Snowstorm Friday Has Potential To Be Historic
The snowstorm Friday will be big, but will it be historic and rival some of the legendary storms of Boston's past? The short answer is it just might.
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The snowstorm Friday will be big, but will it be historic and rival some of the legendary storms of Boston's past? The short answer is it just might.
There will be no hype here, just the plain old facts as we see them right now, about 72 hours ahead of any sort of storm on Friday.
So the forecast for February at this point is for more of the same. Winter isn't going anywhere just yet.
We are in for one heck of a ride in the next 24-48 hours, the classic New England-style roller coaster complete with warnings signs and all.
A second wave of precipitation will likely keep roads a bit hazardous piling some ice on top of the fresh snow.
There will be a biting, gusty wind for most of tonight and again tomorrow night, producing wind chill values near 20 below in the northern and western burbs.
At this point, two coastal spots seem most likely to be affected - first, the seacoast of southern New Hampshire down to Cape Ann and second, the South Shore down to Cape Cod
By rush hour it should be snowing just about everywhere with a rain/snow mix along the immediate coastline.
Don't be fooled, this winter is a very LONG way from being over. In fact, I believe the coldest and snowiest days are yet to come.
The final storm of 2012 left its mark across southern New England Saturday night into Sunday with about a foot of snow in some towns.
Our first widespread snow event including Boston and points south since February of 2011!
Here's the latest on Saturday's storm.
Models have had a difficult time thus far nailing down a track for this one, but at this point I see two potential scenarios for Saturday.
A major winter storm is on the way to New England, one that has ravaged the South with numerous tornadoes and covered much of the Midwest in blizzard conditions.
With a few storms in the forecast, there's some likelihood of a white Christmas in New England.
The most popular question to our weather team lately - "Is there any chance of a white Christmas?"
We are in for a special treat Thursday night. The Geminid Meteor Shower is set to peak overnight, and is generally regarded as one of the best meteor showers of the year.
For the most part, this will just be a nuisance for the evening commute.
There will not be any major weather headaches this week, and the commutes should be fine, well at least the weather won't make them any worse than usual.
Our forecast will be complete with all the standard "ifs" "ands" and "buts" that all the others have, BUT we like to think that our forecast has an excellent chance of being accurate IF the atmosphere cooperates AND unfolds as we think it might.
I am happy to report that all is quiet in the weather department this week not only in New England, but for the majority of the country.
Quiet weather is expected not just in New England but across the majority of the country.
I think everyone would agree the Northeast could use a break and it appears that is exactly what is in the cards to kick off the holiday travel season.
With each and every snow event there is almost certain to be an area or areas where Mother Nature goes rogue and fouls up our nice and neat snowfall forecast map.
The first true nor'easter of the season is bringing snow along with strong coastal wind gusts to Massachusetts.
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