As we bid adieu to the Pats and thank them for a season that cemented them as the best of all time, we also got a birds eye view of the tremendous amount of snow in downtown Boston from Sky 7, our helicopter.
Now with talk of more snow in the forecast, folks are ready to evacuate the city. But before you pack your bags, hear me out.
First up, this front and accompanying snow showers for tomorrow. Just a few of them passing by through midday. May be enough to put down a coating to 1″ for most of us. And as a reminder, this is a front, so there might be some bursts of snow or a few squalls that charge through instead of a band of light snow. Either way, the cold has me more concerned than the front or any amount of snow.
Bitterly cold wind will drop wind chills into the single digits below zero by nightfall. We’ll enter the danger zone overnight as the wind chills drop to 10-15 below and air temperatures drop near 0.
Oddly, it’s a keen setup for a big snow too. This is a unique situation developing too. High pressure to the north, low pressure far to the south. What could go wrong? Plenty. Winds will turn in from the east/northeast and ocean effect will start up. Coupled with the storm to the south rubbing up against us (but never hitting us directly), we should see snow. Normally, this would be the end of the discussion, but this is a slowly evolving snow event. The psyche will take a hit on this one as the snow falls from Saturday afternoon to Tuesday night.
But the pacing is key here. I expect very little accumulation from Saturday through Sunday. When the storm comes close Monday, however, we could quicken up the accumulation and talk about some heavier bands, etc. There seems to be enough hours of steady snow to accumulate a foot in some spots, but I’m certainly not ready to put up a snow map just yet.
That’s why I have a support staff of 3 other meteorologists. #passthebuck
Pete