Sunday, February 1, 2015

Winter Storm Sunday Night – Monday Night

Winter Storm Sunday Night – Monday Night

Here we go again -

Main Points
Overview:
A winter-storm will pass south of New England Monday into Monday night delivering a modest to heavy snowfall over a majority of Southern New England with a wintry-mix possible across south-shoreline areas including Cape Cod and Islands before all is said and done by Tuesday morning.
Headlines:
  • Difficult travel conditions expected for both morning and afternoon/evening commutes on Monday
  • Adverse changing road conditions, slick-slippery travel, low to near-zero visibilities even with expected
    blowing and drifting of snow / around 1-inch per hour snowfall rates
  • Forecast snowfalls will likely ...
o Be highest along a swath centered around the Mass-Pike; amounts 10-14 inches
o Be difficult to clean up with an excessive amount of snow already on the ground o Make for considerable snow amounts on tops of roofs; potential for roof collapses
Behind the storm:
o Arctic cold air; lows below-zero for most locations
o Blustery NW-winds gradually tapering into Tuesday morning
o Wind chills -15° to -25° for most of S New England! Less than -25° for the high terrain! 
 
Snow projections:
 
Wind chills:



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