Clouds will be on the increase today as our next storm begins to intensify over the Great Lakes. High pressure will remain in charge through the early afternoon though with weak westnorthwest breezes and mostly sunny skies pushing temps into the mid 20s up north and mid 30s down south. Clouds arrive near sunset and light snow is possible in the northern mountains after dark, though accumulations will remain minimal.
With this storm intensifying over the Great Lakes before tracking up the Saint Lawrence Valley, it’s going to be mostly rain once the main round of precip arrives tomorrow though the usual foothill/mountain cold spots will be dealing with some freezing rain especially during the morning. I’ll go over the storm in a bit more detail tomorrow morning but impacts are expected to be fairly limited to patchy slick travel inland.
Today will feature generally quiet weather for most of the day before a weak disturbance arrives later this evening. Look for mostly sunny skies this morning to boost temps into the mid 20s up north and mid 30s south of Portland. A few clouds arrive around sunset before the disturbance moves in later in the evening. That disturbance will be giving moisture from Lake Ontario a helping hand over the Adirondack and Green Mountains such that we might see some snow showers by 7-9 PM. Of course these snow showers will be most likely up in the mountains, but it looks like even the coast could see some flakes. Any accumulations past a dusting will be confined to the higher terrain, specifically west-facing slopes.
Today will feature cool temps and blustery northwest winds as cold air reclaims its rightful place over New England. Temps will hold roughly steady for the next several hours in the low 20s up north and mid 30s along the coast before falling as the sun starts to sink a bit this afternoon. Winds will kick up into the 25-35mph range especially in the next few hours as the best overlap of diurnal heating and wind aloft occurs. That isn’t quite power outage territory but you’ll definitely feel it if you’re headed outside.
Cloud cover and precip will follow the usual upslope/downslope pattern with clouds and snow showers upwind of the mountains and partly to mostly sunny skies elsewhere.
A batch of precip is working its way through the area this morning and we’re sampling the full range of precip types from snow inland to a mix of rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain along I-95 north of Portland to rain along the coast. Snowfall totals inland are likely to remain minor, about 1-2″ maybe 3″ in some lucky spots, but roads will be slick if you’re headed out in the next few hours.
After this batch of precip departs midday, we’ll see temps climb quickly for those outside the interior foothills and mountains. By the time our next round of precip arrives from the west in the mid/late afternoon, it will be all rain outside of a few pockets of freezing rain in the usual cool spots from Fryeburg up to Farmington and Jackman. High temps will range from the low/mid 30s in those cool spots to the low 50s along the coast.
Generally quiet weather will continue today as a weak storm passes to our north. That storm will bring a few snow showers to the mountains this morning, and some clouds elsewhere, but overall not much in the way of impacts are expected. High temps will top out in the upper 20s up north and mid 40s along the coast where westerly breezes will help keep skies a bit brighter (at least in the morning).
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