Good morning everybody, we’ve got multiple hazards to deal with today including morning patchy freezing fog, freezing drizzle followed by the arrival either side of noon of rain and high-terrain snow or rain/snow mix transitioning to wet snow from north to south and possibly freezing rain or sleet in areas south of the Pike down into northern CT. Snowfall totals are coming down somewhat in relation to what I wrote about last night.

We have had dense fog this morning in spots and with temps in the upper 20s to low 30s, there have been slick spots that have developed along with some patchy freezing drizzle or very light freezing rain showers in a few spots, so be aware of your surfaces when traveling.

Temps will come up more into the middle 30s for highs (though some in the high and northern terrain may hang in the lower half of the 30s) and eliminate those morning icy threats. However, a frontal boundary will approach by late morning to early afternoon and push periods of cold rain and high terrain wet snow or mix into our region.

As mentioned last night, low pressure far to our northwest will help push today’s precipitation band further south, such that far northern CMass into much of SWNH and the northern parts of SVT may see little to no impacts from this system, maybe a coating to an inch or so of snow.

Correspondingly, this means northern CT will get more under this incoming precipitation band but that part of our region will be milder so rain will first change to freezing rain or sleet as the colder air drains south late this afternoon and tonight, and finish with some snow.

All in all, I am trimming those higher totals off the top, and going with an overall coating to 3” of wet snow after a period of rain or mix this afternoon then changes to wet snow from north to south and from high terrain to low terrain into tonight, ending by or before midnight.

There’s also a chance for a final burst of snow in south of the Rt. 9 corridor in MA or northern CT after 8pm, but I will keep an eye on it.
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As for tomorrow, it looks lovely! Highs in the mid 30s to low 40s, mostly sunny skies, and lighter winds will make for a lovely later February day! Lows will drop into the low to mid 20s as we cloud back up.

Friday weather will go downhill as a Miller B type storm set up starts with low pressure out near Ohio and extends a warm front east towards our region, sending snow and mixed precipitation in here by late morning to early afternoon.

Temps should hang in the low to mid 30s on the northern side of the front (i.e. our region) and we could see some decent intensity with wet snow falling, though some areas along and south of the Pike could rain or mix for a time in the afternoon.

The key to this system is if a weaker secondary low can form to our south later in the afternoon and evening, and if so, that will hold colder air into the region and keep us as or turn us back to snow, so a light to moderate snowfall impact is still possible.

That ends by early Saturday morning, but upper level energy may continue to produce scattered snow showers on Saturday and Saturday night, dissipating by Sunday with highs over the weekend well into the 30s for Saturday, and then the upper 20s to mid 30s by Sunday, with lows in the upper teens to mid 20s.

Finally, the Sunday night into Monday storm at the moment looks like it will be steered by a positively-tilted trough, or “nose-down” set up, which encourages storms to go out to sea vs. neutral or negative tilt setups, which “leans back” in the upper level pattern and pulls storm north into New England.

I will keep an eye on it because like the storm that came after our big snowfall of the winter and missed us, this one also could become a blizzard so I will keep you updated.

Have a great day and remember that I am always thinking about your safety, and I want to keep showing up for you through all of our storms.

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YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Patchy freezing fog or drizzle this morning, watch for slippery spots
–Valley rain and high terrain snow or mix arrives late morning to early PM today
–Main precip band location is likely going to shift south into northern CT
–Rain changes to snow or freezing rain depending on your latitude and altitude
–A coating to 3” should do it for most, with a few spots over 3” in northwest MA
–Precip ends by midnight, lovely Thursday to follow with highs 35-42º
–Clouds build Thursday night with more snow, ice and rain for Friday afternoon and evening
–More accumulating snow expected for some, a light to moderate event
–Snow showers may linger this weekend, especially Saturday and Saturday night
–Highs 35-42º Saturday, then only upper 20s to mid 30s Sunday, lows upper teens to mid 20s both nights
–Sunday night into Monday big snowstorm likely out to sea or light to moderate impacts south of the Pike, will keep you updated

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS:
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:43am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 5:25pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 10 hours and 42 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON ROSE AT: 6:53am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 5:47pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (0.1%)

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