Good morning folks, our little light snow system has trended weaker overnight, and while a coating to an inch or two is still possible in our region, I think that will be mostly relegated to high terrain areas like the Taconics, Berkshires, Litchfields, southern Greens and Worcester Hills.

Still, a period of light snow or light snow showers is expected, but radar is looking rather feeble.

After this minor morning event passes by us toward mid-day, the main story will be (and is, really) the Arctic cold that is going to be delivered to our region tonight through Tuesday morning thanks to incoming potent high pressure.

Highs today will reach the mid 20s to mid 30s, but then fall back and crash tonight as the heart of this cold blast moves into the region.

Luckily there’s not a lot of pressure differences to produce strong winds and even worse wind chill readings.

It’ll be a bit breezy, but regardless, lows are going to plummet into the -10º to 5º range for one final reminder of the very cold Winter season of 2025-26 that is now beginning to set sail into the rearview mirror.

After such a cold start overnight, Monday will feature highs only in the upper teens to upper 20s under mostly sunny skies, followed by one last cold night with lows in the single digits to near 10º.

Once we reach Tuesday, our high pressure cell will be southeast of New England out to sea, which will place us on its mild side, as it directs southwest flow into our region.

Highs will still reflect remnant cold from this Arctic blast, hanging mainly in the 30s as clouds increase and precipitation arrives by Tuesday early afternoon.

At this point, we should probably start as snow and may even see a coating to an inch or two, but I think the valley will probably switch to rain pretty quickly, with a chance for snow or ice to hold longer along and north of the Rt. 2 corridor, especially at elevation as we move into the evening.

Lows will be near freezing Tuesday night, and then that system will pass us by to the east.

In its wake, The Mildening deepens, as we surge through the mid to upper 40s Wednesday and into the upper 40s to mid 50s for Thursday through Saturday, so the snow pack is going to start lowering, and the potential for freshet flooding will be increasing as CT River ice is still present.

Have a great day!

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