A Solid Soaking for Most...
An area of low pressure is rapidly developing in the Southeast US right now and is about to eject northward through Southern New England as a powerful Nor'easter loaded with rain, snow and wind. The final track of the storm is likely to travel over SE MA...that's a warm track...and considering we are coming out of a very warm airmass and there is very little cold in the vicinity, getting snow in Central and Eastern MA will be very difficult. Because of that, this is a mostly rain event in those locals. It will, however, be a lot of rain...1-2+ inches...which will lead to some minor street flooding through the remainder of the night.
For Interior New England, rain will be changing to a heavy wet snow midnight or later...there will be several inches of snow, especially in elevated areas. For the Berks and the Monadnocks...3-6"...Worcester Hills 1-3"...but the mountains of Northern New England will see 6-12" of snow this is great news for skiers! As the storm is ending just before dawn tomorrow morning, there will be some wet snow mixing in from Worcester to Boston. There is a chance to get a quick coating on the grass, deck or car top but the storm will be gone by sun-up and accumulation will be very minor if at all.
With the storm center going West of the Cape and Islands, the winds in the warm sector very early tomorrow morning will be fierce...gusts to 50mph are likely and scattered power outages are possible.
The air behind the storm is cold (40s) but we really won't feel a real Winter chill until Saturday. A surface coldfront will slip through Friday night ushering in the coldest air of the season...the highs on Saturday will stay in the 30s and the winds will create teens and 20s windchill values. The air will moderate after a frigid Sunday morning through the 40s and we may get lucky and touch 50 again early next week. High pressure during this stretch will keep us dry and mainly sunny too.
