New England’s pattern of persistence will continue for most of the rest of this week with highs in the teens north to 20s south and wind chills in the single digits and teens. The winds will continue to crank through Thursday. Another long-duration upslope snow shower event will kick off for the mountains today, bringing several inches of new snow to slopes through Thursday. This all comes as a cutoff low continues to sit to the northeast, maintaining broad cyclonic flow over New England.
This meandering cutoff low will finally begin to drift away from the Canadian Maritimes into Friday into Friday. This will support broad cyclonic flow coming to an end for New England, allowing for temperatures to moderate and get a notch warmer than where they have been. This will also allow for a very gradual reduction in the winds as New England gets into brief and weak ridging. This pattern shift also seemingly opens the door for other weather makers to enter the picture after being dominated by the cutoff low.