Good morning folks, thanks very much for all of the storm condition reports yesterday and last night, and please do let me know what you ended up with for snow totals in your neck of the woods.

Our storm has ended and pulled east, with perhaps a few lingering flurries in the Berkshires, but we are in a drying process as that system departs to bother the fish, allowing partly to mostly sunny skies to develop in our region as our Saturday wears on.

Highs today with fresh snow pack will hang in the mid to upper 20s, and with clearing skies tonight, dry air and calm winds, lows will crash into the single digits region-wide which gives us a lower temperature base to work from as our next storm system pushes into the region Sunday night into Monday.

On Sunday, a powerful winter storm will crank up over the Great Lakes and head northeast into southern Ontario and western Quebec, causing clouds to increase in our region by afternoon.

This storm will spawn a secondary system over the crown of Maine and send a warm front towards the greater WMass region, pushing temps into the low to mid 30s but also pushing precipitation toward our region.

Temps are expected to settle down into the mid to upper 20s early Sunday night as the rain moves into the region, causing freezing rain to develop for many of us, especially north of the Pike in WMass, CMass, SVT and SWNH.

This will cause slippery travel conditions Sunday night early as ice accretion builds up on surfaces through at least midnight, when temps will start to rise again.

However, I have seen this process unfold many times in this valley, and cold air (especially with fresh snow pack) is harder to modify (meaning, warm up) and harder to displace, so some areas may hold onto freezing rain well into the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning.

The biggest icing threat is in northern MA, SVT and SWNH and ice accretion up to a quarter inch will be possible.

Otherwise, we’ll change to plain rain by sometime Monday morning, and rain should then cut off by afternoon with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s for a day prior to a cold front sweeping thru the region Monday night.

This will reintroduce colder air back into our region Monday night with lows in the upper teens to low 20s with northwest winds kicking up, and really cranking on Tuesday during the day. Gusts of 30-50mph are possible and with highs Tuesday reaching the 20s, wind chills will be down at least into the teens and perhaps the upper single digits. Tuesday = BLUSTERY.

Some lake effect snow showers are also expected in the western high terrain west of I-91 in NW.CT, WMass, and SW.VT

By Wednesday, wind will be mostly gone, and highs will reach the upper 20s with more sunshine, which sets us up for a nice but cold New Year’s Eve.

However, for those with plans on New Year’s Day, a light snowstorm signal is strengthening, and should that continue, we could see a 1-3” type of snowfall, but I will keep you updated on that as it gets closer.

Have a great day!

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