An active weather pattern takes hold this weekend with a mix of rain, freezing rain, and milder temperatures before colder air returns for the start of 2025. Let’s break down the details.
Saturday: Freezing Rain Concerns
- Timing: Light freezing rain arrives overnight, with icy spots developing pre-dawn Saturday and lasting through mid-morning through the interior valleys especially.
- Locations at Risk:
- North & west of Boston: Merrimack Valley, Nashua, Concord.
- Southern Maine & southeast New Hampshire.
- Western Mass & Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley.
- Impact: Trace amounts of ice (a few hundredths of an inch) may create slick untreated surfaces.
Sunday: Milder with Scattered Rain
- Morning: A band of rain lifts northward, bringing a mild day with highs in the 50s south and 40s north.
- Evening: Showers move in again, continuing into Monday morning.
Monday: Rainy and Windy
- Expect steady rain and mild highs (50s for many) Monday morning into midday.
- A brief window of wind gusts 40-45 mph in parts of western and southern New England Monday morning to midday may result in pockets of isolated outages/damage.
New Year’s Eve and Day: Watching for Snow
- New Year’s Eve Night: Temperatures in the 30s. Timing is key—precipitation looks like it may hold off until after the ball drops (perhaps not in far southwest New England)
- New Year’s Day: Right now, indications are that northern New England will have a shot at accumulating snow with rain likely farther south. Ofcourse, this depends on track & intensity of the storm. Either way, it is a fast moving disturbance so should be wrapping up fairly quickly NYD.
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