We’ll thaw a bit, then slam the freezer door. The cold relaxes the next couple days, but a classic fast-flow pattern brings rain Thursday night into Friday, followed by a sharp west-to-east drop in temperatures Friday afternoon and evening – fast enough to trigger localized freeze-up on untreated surfaces.
Set-up & Timing
Tuesday: Quiet and brighter. Highs in the 20s and 30s with a lighter breeze than recent days; “feels like” mostly 20s (teens far north).
Wednesday: A quick-moving clipper brushes the North Country – coating to a couple of inches near/along the Canadian border (northern VT into the Crown of ME). Central/southern New England nudge into the 40s.
Thursday: Sunshine → increasing clouds; southerly wind turns gusty (still dry most of the day). Late-day showers enter western New England.
Thu night → Fri morning: A solid band of rain sweeps across New England. Totals: about 0.5–1″ east, 1–2″ west with locally higher pockets.
Friday afternoon/evening: The cold front charges east. Temperatures plunge from west to east, creating freeze-up potential where standing water remains. A brief tail-end flip to snow is possible in far northern/western New England as the colder air undercuts the departing moisture.
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