Heavy snow is on its way Sunday afternoon. Some parts of Southern New England could see at least one to two inches of snow per hour. It’s too soon to say exactly where it’ll land or how much will accumulate, but parts of the state could see up to a foot and a half of snow.
Before the main weather event, it will be seasonally cold Friday — although, as the wind kicks up in the afternoon, it’s going to feel quite chilly. Arctic air filters in Friday night and, by Saturday morning, temperatures will be between 0 and 10°. With a wind chill, though, it’ll be between -10° and -25° in the higher elevations.
This will be get-your-attention kind of cold, and you’ll need to bundle up and cover your skin if you’re going to be out for any extended amount of time. But you’re not going to get frostbite from quick trips heading from the car into the supermarket.
Then all eyes will turn toward the Sunday snowstorm. Skies will become mostly cloudy on Sunday and temperatures will start in the single digits, reaching the teens and 20s in the afternoon. Snow should break out Sunday afternoon and continue overnight.
With the storm still three days away, where exactly the heaviest snow bands will land is unclear — but it’s possible they end up around Greater Boston or a little further west.
North and west of Boston, it’s likely the snow will never become anything besides light. But south of the city, the snow may get quite sticky for a little while depending on the ultimate track of the storm.
It’s still early for accumulation. But it’s not unreasonable to see over six inches — perhaps over a foot of snow, maybe even a foot and a half if conditions end up just right. It is unlikely that this becomes a storm with coastal flooding and power outages; it’s just not that type of system.
By 7 a.m. Monday, most of the snow will have already fallen and there may be a little bit of a lull.
Still, some things are impossible to know until the snow is on the ground. Will there be any mixing of rain into the storm? Where will the most snow fall? Where does the bulk of the accumulation end up?
By Tuesday, it’s back to sunshine. But with below-freezing temperatures forecast for next week, whatever accumulates this weekend isn’t likely to be melting anytime soon.
