Lots to cover as we head into the weekend. Friday brings a few rain and snow showers and a brisk northwest breeze that can gust to around 25 mph – highs in the 40s and 30s with wind chill roughly 10° lower. Upslope snow showers continue across northern New England, while the rest of us only see a stray flurry or quick shower. Friday night turns cold with widespread 20s to near 30 (30s on the Cape).
Saturday starts beautifully with sunshine before clouds increase. A fast-moving disturbance arrives late Saturday into early Sunday. Depending on your elevation and location, it may start as a brief wintry mix or burst of snow – especially across interior high terrain of southern New England and into northern New England – before changing to rain for central and southern New England. Northern New England trends colder: Saturday evening/night features more wet snow, then on Sunday the wettest window shifts offshore while central/southern New England dries out. On the backside, a colder northwest flow kicks in and upslope snow gets going again – excellent news for ski country.
Totals: a general 3–6 inches across a lot of northern New England from the backside/upslope, with higher pockets likely, and the Crown of Maine may end up 6–12 inches by Monday as snow showers linger. Icing: it doesn’t take much – late Saturday evening/night watch for light icing at the onset from the Lakes Region of NH (Newfound Lake) through Plymouth/Mount Washington Valley and northern/central VT, plus a few interior SNE pockets near freezing (e.g., Route 2 corridor). Melted precipitation (rain) looks highest across the far north (~0.5″–1″), with many others near ~0.25″. Sunday stays cooler than average; some lower elevations sneak into the 50s, while higher terrain holds colder.
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