Nuisance... But Certainly No Blizzard

Posted by Chris Lambert

The forecast for this storm has been quite challenging to say the least, but the trend has been our friend the last 24 hours, and that trend has been to reduce snowfall amounts. 

I don't have any major updates this morning regarding snow totals, although, one thing I do see is this being a long drawn out event.  One that doesn't completely leave us until tomorrow night.  With that said, for most, this is a nuisance storm rather than a classic blockbuster.

Storm Bullet Points:

-Showers and wet snow start between 4-7PM today

-Rain and snow becoming steadier overnight.... rain near the coast, including Boston, and could sneak as far inland as the 128/495 belts briefly. 

-After midnight, the rain/snow line works back toward the coast. With temps near or above freezing, most main roads stay wet.

-Wet snow for many tomorrow morning, then on and off wet snow in the afternoon.  Won't total much with temps in the mid 30s.

-Could be periodic snow showers with temps near 32 or below tomorrow evening... that could slicken roads.

- Coastal flooding not a major concern.  Minor coastal flooding or splash-over possible near high tide at 10AM Sunday.

-Winds gust 30-40mph tomorrow at the coast, but not nearly as windy as the last two weekend storms.

When it's all said and done, snow totals add up to 4-8" of snow along and outside 495, north of the Mass Pike, with the highest totals across the higher elevations of northern Worcester County and southern NH.  2-4" in the Boston metro area, and less south of the city.  That 2-4" in the Boston area is mainly on top of the decks, grassy areas and car tops.  With temps above freezing, snow will melt and have a tough time piling up on the roads.  That'll actually prove true for most other areas as well.  Should be a quick clean-up overall, but the salt and sand are likely required Sunday night as temps dip below freezing and left over snow showers still fly. 

Have a good weekend... for updates while we're not on-air,  we tend to tweet a lot.  Follow the 7Weather team: @clamberton7 @jreineron7 @pbouchardon7.

Like A Waterfall

Posted by Pete Bouchard

If you were caught in those 'cloudbursts' today, you had more than you could handle in the rain department. Torrents fell in a short amount of time - what we deem 'flash flooding' in the weather biz. Since it happens suddenly, the National Weather Service has adopted the acronym TADD:

Bam! Pow!

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Bam. Pow! Those were some nasty storms last evening with some towns in metrowest & the city itself blasted with locally heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong wind gusts. A cool front is the culprit and that front will linger across the region again today. That means another round of some scattered showers & t-storms likely.

Thunderous Start to Workweek

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heat and a bit of humidity fed a strong - and sometimes severe - line of thunderstorms today. By the time the dinner hour rolled around (6pm-ish), the storms had consolidated into a line. Everyone got a drink of water and a big drop in temperatures - some falling nearly 20 degrees in minutes!

Rear-view Mirror

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

As we exit our recent soggy pattern we do so with one more weather system capable of producing scattered showers & t-storms. This cool front is a slow mover (aren't we all on Monday mornings?!) up in northern New England right now. This slow moving front will settle into our part of the world very late this afternoon bringing a chance of some scattered t-storms between 4-pm. Until then you have a great day with mostly sunny skies along with temperatures in the low 80s. For some, a bit on the humid side for much of the day.