Burst of snow followed by icy mix to make for slippery commute Thursday

Updated: 9:03 AM EST Feb 12, 2025

AND A GOOD WEDNESDAY TO YOU. WAKING UP TO A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS THIS MORNING. REALLY FOCUSED DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH COAST, THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. AS EXPECTED, GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW. THE VINEYARD TWO INCHES ON NANTUCKET. WE HAD A HALF AN INCH EAST FALMOUTH, ABOUT A HALF AN INCH AS WELL. FAIR HAVEN 2/10. AND ON THE CAPE BREWSTER, GETTING JUST A DUSTING OF SNOW. WE HAD A LOT OF REPORTS THAT ON CAPE COD YOU CAN SEE THAT SYSTEM JUST KIND OF SKIMMING THIS AREA. AND NOW IT IS GONE AND WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT AREA OF MOISTURE TO MOVE ON IN. THERE IS SNOW, THERE IS ICE AND RAIN JUST KIND OF LINING UP TO OUR SOUTHWEST AND THE UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW IS STEERING THIS UP IN OUR DIRECTION. SO IT’S GOING TO GET A LITTLE MESSY AGAIN TONIGHT. WE’VE GOT IMPACT WEATHER ON THE WAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW IS GOING TO MOVE IN BETWEEN 9 AND 11:00 TONIGHT. BUT OVERNIGHT IT IS GOING TO START CHANGING TO AN ICY MIX AND RAIN. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. SO IT WILL BE MESSY AND FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LINGER, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ROUTE TWO THROUGH LATE MORNING TOMORROW. WE DO HAVE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES UP STARTING AT 10:00 TONIGHT THROUGH 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING. NOTICE THESE ARE NOT IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST AND IN SOUTHEASTERN MOST MASSACHUSETTS, BECAUSE WE WILL SEE JUST A COATING TO ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW HERE BEFORE A PRETTY QUICK CHANGE TO RAIN BY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT TO THE NORTH AND WEST, A LITTLE BIT MORE SNOW, ANYWHERE FROM AN INCH OR TWO AS YOU GO FROM METRO WEST OUT INTO THE WORCESTER AREA, UP THROUGH THE NORTH SHORE, MERRIMACK VALLEY, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND OUT TOWARD THE BERKSHIRES COULD HANG ON TO THE COLD JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO YOU COULD SEE 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW. BUT ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE TO THAT ICY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN. THE CONCERN AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING AND YOU CAN SEE THE ICE AMOUNTS UNDER A 10TH OF AN INCH, SO NOT ENOUGH FOR POWER DISRUPTIONS, BUT CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO MAKE AN ICY GLAZE THAT WILL MAKE ANYTHING UNTREATED A LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY. COMING UP EARLY TOMORROW. TODAY OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. A LOT OF CLOUDS AROUND TODAY, AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THIS NORTHEASTERLY WIND. SO CAN’T RULE OUT A COUPLE OF FLURRIES OR SOME OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS GETTING GOING HERE LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY. YOU CAN SEE THEM KIND OF SHOWING UP HERE ONCE THESE MOVE BY. NOT A LOT IS HAPPENING FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. SO WE’RE DRY TILL ABOUT 910 11:00 TONIGHT. AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT SNOW BREAKING OUT ACROSS THE AREA. IT IS A DECENT BURST OF SNOW FOR A FEW HOURS INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. BUT LOOK, BY 5 A.M. ON THURSDAY, IT IS ALREADY FLIPPED OVER TO RAIN. IT WILL BE RAINING FROM BOSTON SOUTH. THIS PINK AREA AS YOU GO OUT THROUGH METRO WEST ALONG THE PIKE INTO THE WORCESTER AREA, INDICATING WHERE WE’RE SEEING SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. YOU MAY HANG ON TO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW FARTHER NORTH, UP ON THE NORTH SHORE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH ABOUT 5:06 A.M., BUT CERTAINLY BY SUNRISE YOU’RE FLIPPING OVER AS WELL. AND MOST AREAS ARE COMING UP IN EASTERNMOST MASSACHUSETTS ABOVE FREEZING. SO REALLY, THE DEEPER WE GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING, IT’S JUST WET. BUT OUT ALONG THAT ROUTE TWO CORRIDOR, LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST BELOW FREEZING WORCESTER NORTH, AND WE WILL HANG ON TO THAT COLD THROUGH LATE MORNING, 10 A.M. A LOT OF THE PRECIPITATION IS WINDING DOWN, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LINGERING THROUGH ABOUT LATE MORNING OR SO. TOMORROW. WE EVENTUALLY DRY THINGS OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AND AS THE WIND SHIFTS TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST, WE MAY ACTUALLY WARM UP CLOSER TO 40 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS. SO SLIPPERY POTENTIAL. TOMORROW MORNING, NORTH AND WEST OF 495 IS GREATEST THROUGH MID-MORNING, BUT EVEN LATE MORNING FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE SOMETHING WE WATCH FOR NORTH OF ROUTE TWO. BY THE AFTERNOON. UPPER 30S LOW 40S COULD EVEN GET TO THE MID 40S ON THE CAPE. SO QUITE A TURNAROUND BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND IT’S QUIET AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS WELL FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. JUST GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. IT’S FOLLOWING THAT THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM LINING UP. THIS ONE COMING UP WITH A LOT OF GULF MOISTURE. SO IT’S GOING TO BE LOADED WITH MOISTURE. AND INITIALLY IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET INTO SOME SNOW. AND THIS COULD START UP ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING KIND OF STRETCHED OUT STORM SYSTEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW INITIALLY. BUT BY SATURDAY NIGHT WE’RE GOING TO WATCH SOME WARMER AIR COME IN. SO THIS MAY CHANGE OVER TO A MIX AND COULD GO TO ALL RAIN ON SUNDAY. AS THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COULD TRACK RIGHT OVER US OR TO THE WEST. WE’RE WATCHING THE TRACK, SO THE PRECIP TYPES STILL COULD CHANGE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS LEANING TOWARD A WETTER SUNDAY AND THAT RAIN COULD BE HEAVY. WE COULD BE TALKING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN, SO LOTS TO WATCH AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND BEHIND THAT STORM SYSTEM THOUGH, LOOK AT THE COLD PRESIDENT’S DAY ON MONDAY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE’RE TALKING ARCTIC AIR

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Burst of snow followed by icy mix to make for slippery commute Thursday

Updated: 9:03 AM EST Feb 12, 2025

StormTeam 5

Storms will bring snow and sleet to Massachusetts and New England and may impact travel a few days this week for commuters.A winter weather advisory is in effect from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday for much of the state as the storm will bring a disruptive wintry mix.Tools: Futurecast maps | Interactive radar | Alerts | Closings “The snow is going to change to ice and rain by Thursday morning, so tomorrow’s commute is looking messy,” StormTeam 5 Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. The storm will move in by 9 p.m. and bring a burst of snow lasting until about 3 a.m. Areas north and west of Boston will deal with a lingering area of freezing drizzle through mid-morning. Up to 3 inches of snow is possible in areas of higher elevation.”We could have up to a tenth of an inch of ice on top of that snow,” Fitzgibbon said. On Saturday, another storm will start as snow, but may turn to a wintry mix or rain, depending on the possible track of the storm.”As we go from Saturday afternoon into Sunday, it looks like an initial burst of snow, but the snow will change over to a mix and even go to rain on Sunday,” Fitzgibbon said. StormTeam 5 has declared Thursday and Sunday as Impact Weather Days.Video below: Road salt supply shortage affecting local stores

NEEDHAM, Mass. —

Storms will bring snow and sleet to Massachusetts and New England and may impact travel a few days this week for commuters.

A winter weather advisory is in effect from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday for much of the state as the storm will bring a disruptive wintry mix.

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“The snow is going to change to ice and rain by Thursday morning, so tomorrow’s commute is looking messy,” StormTeam 5 Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said.

The storm will move in by 9 p.m. and bring a burst of snow lasting until about 3 a.m. Areas north and west of Boston will deal with a lingering area of freezing drizzle through mid-morning. Up to 3 inches of snow is possible in areas of higher elevation.

“We could have up to a tenth of an inch of ice on top of that snow,” Fitzgibbon said.

On Saturday, another storm will start as snow, but may turn to a wintry mix or rain, depending on the possible track of the storm.

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“As we go from Saturday afternoon into Sunday, it looks like an initial burst of snow, but the snow will change over to a mix and even go to rain on Sunday,” Fitzgibbon said.

StormTeam 5 has declared Thursday and Sunday as Impact Weather Days.

Video below: Road salt supply shortage affecting local stores

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