A seasonable chill is in the air again this morning with a bit of a breeze out of the northwest. While that wind adds a chill, it won’t be as strong as what we saw yesterday afternoon as gusts hover around 20mph vs. the 30mph gusts we had yesterday. Highs run near 40 under a mainly sunny sky.
Tomorrow it’ll be a similar temp pattern with light winds, a solid winter day overall. Thursday will feel similar, but with more clouds advancing in.
Thursday night, any brief mix inland turns to rain, and that rain becomes widespread overnight as temperatures start to go up. Winds increase by Friday morning too as a very stormy day begins.
As a powerhouse storm bombs out across the Great Lakes, blizzard conditions will halt travel out there. For us, we’re on the warmer side of the storm, but with that area of low pressure to our west becoming very strong, it’ll help drive a very strong southerly wind up the East Coast, into Southern New England. Temps surge to 55-60 on that southerly wind, but that wind will be powerful Friday, gusting 50-60mph, strongest likely at the coast. At that level, isolated to scattered power outages are possible. In addition, the Friday morning high tide around 10:30am is astronomically very high, so minor to pockets of moderate coastal flooding is possible, especially along south to southeast facing coastal communities. Expect 1-2″ of rain as well.
The storm moves out overnight Friday, allowing for cold air to come crashing in for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. While a few ocean-effect snow showers are possible along the South Coast/Cape and Islands Saturday, much of the weekend looks dry. It’ll be cold, with highs in the 20s to near 30.
