Tracking our first winter storm of the season!
Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a lovely holiday weekend! Today, December 1, is the beginning of meteorological winter– fitting, considering we have a wintry forecast this week!
Today (Monday), is benign. We’ll be mostly sunny with highs in the low 40s and a somewhat stiff breeze out of the northwest. Overnight, temperatures drop to the mid 20s, and clouds increase.
Tuesday is the day we’ve been waiting for, tracking and anticipating that first winter storm of the season. But here’s the thing: this winter storm looks a lot more winter-wet rather than winter-white for Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Rain begins across the area mid to late Tuesday morning, and continues on through the afternoon and early evening. Our Tuesday evening commute will be soggy.
It takes until the tail end of this storm for us to see a changeover to some wet snow, and that will be for northern Providence and northern Bristol (MA) Counties. Those areas could see light accumulations of an inch or less, while some very localized parts of northwestern Providence County could see 1-3″ by the time this storm is done Tuesday night.
Wednesday, we’re back to the upper 30s with some sunshine. We’ll see a few clouds thanks to an incoming cold front on Thursday. It’ll be breezy as well, with highs in the upper 30s/low 40s.
After that front passes, temperatures drop like a rock. While Friday will be sunny, it’ll only be in the upper 20s and low 30s in the afternoon!
— Kristina
