Is there about to be a run on bread and milk on the grocery retailer?
Forecasters are maintaining a detailed eye on a doable main winter storm which will pound the area with “significant plowable snow” over the weekend.
The nor’easter might dump greater than 6 inches of snow on elements of Massachusetts, in line with meteorologists who mentioned it’s nonetheless too early to find out the precise snow totals.
“It’s potentially the first significant snow storm of the winter,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist John Feerick informed the Herald on Tuesday.
“It could cause some travel problems, especially inland where we’ll probably see the highest amounts of significant plowable snow,” he added.
The probably spots that will see 6-plus inches of snow can be west of Boston, particularly west of Interstate 495.
After a dry day on Saturday, it appears to be like like some snow will begin falling on Saturday evening.
“It should be a fairly quick mover with most of the snow Sunday morning,” Feerick mentioned. “Then the snow should taper off Sunday afternoon.”
There remains to be appreciable uncertainty with this technique. It will depend on the precise monitor of the storm.
If the low strain system takes a extra southerly monitor, there can be extra widespread snowfall throughout the area. But if the system has a extra northerly monitor, then there can be the next likelihood for a mixture of rain and heavy moist snow alongside southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape and Islands.
“We’ll be honing in on the track toward the end of the week, and we’ll see where the highest totals end up,” mentioned Rob Megnia, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Boston workplace.
There may very well be a “pretty good amount of snow,” he added.
The final important snowfall in Boston was manner again in February of 2022, when 8.5 inches fell on Feb. 25.
“That could be in the cards for the Boston-area, but it’s track dependent,” Megnia mentioned.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty this far out, so I wouldn’t commit to any specific snowfall,” he added. “The forecast will have more details by the end of the week.”
Only 11 inches of snow was recorded in Boston throughout all of 2023 — the fourth least snowy 12 months within the metropolis’s recorded historical past. Cities from Washington, D.C. to New York City haven’t had an inch of snow in about 700 days.
This storm might deliver some sturdy winds alongside the coast, probably sparking some coastal flooding.
The foremost factor of the system was transferring into northern California on Tuesday. The system was anticipated to cross the Rockies after which the southern Plains.
“The low pressure system will head northeast toward us, with the worst of the snow north and west of I-95,” Feerick mentioned. “Virginia up through Maine could be impacted by this.”
Some forecast fashions present a 50% to 80% likelihood of snow accumulations of 3-plus inches within the inside portion of southern New England.
“Will continue to monitor but given the trends in the models and ensembles, it’s fair to say there are growing chances on some sort of storm system early Sunday morning into a good part of Sunday/Sunday night,” the National Weather Service’s forecast dialogue reads.
“Wintry weather is also looking more possible in Southern New England, but particularly in interior sections,” NWS added. “But there are still unresolved uncertainties in storm track and precip types/duration to provide any more specifics.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”