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I’m sure most of you would rather forget the 5 weeks we just had. I assure you, I am not one of them. While certainly not the snowiest period of weather we’ve ever had, it was right up there with some of the big ones. So instead of getting into numbers and facts right now, I’ll post some links on those things soon, so you can check them out if you would like to!

My previous blog touched on today’s weather, and we are now enjoying a mostly sunny and relatively mild day, but the enjoyment is being tempered by a gusty wind if you are outside. Also, as mentioned before, there are some really icy areas where packed snow partially melted, collected rain yesterday, then froze early this morning. I was able to stand almost at the top of my driveway and just slide down to the bottom. I have a bit of a chip-out project ahead of me this afternoon – and I’m out of ice melt. Ugh. 😛

Last night, many of you in eastern MA and southeastern NH saw lightning & heard thunder as a clash between warmer air to the south and cold air lingering to the north set off some thunderstorms, near the center of low pressure which cut right across eastern MA during the evening. Vivid lightning was seen, and made even brighter by the snowcover. Locally, a lightning bolt struck in my neighborhood, bringing the fire department to a nearby street. It looks like any damage done was due to a power surge. Some downpours accompanied these storms, but for the most part in this area, we escaped really heavy rainfall, which would have made the roof collapse threat even worse, as a heavy snowpack remained on many roofs.

Looking ahead, the week will start on the mild side Monday, with a few rain showers possible. But a cold front crossing the region will return cold air to the region by Monday night, and a storm moving northeastward along this boundary will bring a 12-hour snow threat to the region from about 11pm Monday to 11am Tuesday (except rain or snow over far southeastern areas). I’ll be looking more closely at this snow threat and posting forecast amounts later. There is the potential for a few inches in some areas with this system. Dry & cold weather is expected Wednesday-Friday. Some of  you may remember talk of a storm threat around Thursday, and that storm will certainly exist, but at this time it appears it may track over the ocean well east of here, and not score a hit.

There continue to be signs of a large scale pattern change starting about the middle of the month. A more zonal (west to east) flow in the upper level winds would mean somewhat milder and much less stormy weather. I’m not 100% convinced this is about to occur, but I’m leaning in that direction.

An evening blog will include a detailed Boston area forecast for the week ahead! Have a Super Sunday everyone!