Wednesday 5:00: Forecasts have shifted dramatically this past week. Just 1 week ago the forecast was 50 and rain, now it is 33 and snow with freezing rain for Friday. There is some tricky parts in the forecast though. It looks like there will be a strong temperature difference between about 100 yards from the shore where the high will be around 32 or 33 and snow while even 100 yards offshore where highs will be in the upper 30s and rain. Amounts: islands and tips of peninsulas……………1-3″ Coast ( within about 1 mile of the water ) 4-6″ inland 8-12″ and mountains……………..7-9″. More updates in coming hours.
Tuesday 6:00 pm: New updates coming in this evening showing that this storm will bring some welcome relief from the “snow drought” this season. This system will be a classic Nor’easter with a stiff NE wind throughout the day thursday. This NE wind will bring a possible mix at the immediate coast ( Islands and tips of peninsulas ) and southern sections of ME and NH. Early snowfall estimates go as following: Coast………….3-6″
Inland………….4-8″
Mountains………….around 1′
Thursday has been a tricky forecast for the past several days but now the forecast has become more clear. The eventual type of precipitation is still uncertain and will depend on the actual track of the low. But we can eliminate some options. We can eliminate an all rain scenario for NE. Also we can eliminate an even partial snow scenario for the mid atlantic. It will be all rain there.
We are tracking some temperature swings with highs tomorrow in the lower 40s in the south and coast while highs in the upper 30s inland, in the north, and in the mountains. On Wednesday, high temps will reach freezing in most spots with below freezing temps north of Portland-Manchester-Syracuse-Buffalo. Thursday will feature rain anywhere along the 95 corridor. Mix is expected within about a 30 mile radius north and west of 95. snow can be expected north and west of the mix/snow line. The mid atlantic will experience an all rain event.
A quiet start to the workweek with sunny skies and mild temps. Thursday will feature rain moving in with this happening wendsday night for the mid atlantic.
Spotty internet acsess so this will be a quick update. After some NE snow, there will be a warm front moving through tonight bringing temps into the 40s for NE and 50s and 60s in the Mid Atlantic. Clear tomorrow with forecast temps above.
As we track a few flurries tomorrow and a quiet strech ahead, we turn our attention to a storm in the far future. Only as far as Thursday when we are tracking a rainy day for most. More details in upcoming posts as more accurate chart forecasts become avalible.
Frigid all down the coast especially NE with highs reaching around 20 at the coast and 9 inland and up north. Wind chills will be below 0 everywhere in NE this morning with wind chill values around 20 below in the mountain valleys and at the peaks as well as the far north. Increasing clouds as the day goes on.
Mid Atlantic:
Highs will reach into the 30s as far north as the Maryland-Pennsylvania border with 20s elsewhere. Cloudy in the north and partly cloudy in the south.
New England:
Cold! Highs around 20 this morning with a gusty NW wing ushering really cold air and keeping wind chills below zero for most of the day today and tomorrow morning. Partly cloudy skies.
Mid Atlantic:
Cold! Highs in the upper 30s in VA, lower 30s for southern New Jersey, Delaware, and Eastern Maryland. Northern New Jersey and NYC can expect highs in the upper 20s to around 30. Partly cloudy skies can be expected.
Today will feature partly cloudy skies with highs in the 40s in most of Maine with the exception of the north and the mountains. In the North and Mountains, temps will peak out a little above freezing. In southern NE, 50s can be expected. Gusty NW winds
Mid Atlantic
50s in VA. 40s to around 50 elsewhere. Partly cloudy. Gusty NW winds.
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