No Two Snowflakes Are Alike. That old saying is indeed true–especially for the larger snowflakes (known as dendrites) as they are a very complex creation within the atmosphere…I won’t take you down the rabbit hole as to how/why but it helps set the table for the blog this evening.
We do have another storm to deal with during a morning commute. Sure sounds familiar to yesterday but the timing is about as close as you can get with comparisons. A storm will scoot south of New England late tonight through early tomorrow bothering us for about 5 hours…from 5-10am. After that, it’s a mainly cloudy, cool day. Where this storm IS different is the air temperature and dryness of that air. Both temps & dewpoints are running about 5-10 degrees milder than Sunday evening (before that other storm arrived) and that means rain is more likely than snow. As of now, here is the snowfall potential for early tomorrow morning..
Out along the I-495 belt and west of there and that may be elevated, grassy, untreated surfaces! Main roads could be wet. Farther east, approaching 128 and into the city itself, it’s just a rainy (light) morning commute. As for travel, here is what I’m thinking:
Again, for most of you it’s wet roads not white roads. I actually think this is a decent way to ease into winter….no blockbuster storms where we frantically look for the snow sticks, shovels and sparkplugs for the snowblower, rather, just a brief dose of some very light snow.
After tomorrow we are done with the snow threat for the rest of the week but not the cold. In fact, an arctic front will blast into New England Friday morning preventing temps from climbing out of the 30s and we’ll hold onto the January chill right through the weekend.
Oh–more good news! Today-Saturday mark the earliest sunsets of the year…4:11pm. After that we do gain evening daylight (but still lose morning daylight until early January).
Time for some tacos.
Peace.
JR