Ski areas woke up today with feet of new snow, some areas like Okemo got around 2 feet of fresh powder. An extremely heavy snow band formed over the Berkshires up into Vermont. . Around these parts, it was a heavy paste like snow, good for snowmen and snowball fights. Snow continued in light to moderate bands through morning as the storm continued its northerly movement. The storm will likely continue to spin some rain and snow showers through this evening across most of New England. heavy snow is still occurring in parts of Maine. The mountains are still seeing snow showers including the Berkshires at times. This looks to continue through this evening with scattered light snow showers. No accumulation from these though. A chance of snow showers persist for friday as well as the upper level low pressure is over the region.
Our eyes turn to another storm system for monday/Tuesday time frame. This storm has a potential to be a decent hit, but most of the guidance shows it moving to the south do to the upper level low blocking it from coming up. If the low Moves east and north quick enough, the storm can come into the region, if not, the storm moves out to sea. We will likely get a better understanding of this storm coming Friday night/Saturday morning when all the pieces of the puzzle are over the continent.
Forecast for the Merrimack Valley
Tonight. Chance of snow showers, Partly to mostly cloudy, lows in the low to mid 20s.
Friday. Mostly to partly cloudy chance of snow showers in the afternoon. highs in the 30s.
Friday night. Cloudy, chance of snow showers in the evening, lows in the upper 20s.
Saturday and Sunday. Mostly to partly sunny, highs in the upper 30s to low 40s.
Sunday night. Increasing clouds, lows in the low to mid 20s.
Monday Becoming mostly cloudy, highs in the 30s.
Monday night through Tuesday night. Chance of snow showers. highs in the 30s, lows in the upper 20s.
Wednesday. partly to mostly sunny, highs in the 30s.
Wednesday night. Becoming cloudy, chance of snow showers lows in the 20s.
Thursday. Mostly to partly cloudy chance of snow and rain showers, highs in the 30s
Bold: show possible system effecting the region. Low confidence.
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