It's a wet morning across southern New England, but there is snow to the north.
Those in ski country will be enjoying 6 to 18 inches of snow through Saturday, depending on the specific area. The bulk of the snow will fall by Saturday afternoon, with lingering snow showers across Maine.
Here in southern New England, we are just looking for plenty of water — anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rainfall during the day today with up to another three-quarters of an inch tonight, especially north and west. This will put most areas over an inch of rainfall, and some areas will approach 2.5 inches of rainfall when all is said and done.
Temperatures this afternoon will reach the low- to mid-40s and fall back down into the 30s overnight. As the storm system pulls into northern New England, colder air will wrap in and there may be a brief period of snow at the end of the storm. If this does occur, it would be a coating to perhaps an inch of snow just west of Route 495. The far northern Worcester hills and into southern New Hamsphire and Vermont will have more significant snowfall.
As the storm moves north, the rain could stop just south of Boston this evening. This is due to the dry slot of the storm, a common feature of mature systems. Notice how Cape Cod is expected to see the least amount of rainfall locally.
In addition to the rain, we've got the wind gusting as high as 40 mph at times, especially right along the coastline. Any power outages would be scattered.
You should expect travel to be slowed from all the puddles on the roads. At Logan Airport, I don't expect problems beyond some delays.
Travel in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine will be difficult. Notice the Winter Storm Severity Index from NOAA has inland and higher elevations impacted the most.
The ending of the storm comes during the morning Saturday. I don't think we'll see much in the way of clearing before the sun sets around 4:15 p.m. There will be a return to sunshine for Sunday with temperatures right around 40 degrees and a blustery breeze.
Ski conditions should be pretty spectacular for the second half of the weekend if you want to head north.
Much of next week looks dry and sunny until we get to Thursday night or Friday, when another storm system will bring additional rain and snow to New England. It's still early to know just how this will materialize, but it could be another significant storm.
