SUNDAY-MONDAY UPDATE

Issued Saturday Morning

Lots has happened with this storm over the past 48 hours. What looked like a decent Nor’easter in the making, has turned into a fairly weak coastal storm for us, not strengthening until it leaves New England.

So, what does this mean for us? Less snow, less rain, and less wind. So let’s get into it.

TIMING- Precipitation enters the region beginning between 5-6pm as rain for southern New England. A little burst of snow moves across central New England towards the Maine coast and along the Maine coast by 10pm. The changeover to rain along the coast and snow to the north and west occurs around midnight. All is said and done by about noontime Monday with clearing skies soon after.

P-TYPES: Snow, on the heavy weighted side becoming less heavy the farther north and west you go. Amounts will on average be between 2-6 inches. Rain, heavy at times along the coast and throughout southern New England will result in about a half an inch to an inch.

WIND: During the storm we will see gusts up to around 20mph inland and around 40mph at the coast. It isn’t until Tuesday and Wednesday that we will see some higher gusts inland as a front moves through.

HAZARDS: No ice in forecasted from this with the exception of some mixture of freezing rain from time to time. Winds don’t look to be too bad so power outages are not likely directly related.

I will be sharing the model generated snow maps with you throughout the day so that you all can see just how much they are changing constantly with this storm. We haven’t seen any consistency across any model runs thus far, unlike with the last storm. Unless I have a strong opinion on something, this is how we will check the numbers with this one unless I create a new one later on if something becomes consistent.