Good morning folks, we’re starting off very cold in the single digits under mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s before we cloud up as a warm front approaches the region, extended far southeast of a low center that will bring a blizzard to the Great Lakes region, and then track northeast into Ontario and Quebec.

Along this warm front will be much milder temps that will spread into our region, first aloft, which will trap colder air at the surface tonight with the help of our antecedent snow pack and cold air.

We’ll cloud up by this evening, and freezing rain will develop as rain freezes on contact with our sub-freezing surface, causing ice glazing just about everywhere through the early pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, so travel is not advised this evening.

All you need is a glaze of ice to cause treacherous travel conditions, and lows should drop below freezing before rain sets in.

The warm front will push milder temps into our region at the time of an expected dry slot or lull in the later pre-dawn hours and very early daylight hours, before a cold front approaches with heavier rain by mid morning last into the early afternoon.

During this lull period, temps *should* be rising above freezing for many low elevation areas and most areas south of the Route 2 corridor allowing for a change to plain rain or plain drizzle until round 2 of the steadier stuff moves back into the region.

However, cold air is hard to displace, and while this strong storm is expected to push milder air into the 40s by Monday mid-day, and while I expect that to happen, some areas may see icing linger especially in northern MA, SVT and SWNH where up to a quarter to a third of an inch of ice accretion may form.

Rain and freezing rain ends by early afternoon as the front swings through, and colder air will work back into the region by Monday evening along with breezy conditions, scattered snow showers, and temps dropping into the mid teens to low 20s by late at night.

Tuesday looks very cold, blustery, and wintry with westerly wind gusts reaching speeds of 35-55mph along with highs only in the 20s and wind chills in the single digits with a few snow showers possible.

New Year’s Eve looks a bit milder with highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s with partial sunshine, but lows will drop into the teens to you’ll need to bundle for sure when heading out and about as we close up 2025 forever.

New Year’s Day likely features another cold front or a Clipper system swinging through the region with light snow possible and highs in the mid to upper 20s and lows in the upper single digits to low teens for New Year’s Night.

Friday into the weekend features fair weather and cold temps under mostly sunny skies.

Have a great day and below is your Nutshell:

–A mostly sunny start leads to a mostly cloudy finish as a warm front approaches
–Temps starting in the single digits will rise into the upper 20s to mid 30s
–Temps then fall below freezing after sunset, with freezing rain developing between 6-10pm from west to east
–Travel will become hazardous before midnight, as all it takes is a glaze of ice to produce very slippery surfaces
–Most areas in our region should see around .05-.20” inches of ice accretion, with up to a quarter or third of an inch in far northern MA into SVT and SWNH
–We get a lull after the later pre-dawn hours, and then an change to plain rain with heavier showers and milder temps moves in by mid-morning, lasting into early afternoon
–Some icing may linger in northern CT River Valley areas before a change to rain
–Highs reach the upper 30s to upper 40s on Monday, and then a cold front swings through the region by Monday evening
–Lows will plunge into the mid teens to low 20s with westerly wind gusts developing along with some scattered lake effect snow showers
–Tuesday looks blustery and cold with highs in the 20s, westerly gusts in the 35-55mph range, and wind chills into the single digits at times, so a very wintry end to 2025 with lows in the upper teens
–The Tuesday through Thursday period could produce isolated to scattered upslope or lake effect snow showers at any time, especially well west of I-91
–New Year’s Eve day looks breezy and cold with highs in the low 30s, and lows in the teens so bundle up for your NYE activities!
–New Year’s Day may feature another Clipper system or a front bringing some more enhanced light snow, followed by colder and fair conditions by Friday and Saturday with highs in the 20s

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