What snow we did pick up yesterday is melting away with temperatures above freezing. Some spots will sneak into the 40s today.
Wind steals the show today with gusts pushing past 40 mph late this morning and early afternoon before we peel those winds back tonight.
It’s a mostly cloudy sky tonight as Santa does his work. Christmas Day is fine and dry but breezy at times. As forecasts go, this one is pretty tame; it will be neither warm nor cold.
But give it a day. The cold slings in on Friday morning with wake-up temperatures that could rival the coldest air so far this season. Wind chills will be below zero pretty much across the board.
On Saturday, we’ve triggered a First Alert for a quick shot of snow. It won’t amount to much, maybe an inch or two – but with so many people on the move – we just wanted to give you the First Alert. The snow is with us in the morning, but we shake it by Saturday afternoon.
Sunday’s storm looks worse, arriving by late evening. It looks like it could start with a quick glaze of ice before turning to rain.
Possibly 0.10 inches of ice buildup is in the forecast for Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. Then with a warm surge of air the ice turns to rain.
The rain won’t be done with us until Monday afternoon by which time some spots will have scooped up nearly an inch of rain…