EAST HARDWICK – More cold temperatures arrived just in time for the weekend, with wind chills both Sunday and Monday mornings in the 20s below zero locally. Some light snow passed through on Saturday morning with the arrival of a cold front ushering in the Arctic airmass and some stronger winds. This led to the issuance of cold weather advisories.
photo by Paul Fixx
The intensely cold air does retreat this week, leaving temperatures to moderate. As we make that transition, a clipper system crossing the crossing New England today and its lingering trough will bring snow showers to the region that will end by sunset. From there, a large area of high pressure maintains its influence through the weekend with mostly sunny skies, calm winds, and temperatures only sightly below normal, which will seem tolerable in comparison to what the past several days were like.
The next area of focus becomes a low-pressure area that develops over Texas and ejects to the mid-Atlantic by late Sunday. Model trends and spread seem to have this system staying well to our south, with increasing clouds occurring later in the day on Sunday. There’s still time for things to change; but dodging another snowstorm makes sense with the influence of our fair-weather system for the duration. Here are the forecast details:
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Additional 1-2 inches of accumulation. High: 25. Low: 12. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny. High: 21. Low: 8. Northwest wind 5-10 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High: 27. Low: 9. Calm wind.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High: 30. Low: 8. Calm wind.
Sunday: Partly sunny. High: 32. Low: 17. Light and variable wind.
