Good morning folks, please post your reports below of what you saw overnight, how much ice accretion, or sleet/snow accumulation, and how the roads are where you are. Generally speaking, south of the Pike (at least in the valley) seemed to stay mostly rain, with the wintry impacts relegated to north of the Pike.

For our weather today, we’ll see isolated or patchy light showers, drizzle or fog at any point today or tonight, with dry periods as well. Cloudy skies will reign, and highs will only reach the upper 20s to mid 30s, which is to say, they won’t rise much from here, nor will they sink much, with lows in the 25-30º range.

I am also concerned for one more night of more pervasive black ice formation with lingering wet surfaces, and just the general crust of ice and any accumulations of sleet/snow refreezing or lingering in place, so watch out for slick spots tonight and early Saturday morning.

In other words, we’ve got one more 24-hour period to grind through before we get some relief I the Saturday to Tuesday timeframe, which will feature much milder temperatures, and one bout of overnight rainfall Saturday night.

And this writer, as much as he loves snow and winter, is most ready for The Mildening.

For Saturday, it looks like a mostly cloudy day with highs in the 45-50º range as southwest flow takes hold and kicks out the cold air mass that was dammed southwestward and into our region overnight by that New Brunswickian cold high pressure cell.

A few peeks of sun are possible, but a milder day is expected, followed by a frontal boundary that will bring a line of showers and downpours through the region Saturday night either side of midnight. I also wouldn’t be surprised if we heard a thunderclap here or there. Lows will be in the low 40s.

Sunday looks even nicer, and is the pick of the weekend with partly to mostly sunny skies after early morning clouds, with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and lows in the 30s.

After that, high pressure to our south grabs hold even more deeply, and pumps even milder temps into the region, which will start to evaporate the deep snow pack across the region.

Highs should reach the low 50s to low 60s Monday and Tuesday with sunshine expected, and lows near 40º.

By Wednesday or Thursday we may be dealing with a back door cold front which may cause a wide difference in temps from northeast to southwest in our region, and some showers are also possible by mid-week, but I will sort that out as we get closer.

The bottom line is that after this mild stretch, it does look like we have another cold shot in Winter’s tank (of course!), and it looks to turn colder by late week into the following weekend. Lastly, I am looking at some active signals for that 3rd week in March, so at least one more winter storm cannot be ruled out, but at least we’ve started the seesaw into Spring!

Have a great day!

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
― Joseph Campbell

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Mixed precipitation has wound down for the most part
–Some patchy fog or drizzle or a few light showers possible today
–Some of those may be of the freezing variety in higher terrain areas
–Highs upper 20s to mid 30s
–Black ice formation tonight will cause slippery areas
–Lows 25-30º
–Milder this weekend, with mostly cloudy skies Saturday, highs 45-50º and lows in the low 40s
–Clouds thicken Saturday night and toward midnight a batch of heavier showers will move through the region… can’t even rule out a thunderclap
–Sunday is milder, sunnier, highs upper 40s to mid 50s, lows in the 30s
–Monday and Tuesday look lovely with sunshine and highs in the low 50s to low 60s
–A backdoor cold front may cool us down by mid-week and bring some showers, as colder air returns late week
–It’s a long way off, but the third week is looking cold for New England, and so I will be watching for a late-season winter storm potential

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:17am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 5:46pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 11 hours and 29 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SET AT: 7:24am this morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 9:30pm tonight
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (90.5%)