Weather in and round Boston will likely be seasonable however calm to start out the New Year, with largely dry days forward and only a slight likelihood of rain and snow forecast for Thursday, in response to the National Weather Service.
NWS Meteorologist Andrew Loconto informed the Herald that clouds lingering over the area since Christmas will stay in place by way of Monday, when temperatures will likely be barely above regular for New Year’s Day.
“High temperatures will be closer to the high 30s or lower 40s. That’s warm for the first day of the new year. Typically for the Boston area, high temperatures are around the upper 30s with lows in the middle 20s. So that’s warm for this time of year,” he stated. “Overall, things are more or less tranquil for the next three or four days.”
Winds will likely be calm Monday, although sufficient to clear the sky of clouds by night, when temperatures will start to fall to round 20 levels.
Sunny skies ought to ship the mercury again into the 40s by Tuesday afternoon, and the clouds are anticipated to remain away by way of the night. Overnight lows on Tuesday will possible fall again into the center 20s.
Wednesday’s climate is extra of the identical, although it may attain the center 40s by the top of the day. A slight breeze may additionally deliver clouds again into the area by night, and in a single day lows are anticipated to fall under freezing and into the higher 20s.
There is a few likelihood of rain that turns to snow growing after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Loconto stated, although at current the probabilities of precipitation are estimated at round 30%.
With temperatures forecast to strategy 40 levels on Thursday, any snow that does fall is unlikely to stay to the bottom after dawn on Friday, in response to Loconto.
“It’s just been so mild lately. It will take some time for the ground to cool enough for any accumulation,” he stated.
Freezing temperatures in a single day Thursday result in a cold Friday morning, when regardless of forecasted solar the temperature is anticipated to achieve no larger than the center 30s, in response to the climate service.
An as but undeveloped storm system may transfer into the area by Sunday, Loconto stated, however from the look of issues the weekend is about to be largely dry, if a bit chilly.
“It looks like Friday and Saturday, as of right now, look dry and rather seasonable. Temperatures generally in the 30s,” he stated. “The more active weather may come in around Sunday, but that’s still to be determined.”
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