Weather Now: Snow/Rain Showers After 3AM; Clearing Tuesday Afternoon

Good Tuesday Morning

A weak cold front will move thru the area during the pre-dawn hours, with some light rain and snow showers. Temperatures cooling to the 30s. Light snow early Tuesday morning will give way to some sunshine by noon.

Meanwhile, near record cold with bitter wind chills expected later Friday and all of Saturday.

Behind the cold front, Tuesday and Wednesday will be noticeably cooler and more seasonable, with highs in the 30s.

Light snow showers early Tuesday morning, ending by 9AM. Skies become partly sunny by late morning.

TUESDAY MORNING 7:00AM

Sunshine breezy and cooler Tuesday afternoon

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 2:00PM

BRIEF SHOT OF RECORD COLD BY LATE WEEK

Late in the week, a brief but intense blast of arctic air looks to push into New England. Temperatures have the potential to plunge to record lows late Friday night and Saturday morning, with dangerously cold wind chills.

A small transient piece of the polar vortex breaks away and briefly dives into the northeast United States by later Friday and into Saturday

Low temperatures by 7:00am Saturday, zero to almost 10 degrees below zero. These are actual air temperatures and not wind chills

WIND CHILL (feel-like temperatures) late Friday night into Saturday will range from 15 to 25 degrees below zero! It’s likely that wind chill advisories and warnings will be issued during this time.

WIND CHILL 7:00AM SATURDAY