Sunday Afternoon Update: Snow Slowly Tapers, A Few Hours Before Deep Cold

Patriots on, snow still flying – thanks for checking in. For most of New England, the worst is over: it’s light snow with treated interstates often wet/slushy. The exceptions are Cape & Islands, where ocean-enhanced bands keep snow going and can still pad totals this evening.

A quick look at roads and impacts: across 495 west and along the Mass Pike into central MA, pavement is mostly wet with pockets of transparent slush—deceptive and slick, and we’ve seen crashes in southern NH where that film caught drivers off guard. Local/untreated roads, sidewalks, and driveways remain slick.

Snow reports keep rolling in via the app (thank you!): Rye Brook, CT 5.1″, Falmouth 4″, and Nantucket 2″ – notable as the snowiest day since 2018 at the coop site, with snow still ongoing. The storm center keeps sliding out to sea, but dry air eats away at the shield inland while ocean-effect sustains flakes on the Cape/Islands through tonight.

Refreeze is the headline this evening. After about 6-9 PM, temperatures tumble into the teens, and anything wet freezes solid. If you plan to move snow, get it done before it crusts. Overnight lows land in the single digits to teens with subzero wind chill nearly regionwide.

Monday is mostly sunny but cold – highs in the 20s, wind chill teens at the warmest time of day. A stray flurry may pop over the western high terrain. We’ll post one last update this evening; in the meantime, track the live radar and send us your photos in the app—your images help us ground-truth the forecast in real-time.