A cold front from northern Canada is sweeping across New England, with scattered snow showers and snow squalls today. Temperatures are holding the 20s south, and 10s north. Wind is increasing, gusting past 30 mph this afternoon.
Most of the time it's not snowing, but when it does it can come down hard, with brief white out conditions and icy roads in an instant. Squalls end in southern New England by 9 or 10 p.m. Thursday night could end up being one of the coldest nights of the entire winter.
Temperatures fall to near 0 degrees, with wind gusting past 50 mph at times. The possibility exists for scattered power outages due to tree damage.
If venturing outside, it's best to have many layers, mittens, hat, scarves and boots.
As the sun comes up Friday, the sky will have cleared and the wind will begin to diminish.
But wind chill values near 20 below zero will make it a challenging start to our Friday.
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By afternoon, the temperature will recover to near 10 degrees north and close to 20 degrees south, with wind of diminishing to 15-20 mph.
A storm system racing across the country arrives Friday night, with snow developing by midnight.
A few hours of heavy snow at the beginning of our Saturday could drop a quick 1 to 4 inches before changing to sleet and rain by mid day, if not sooner, in southern New England. The rain snow line will advance close to the Canadian border by Saturday evening.
Highs on Saturday will be in the 40s south, 30s north.
Rain showers, drizzle, and dense fog are likely Saturday night, with temperatures holding in the 40s south and 30s north.
Sunday is mild and windy in eastern New England, with temperatures in the 50s during the morning.
A cold front brings more showers, changing to snow showers west by afternoon, as a new batch of cold air rushes in Sunday night. Any slush around will re-freeze Sunday night, with low temperature in the 20s, teens north.
Monday will be sunny and cold with high temperatures in the 20s.
