Wintry Weather Monday

Sunday night we are entering a new phase of the costal storm. As the storm slowly moves east, it will start to pull in colder air from Canada. At the same time, the bulk of the precipitation will have past. The result will be a changeover to or mix of sleet with snow. Overnight lows will drop to freezing and wet surfaces may glaze to ice, making for a slippery and slow Monday morning commute. Any areas still mixing sleet, rain and snow in the morning will be over to all snow around noontime. From here, we may see minor accumulations, with most areas less than an inch. The exception will be highest elevation areas in northwestern Providence County. Here we could see up to 4″ locally. One more item of note, Sunday’s rain has triggered two FLOOD WARNINGS for the Wood River and the Pawtuxet river. Both are expected to crest less than a foot above flood stage, but local flooding is expected at the peak crest Monday morning. The flood warnings are expected to be in effect into Tuesday. Monday night will see the snow taper off and skies will do some clearing. A brisk northerly wind will drive temperatures into the teens for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and highs Tuesday will only make it into the upper-20s. Thursday and Friday are looking mostly sunny with highs in the 40s to finish out the workweek.