Rainy for Most...
Our first storm system is working in to the Northeast in nearly a week. This storm will encounter some marginally cold air at the start before warming up considerably for the majority of the event. Right now, the sky has cleared temporarily across the interior and temps are slipping close to and shortly below freezing while closer to the coast the clouds hang tough and temps remain relatively mild. The storm system isn't very organized and will only deliver a couple of tenths of rain across the region so not a big deal but just enough for icy spots inland early tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for interior New England (N and W of Worcester) through 9AM on Thursday. After that, boundary layer winds should start to stir enough to mix in warmer air and convert all precip to plain rain. The wind will be out of the SSW and it will advect in warmth...temps by the end of the day will be 50 or higher!
Very early Friday morning, the coldfront will slip through and strong NW winds will bring in much drier air and then the colder air will follow. By the weekend highs will be in the 30s...for the first time this season...but hte air will stay dry and we will enjoy another storm-free weekend.
For those looking for a white XMAS, there will be a chance middle of next week and maybe another closer to XMAS. As for the middle of the week chance, while it will be a colder storm, it also shows some warmer signs and may be a mixer or even wet.
