Thursday: Blustery with fair sky, a few flurries and northwest gusts to 40 mph. Highs in the 30s, wind chill 20s.
Overnight Thursday night: Clear with a wintry wind. Lows around 20, wind chill single digits.
Friday: Sun to increasing clouds, less wind. Highs around 40.
Saturday: Rainy, breezy. Northern New England winter storm. Highs in the 40s, 50s south.
The wintry winds have returned! This is a taste of the winter that never ends. Below normal temperatures will carry us into the weekend.
But that wind. Yikes! Wind chills are down in the single digits and teens Thursday morning, only recovering to the mid-20s Thursday afternoon. Winds themselves, besides biting, are surging to near 40 miles per hour at times Thursday. At least the sun's out?
We'll back off the winds Friday. Temperatures recover a little, but they stay below normal right into the weekend.
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Snow, rain expected Saturday
There may be a bump in the temps by Saturday as a juicy, windy storm comes to town. Initially, there may be enough cold air in place across central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire to see some mix/sleet/snow, but we're talking about a real water-maker here elsewhere.
Guidance is consistent with the idea of at least 2 inches of rain falling through Saturday evening. This is an all-day rain, so there are no dry spells, lulls or "taper to sprinkles" until we get to nightfall.
Thankfully, we'll dry out on Sunday. Can't promise a lot in the way of sun (same goes for Monday) thanks to onshore winds feeding a low cloud deck. And we'll see temperatures flop back to the 40s as well.
All in all, not the prettiest weekend to ring in spring. Let's hope we get a chance to dry it at some point this season.
