Will there be a run on bread and milk within the coming days?
For the primary time in what seems like ceaselessly, there’s truly an excellent probability for a “significant major winter storm” to blast the Bay State early subsequent week, simply as February involves an finish.
Meteorologists might be retaining a detailed eye on the forecast fashions that present a considerable storm impacting the area from Monday evening to Tuesday evening.
“There is high potential for a significant major winter storm that could get underway Monday night,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Bob Larson instructed the Herald on Thursday.
“It looks like it will be cold enough for mostly snow with this storm,” he added. “It’s much too early to talk about specific snowfall amounts but suffice it to say, there is high potential for heavy snowfall.”
The National Weather Service forecast reveals a low-pressure system monitoring south of New England, doubtless bringing snow and/or a wintry combine Monday evening into Tuesday.
“It’s still too early to tell how much,” mentioned Alan Dunham, meteorologist on the National Weather Service’s Boston workplace.
By Saturday, forecasters would possibly be capable to begin providing up a preliminary snowfall vary.
The forecast fashions are in comparatively good settlement on the storm’s timing and that many of the precipitation could be snow, the AccuWeather meteorologist mentioned.
“We’re going to have a lot to talk about in the days to come,” Larson mentioned.
It has been a remarkably gentle winter with nicely beneath regular snowfall for the Boston-area. But there was that transient arctic blast of record-cold temps earlier this month.
“Overall it’s been very mild, but you can still get cold outbreaks and big snowstorms even in a mild winter,” Larson mentioned.
Some components of Massachusetts on Thursday noticed shut to six inches of snow, as a wintry combine made issues slick on the roadways.
As of Thursday afternoon, the best snowfall totals have been recorded in northeastern Massachusetts, in line with the National Weather Service: Haverhill, 5.8 inches; Newburyport, 5.8 inches; Amesbury, 5.3 inches; North Andover, 5 inches; Ipswich, 5 inches; and Topsfield, 5 inches.
Another spherical of an icy combine was anticipated later Thursday and in a single day, doubtless resulting in a gradual commute for Friday morning.
Then an arctic entrance will blast via the world on Friday, with falling temperatures and wind chills beneath zero Friday evening. Gusty winds may result in some energy outages in western Massachusetts.
Cold temps are anticipated to linger into Saturday with excessive temps within the 20s, then not as chilly on Sunday with temps within the 30s.
Ahead of the potential snow Monday evening into Tuesday, the calm earlier than the storm through the day on Monday ought to be sunny within the 30s.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”