Friday Forecast

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7:48AM

DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 28-JANUARY 1)
Slippery spots from snow and a little freezing rain in portions of north central MA and southern NH will disappear as the temperature goes up this morning, otherwise its a wet Friday, though not an excessive rain producer this time. No changes to the weekend forecast at this time as we see it dry out, start mild, and end cold. A little unsure on the timing of the next system, which looks like mainly rain as milder air will rapidly advance back into the region New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. For now will split the difference with a forecast of it becoming wet before we lose 2018 and staying wet into the morning of the first day of the new year.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Overcast with rain likely morning and midday except early freezing rain north central MA and southwestern NH. Rain tapering off late day when clouds may break. Highs 47-54 occurring late day. Wind E increasing to 10-20 MPH shifting to S by late in the day.
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Patchy fog. Temperatures fall back slightly into the 40s. Wind S to SW 5-15 MPH.
SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. A passing rain shower possible early. A passing snow shower possible late. Temperatures fall 40s to 30s. Wind W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 15-22. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts. Wind chill below 10 at times.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 28-35. Wind NW 10-20 MPH. Wind chill near to below 20 at times.
MONDAY (NEW YEAR’S EVE): Sunshine followed by increasing clouds. Risk of mix to rain at night. Lows in the 10s. Highs from the upper 30s to lower 40s.
TUESDAY (NEW YEAR’S DAY): Cloudy with rain/drizzle morning. Partial clearing afternoon. Temperatures rise to the 40s to lower 50s then steady.

DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 2-6)
Earlier thinking was that we may be in a stretch of unsettled weather but current thinking is we may end up drier between split jet streams, one to the north, one to the south. Can’t rule out some unsettled weather at some point in this period, however.

DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 7-11)
A colder and overall drier pattern but a risk of snow showers about every other day from passing polar jet stream disturbances.

81 thoughts on “Friday Forecast”

  1. Thank you, TK

    Roads slippery in Sutton. The stairs, walkway, driveway, deck etc all have a thin ice coating.

  2. Good morning and thank you TK.

    Gloomy forecast, however, this morning seemed like a typical Spring morning with
    the smell of rain in the air and the birds chirping away. Sure doesn’t feel like Winter
    by any stretch.

  5. Same here this morning Vicki. Driveway, stairs, all ice covered, and some of the Branches on the hemlocks were slightly drooping. The temp at that time was 31 , now up to 36 and rising quickly.

    1. We are all melted with temp up to 41 but I crept across the deck to take trash out anyway. The other night I went out late and was caught off guard by a thin layer of ice.

  8. Thanks TK
    UGH is all I have to say. I am hoping the EURO weeklies and JMA weeklies pan out weeks 2-4 and give us something in the snowfall department.

    1. Here is my Meter….

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  9. My UGH meter would be there if it wasn’t for the 9 inches of snow I got back on November 15th. The pattern right now if your a snow lover on the UGH meter is a 10 with 10 being the worst.

      1. Some of the mets on twitter have been saying around that January 15th date winter will get going. We shall see.

          1. MLK weekend does seem to attract wintry events. I have been thinking the same thing. Always a timeframe to watch.

              1. That’s because if you take any 3 day period in January, there will likely be some kind of threat attached to it. 🙂 It’s not just that weekend. 🙂

  12. Pretty cool scene from the top of Mount Washington early this AM looking north towards Berlin and Gorham, NH…

    MWObservatory
    @MWObs
    Plate shaped ice crystals currently falling as virga over the region are resulting in the light from neighboring cities, ski resorts, etc to be reflected resulting in light pillars around us in the night sky. To learn more about these, you can check out… http://bit.ly/2Roi8WY

    https://twitter.com/MWObs/status/1078466880434782208

  15. @ericfisher · 18h18 hours ago

    Here’s a mind-bender
    Looked at every year that had 2″ or less in Boston through December
    Has happened 23 times
    Every single one had below average snow…except one year had 1″ above average
    First time for everything?

    @ericfisher · 18h18 hours ago

    In fact, 15 of the top 35 least snowy winters are in that group of 23. Hmmm

      1. Well, you cant verify a forecast or not before the weather has actually happened. There are still 4 months left to accumulate snow and Eric did say he expected later Jan and Feb to offer the best chances for snow. Most places (Logan aside) are actually not too far from average for seasonal snowfall at this point, thanks to the November storm.

  16. Mark I saw those tweets and not good if you want a lot of snow for the winter.
    BDL to get just above normal snowfall for the season would need 11 inches of snow in January February and March. Normal snowfall is 40.5. They have 8.2 for the season.

    1. I am still optimistic that things will turn around. The models looking out beyond next week at least would imply a colder pattern even if potentially drier.

      I would be content with more sustained cold and some occasional clippers dropping light snow across the region. As long as we can get out of this pattern of cutters. The ski areas will do great in a pattern like that where they have sustained snowmaking weather and can supplement with some occasional natural snow. This current pattern with warm spikes and rain every 4-5 days keeps setting them back.

      I still believe as well that we will be in much better position to get a couple coastal storms here later in Jan and during the month of Feb when some more pronounced blocking sets in. Definitely not waving the white flag when it is Dec 28 and we are only technically a week into winter!

      1. Not should you or anybody else . It’s a week in and absolutely nobody here knows the outcome . I believe the snow will stack up in time

  18. 12z GFS/FV3/CMC have a near miss with the coastal storm late next week (1/4-5). I would not rule out a closer pass with a period of snow similar to what the ICON is showing.

    Also, in the FWIW category, the 12z FV3 has follow-up snow threats on 1/8, 1/10, and 1/13.

  20. I wouldn’t trust anything beyond three days at this point.
    Couple days ago EURO was showing snow for Sunday and disappeared.

  21. 12z Euro now brings the 1/4 storm right up the coast with a benchmark track and it is a direct hit. Only catch…not enough cold air in place and it is a rainmaker for much of New England except for some snow accumulation in the mountains.

  22. There was a similar storm in January 2016 that did the same thing.
    You look at that as a snow lover and say to yourself we can’t win.

    2. JJ. I believe that was January 16 2016. It was the day we had Macs memorial. I was nervous since family was both flying in and driving a long distance. TK kept me from falling off the Cliff. He didn’t think it would happen. After he told me that most people didn’t realize just how close we had come to a huge storm.

  23. Moderate to heavy rain at times in the last couple of hours.
    Today’s rain so far surely has put us at more than 70″ of rain for the year!

    1. yup, while Logan sits at 62 inches. Something wrong there!
      most stations are at 60+ inches for the year, but NOT good ole logan.

  24. @ryanhanrahan · 47m47 minutes ago

    Congrats us? 149 days with measurable rain in the Hartford area this year. Not quite a record but the 3rd most since 1905. #nbcct

      1. Not surprising at all. Worcester airport is 1000 feet. The warm air is in aloft first. It’s in valleys that the cold air gets trapped. Hanscom is at a much much lower elevation than Worcester.

  26. Read CPC’s extended outlooks recently. Generally agree. The trend (is your friend) is to cold & dry overall as we go through winter. Ironically if you look way ahead in their outlook it almost looks like next winter may end up similar to this one but for different reasons. We’ll get into that later. 😉

    1. A lot of the review say it doesn’t work. You might want to wait a couple of weeks to see results from one of us

    1. Ok, clearly I am living under a rock as it was a while ago. Just saw a post on Facebook and apparently forgot he passed. I think I need a vacation.

      1. In all honesty I must have forgotten also. We have lost far too many. And remembering those special people is what helps them to live on

        1. August 4, 2017.

          I heard it as I parked for a Coldplay concert. August 4 was also the anniversary of my father’s birth. He was born 8-4-1923 and would have been 95 if he was still with us.

  32. Cold front coming through right now. Winds have really picked up gusting to around 25 to 30mph. Very dark out, but a dry front.

      1. Yup. I think their rain gauges is messed up as well as their thermometer, but TK says no. I seriously wonder????????????

        1. Everything there seems to be messed up now. Although the 0.33 and 0.40 are reasonably close and their amount is probably somewhat accurate, I have seen many questionable ones recently too. The temperature problems continue.

          1. Almost all surrounding stations are reporting
            60+ inches on the year, while Logan is reporting
            some 52 inches and change. That cannot be
            correct.

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