snow squalls

Tractor-trailers and other vehicles lost control and slammed into each other, people leapt away from careering trucks seconds before collision and at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured during a snow squall on a Pennsylvania interstate Monday.

Overnight (Sunday): Few flurries and snow showers, windy, and cold. Lows mid-teens, wind chills near and below 0.
Monday: Very cold, sunny, windy. Highs mid 20s, wind chills in the teens.
Monday Night: Very cold, few clouds. Lows low teens.

The snow squalls moved in fast Saturday, taking some people by surprise.

Brief but intense snow squalls moved through New England on Saturday, catching some people off-guard with how quickly the weather switched from calm to blustery. Snow squalls are intense, but limited in duration, periods of moderate to heavy snowfall, accompanied by gusty surface winds resulting in reduced visibilities and whiteout conditions. While the snow squalls made for somewhat treacherous driving…

NBC10 Boston photographer Mark Garfinkel captured this time-lapse video Saturday of the snow squall in Winthrop, Mass.

Overnight: Mostly clear, windy, and cold. Lows low to mid-teens, windchills in the single digits. Sunday: A blustery start, mostly sunny, chilly. Highs in the mid 30s.
Sunday Night: Few clouds, breezy, and cold. Lows mid 20s to 30.

Snow squalls can create dangerous road conditions.

Don’t let the sunshine fool you, winter’s here to remind us of the date in the calendar as we had a 47 degree drop Saturday morning after reaching 61 degrees at 7 a.m. in Boston Friday. Now we’re left with wind chills in the 20s and snow! Our snow keeps shifting southeast, while light to moderate at times for...

Highs in 30s for today. Afternoon snow squall may cause gusty conditions and low visibilities.

Wintry mix with Highs in 30s, low visibility and dangerous road conditions for driving expected.

The wind will continue to ease Saturday afternoon as high pressure quickly builds over the region, with gusts up to 30 mph possible at times under a mainly sunny sky. The exception will be the mountains, where clouds develop and a few flurries are possible. Highs will reach into the 30s north, with 40s to around 50 degrees south. Saturday…

Today (Sunday): Mostly cloudy with late day and evening showers, mixed north. Highs in the 40s. Tonight: Showers, mix north. Patchy fog. Lows in the 30s. Monday: Morning showers, then blend of clouds and sun. Breezy. Highs in the 40s to near 50.

Hundreds of people were without power in Leominster, Massachusetts, after a tree fell amid high winds — just one aspect of wild weather to hit the state Wednesday. Intense snow squalls were seen moving through the state Wednesday afternoon, with 1/8-mile visibility reported in Gardner. They appeared to have broken up just before making a mess of the evening commute….

Today (Wednesday): Flurries to sun to an isolated PM snow shower. Highs around 40.
Overnight Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, stray flurries, patchy black ice. Lows in the teens, wind chill 0s.
Thursday: Biting cold wind, sun. Highs around 30, 20 north – wind chill teens.