Storm Brings Rain To Mass., Wet Snow To New Hampshire
BOSTON (CBS) - A tale of two different worlds right now - very heavy rain falling in most of Massachusetts and just across the border, heavy, wet snow in all of New Hampshire.
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Many folks north and west of I-495 woke up to snow this morning, and accumulations ranged between 1-to-4 inches before a change to rain.
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Over the border in New Hampshire where snow is hanging on longer, there will be 3-to-6 inches in southern areas and 6-to-12 into central and northern New England, which is great news for ski resorts!
TIMELINE
Rain will be very heavy in southern New England between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., with some embedded thunderstorms, especially in southeastern Massachusetts.
Temperatures rising to near 50 degrees combined with heavy downpours will mean rapid snowmelt and some very large puddles.
The National Weather Service has issued an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for all of eastern Massachusetts.
This, in anticipation of 1-to-2 inches of rain, which will lead to ponding on roads (especially near snow and ice clogged storm drains).
There will also be sharp rises in small streams some of which may approach bankful later this afternoon.
The rain will taper after 4 p.m. and colder air will start to filter in.
By 7 p.m. the rain will start to change to snow across our entire area.
CHANGE TO SNOW
Snow will fall for about 3 hours to finish the storm, perhaps leaving a coating to an inch or two in spots.
Roads will become slippery overnight as temperatures drop into the teens in the suburbs and to near 20 in Boston.
WINDS
Last, but certainly not least, we need to monitor the winds.
During this afternoon the strongest winds will be over the Cape and Islands where south-southwest winds will gust 40-to-60 mph.
We then will have a bit of a lull around dinnertime, while the winds shift to the north-northwest, ushering in the colder air behind the storm.
After 7p.m. our entire area will be under the gun for wind gusts 25-to-50 mph. These gusts will persist overnight, not subsiding until later on Saturday morning. These winds will certainly lead to some tree damage, limbs down and some scattered power outages.
WHAT'S NEXT?
A quick shot of light snow late Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Looks like a widespread 2-to-4 inches of snow. Then another warm, windy rain event on Monday afternoon - a busy weather pattern for sure!
