A wicked cold shot is heading for the Eastern United States in the next couple of weeks. Southern New England will not bear the brunt of it, but it will very likely be colder than normal most of the time from Thursday through Thanksgiving.
The first storm system that will make a run at New England when the cold air is in place will likely be weak enough and pass far enough out to sea to only bring a few showers on Friday. After that, it will be a mainly dry weekend before another system threatens with mainly rain late in the weekend or early next week.
Looking further down the road, it seems there may be multiple chances at wintry weather between late next week and Thanksgiving. The overall pattern looks more like mid-January than mid-November for the next 10-14 days. Of course, the ocean temperature is still in the low 50s, so that plays a big role in precipitation type with any storms heading our way. It should be an active stretch for the next couple of weeks…and possibly longer.
