2:47PM
EDIT AT 6:00PM to remove THIS AFTERNOON and tweak final snow amounts…
Updated forecast for eastern MA, RI, and southern NH…
TONIGHT: Snow of varying intensity, heaviest in eastern MA and interior southeastern MA to northern RI. Rain/mix from just south of Boston along the coast through Plymouth County and over the eastern half of Cape Cod with these areas eventually turning to snow. Snow tapering off west to east after midnight. Revised total snowfall now that we can see the coastal front and precipitation banding setting up around the intensifying low pressure area…3-6 inches north central MA to south central NH, 4-8 inches much of eastern MA except a few locally higher amounts of 9 or 10 inches in interior southeastern MA higher elevations into northern RI, then down to a 2-4 inch band in areas that have seen rain or mix (maybe toward the lower end of this in areas that are last to turn back to snow), even lower with 1-2 inches outer Cape Cod and Islands. Lows around 30 Cape Cod and South Coast, 20s elsewhere. Wind NE to N increasing to 10-20 MPH inland and 20-30 MPH coast with higher gusts. Visibility may be very limited at times from blowing snow.
SUNDAY: Clearing west to east. Highs 30-35. Wind NW 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 10-15 inland valleys to 20-25 along the coast. Wind NW diminishing to 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY – NEW YEAR’S EVE: Mostly sunny. Highs 35-40. Wind variable 5-10 MPH. First Night Forecast – Clouds move in, temperature cools toward 30, light wind.
TUESDAY – NEW YEAR’S DAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of a few rain or snow showers PM. Low 30. High 42.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 22. High 34.
THURSDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Low 22. High 32.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and windy. Low 10. High 25.