The coldest weather since early last January is heading for Southern New England this week. The temperature will flirt with zero on Thursday morning, and wind chills will be -10 to -20. For the most part, the cold weather will not be accompanied by snow. Flurries and snow showers are possible on Tuesday, but it will not amount to more than a coating – at worst. Another clipper may bring up to 2″ of snow on Friday, but that does not look like a huge deal, either. In the early to middle part of next week there could be a system that comes out of the Southern states carrying more moisture, but it’s unclear how far north it will get, and, right now, it looks like it will mainly stay south of Southern New England.
The overall trend through the middle of the month is for cold and dry weather to persist in Southern New England. There may be snow on the ground, but it will likely not be deep, with no big storms ahead for the next week. With cold air around, the snow outlook can change quickly if a storm gets cranking, so, we’re hesitant to say that there definitely will not be a moderate or major storm between January 12-19, but, right now, it does not look too promising for a big one. A week or two ago we said we were leery of the cold/dry to warm/wet pattern this winter, and, so far, that has been the case. It was a cold end to 2014 and cool start to the New Year, but when the storm arrived it brought 1″+ of precipitation and only 1-2″ of snow.
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