YEAH, IT WAS A LOT. IT WAS A LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHANCES OF US ACTUALLY SEEING A STORM LIKE THAT AGAIN IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT I THINK WILL BE SO MUCH MORE INFORMED ABOUT IT. AND ALSO, EVEN THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT HAS IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 1978. SO WE’LL SEE. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE FORECAST. WHAT I HAVE IS COLD AIR. TODAY WAS 28. NORMAL HIGH IS 37 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO THE SINGLE DIGITS. TONIGHT MEANS WE’VE GOT COLD AIR IN PLACE. WHICH IS WHY TOMORROW IT’S SNOW. BUT THEN THE WARM AIR IS GOING TO COME IN HERE AND CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND SOME ICE. SECOND STORM COMES THROUGH HERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IT’S LOOKING A LITTLE MORE IMPRESSIVE RIGHT NOW, AND THERE’S YET A THIRD ONE THAT LOOKS JUST ABOUT LIKE THE ONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. CLOUDS HAVE STARTED MOVING IN. THE STORM IS ACTUALLY OUT HERE. IT’S FAIRLY DISORGANIZED, BUT IT’S GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER. AND THAT IS ALL ICE THAT YOU’RE LOOKING. NOW THAT’S ENOUGH ICE OUT THERE THAT WE’RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT POWER OUTAGES GOING ON. BUT FOR US IT’S REALLY JUST MORE I’M WORRIED ABOUT A GLAZE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO TONIGHT THE CLOUDS WILL THICKEN UP. IT WILL BE COLD 6 TO 18 DEGREES FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW TOMORROW. AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY. WE’VE GOT MORNING SNOW AND THEN LATE MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BE CHANGING TO AN ICY MIX AND TO SOME RAIN. STARTS TO THE SOUTH, WORKS ITS WAY NORTHWARD AND THAT WILL BE ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS TOMORROW 30 TO 38 DEGREES, SO A LOT OF PLACES WILL GET VERY CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK OR THEY’RE ABOVE. SO I’M THINKING ABOUT 2 TO 4IN OF SNOW MORE IF YOU GET TO THE NORTH WITH SOME ELEVATION AND OF COURSE LESSER AMOUNTS AT THE CAPE WHERE THAT MIX TAKES PLACE FIRST. SO AS FAR AS ICE IS CONCERNED, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF ICE THAT BRINGS DOWN POWER LINES OR TREES. WHAT IT DOES IS IT PUTS A LITTLE GLAZE OUT THERE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. MAIN ROADS WILL BE FINE, BUT MAYBE YOUR SIDEWALK, YOUR PORCH STEPS. BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THOSE. TOMORROW NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW IS JUST KIND OF A 8 TO 4 P.M. STORM. SNOW MIXING IN. THE BIGGEST CONCERN I REALLY HAVE IS THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING COMING IN HERE. JUST BECAUSE OF THE SNOW THAT’S OUT THERE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ICE. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT STORM IS ON SATURDAY. COMES IN SATURDAY NIGHT. THE QUESTION MARK IS HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL GET DRAWN INTO THIS THING, AND HOW MUCH MIXING WILL WE HAVE GOING ON? THIS ONE HAS MORE PUNCH TO IT THAN THE ONE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FOR TOMORROW. IT WILL MOVE OUT OF HERE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SO AS I LOOK AT MY COMPUTER MODELS, I HAVE TWO WHAT WE CALL GLOBAL MODELS, THE EUROPEAN AND THE US GFS. THESE ARE KIND OF BIG LONG RANGE MODELS THAT WE LOOK AT. ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THE STORM, WE GET MORE HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS, AND THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT HERE. BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND THE GFS ARE LOOKING FAIRLY SIMILAR IN THE WAY THEY’RE PUTTING LESSER SNOW HERE. HEAVIER SNOW HERE. THE GFS, BY THE WAY, HAS BROUGHT ITS TOTALS UP NOW GETTING CLOSER TO WHERE THE EUROPEAN IS. SO I’M KIND OF LEANING TOWARD THE EUROPEAN MODEL AT THIS POINT. I’M NOT SAYING THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE TEN 12IN OF SNOW OUT HERE, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE’S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW AS YOU HEAD THAT WAY. IT’S TOO EARLY REALLY FOR SPECIFICS ON THIS ONE, BUT IT WILL BE ARRIVING AFTER SUNSET ON SATURDAY, AND THEN THAT SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY. SO HERE’S THE WAY IT BREAKS DOWN. THEN OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, TOMORROW, AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY WITH THAT MORNING SNOW AND THE AFTERNOON MIX. ON FRIDAY IT’S A WINDY DAY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING UP AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN WE’LL KEEP IT QUIET ON SATURDAY. NOTHING GOING ON UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN, HERE COMES THE SNOW. IT’S WITH US ON SUNDAY MORNING. MAYBE EVEN MIXING A LITTLE BIT. CLEARS OUT ON MONDAY AND THEN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE’S ANOTHER ONE COMING IN HERE. BOTH OF THOSE LOOK VERY SIMILAR. SO WHATEVER HAPPENS ON SATURDAY
Snow, icy rain Thursday could create hazardous driving conditions across Massachusetts
StormTeam 5 declares Impact Weather Day for Thursday.
Updated: 10:32 PM EST Feb 5, 2025
Another round of wintry weather in a series of quick-hitting weather systems will move in during the very tail-end of Thursday’s morning commute across Massachusetts and all of southern New England.”With temperatures like this, when it starts to snow, it can really kind of stick to the roads really quickly. So it starts to pile up really fast,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum.As of Wednesday afternoon, several schools decided to close Thursday because of the weather. Other superintendents are expected to make their decisions based on overnight and early morning updates to the forecast. Tools: Futurecast maps | Interactive radar | Alerts | ClosingsThe National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory until 7 p.m. Thursday for all of Massachusetts except for the Cape and Islands. “This will be a tricky storm for schools to handle, even though it won’t be that big of a storm,” StormTeam 5 Meteorologist A.J. Burnett said. “It won’t be snowing when you wake up, but it will be snowing at a pretty good clip for a couple of hours during the school day, making for challenging road conditions.”Snow will fill in between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. A general 2-4 inches of snow may accumulate before changing to sleet or rain, making for slippery conditions during the late morning and midday. “We could throw some rain on top of some cold surfaces and that’s where I’m really concerned about glazing in the middle part of the day,” said Wankum.StormTeam 5 has declared an Impact Weather Day for Thursday.”It can throw you off because you could be driving along, thinking the road is just perfectly fine, but if it’s untreated and you have a little glaze like that, it can make things very slippery, very fast,” Wankum said. StormTeam 5 Meteorologist David Williams echoed this, saying that it would be “hazardous” on the roads between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday. The snow and freezing rain should be over in time for the evening rush, but what will fall before the commute will have an impact on many area roads.There will be some slick spots on the roadFriday will be mostly sunny, with temperatures reaching nearly 40 degrees, which will allow for plenty of melting.A second chance for snow and rain is in the forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning.
NEEDHAM, Mass. —Another round of wintry weather in a series of quick-hitting weather systems will move in during the very tail-end of Thursday’s morning commute across Massachusetts and all of southern New England.
“With temperatures like this, when it starts to snow, it can really kind of stick to the roads really quickly. So it starts to pile up really fast,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum.
As of Wednesday afternoon, several schools decided to close Thursday because of the weather. Other superintendents are expected to make their decisions based on overnight and early morning updates to the forecast.
Tools: Futurecast maps | Interactive radar | Alerts | Closings
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory until 7 p.m. Thursday for all of Massachusetts except for the Cape and Islands.
“This will be a tricky storm for schools to handle, even though it won’t be that big of a storm,” StormTeam 5 Meteorologist A.J. Burnett said. “It won’t be snowing when you wake up, but it will be snowing at a pretty good clip for a couple of hours during the school day, making for challenging road conditions.”
Snow will fill in between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. A general 2-4 inches of snow may accumulate before changing to sleet or rain, making for slippery conditions during the late morning and midday.
“We could throw some rain on top of some cold surfaces and that’s where I’m really concerned about glazing in the middle part of the day,” said Wankum.
StormTeam 5 has declared an Impact Weather Day for Thursday.
“It can throw you off because you could be driving along, thinking the road is just perfectly fine, but if it’s untreated and you have a little glaze like that, it can make things very slippery, very fast,” Wankum said.
StormTeam 5 Meteorologist David Williams echoed this, saying that it would be “hazardous” on the roads between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday.
The snow and freezing rain should be over in time for the evening rush, but what will fall before the commute will have an impact on many area roads.
There will be some slick spots on the road
Friday will be mostly sunny, with temperatures reaching nearly 40 degrees, which will allow for plenty of melting.
A second chance for snow and rain is in the forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning.
