys on Monday afternoon into Monday night.  Probably a significant tornado outbreak.

Southerly winds will pick up on Monday, pushing our temperatures up as a warm front swings through.  Along with the warm front we will have some rain, maybe a few snowflakes across the higher elevations of Northern New England.  Generally a rain event however.  This storm will swing a strong cold front through the region on Tuesday afternoon.  Not sure how much energy will be left with this front, but more showers and maybe a few rumbles of thunder can't be ruled out.  Conditions after the early week storm will quiet down for a few days with near normal temperatures.  Then it looks like a late week, early weekend storm of yet undetermined precipitation type and magnitude.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.

Almost done

Our messy weather is gradually winding down here in New England.  Northern areas will still see periods of snow for the next 4-6 hours.  Accumulations are falling within my forecast range so far, though not seeing to many reports of more than 8 inches.  The rain/snow line was a bit further to the south than I expected, though there wasn't much accumulation inside I-95.  There was actually a lot more snow that fell than is represented on the ground.  There was quite a bit of melting and compacting of the snow.

There will still be on and off rain and snow showers into the afternoon hours today, though additional accumulations will be hard to come by as temperatures will be warming up slightly throughout the day.

I'll have a full forecast update later today.

A view looking down our street in Hudson, NH.  Barely enough room for one car to make it between the trees bent over by the snow.

-Jon K.