Video: Snow, wintry mix, followed by cold and wind

Updated: 12:55 PM EST Feb 6, 2025

IT’S THE KIND OF PRECIPITATION. IT’S MESSY. IT’S A SLOPPY DAY. WE TOLD YOU THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE SLOPPY. AND BOY, IT IS. IF YOU’VE BEEN OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR STEP THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BECAUSE THAT WINTRY MIX IS GOING TO MAKE FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND CERTAINLY SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON THE ROADS. NOT A LOT OF SNOW. YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNTS ROLLING IN IN MOST CASES UNDER AN INCH. WE’VE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT IN HUBBARDSTON WITH 1.3 LEXINGTON, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ROCKLAND THE SAME NORTH ATTLEBORO THE SAME. BUT AGAIN, IT’S NOT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW. WE’VE SEEN THAT SLEET MIXING ON IN AND SOME FREEZING RAIN, AND THAT’S GOING TO CREATE THAT ICY GLAZE ON TOP OF WHAT IS OUT THERE. VISIBILITY NOT GREAT EITHER. YOU CAN SEE IT IS DOWN IN BOSTON. CAN BARELY MAKE THINGS OUT OTHER THAN THE ZAKIM BRIDGE HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE TOO. IN WORCESTER IT’S HARD TO MAKE OUT, SO IT’S STILL NOT VERY NICE OUT THERE WITH THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. WE’RE RUNNING UNDER A MILE IN A LOT OF SPOTS. SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, YOU’RE NOT ONLY DEALING WITH THE ROAD CONDITIONS, YOU’RE DEALING WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND THE SNOW IS STILL COMING DOWN. MOST NOTABLY HERE AS YOU GO INTO THESE DARKER BLUE SHADINGS RIGHT ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. SO AS YOU GO NORTH OF LOWELL, UP INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, PARTS OF NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE HOW FRAGMENTED THINGS ARE TO THE SOUTH. IT’S SPOTTY, IT’S LIGHT. WE’VE GOT RAIN MIXING IN HERE DOWN ALONG THE SOUTH COAST, THE CAPE, AND THEN AS YOU GO WEST OF WORCESTER, THAT LOOKS LIKE PRETTY GOOD SNOW, DOESN’T IT? IT’S NOT. WE SWITCH OUR MODE OF OUR RADAR AND WE’RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE SHAPES AND SIZES OF THE RADAR IS SEEING. AND NOTICE HOW THE COLOR GOES FROM THIS BURGUNDY TO MORE OF THIS BRIGHT GREEN AND YELLOW AND ORANGE COLOR. THIS IS INDICATING IT’S SENSING SOMETHING THAT’S A DIFFERENT SIZE, SO IT’S NO LONGER SEEING SLEET SNOW. IT IS RATHER SEEING SLEET. AND WE’RE FINDING THAT SLEET MIXING ON IN NOW RIGHT UP ALONG ROUTE TWO. IT IS SNEAKING UP TO PARTS OF THE NORTH SHORE RIGHT NOW. SO PURE SNOW AT THIS POINT. REALLY RIGHT ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND I THINK THESE ARE THE ONLY AREAS NOW THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN, POTENTIALLY OVER TWO INCHES FOR SNOWFALL. OTHERWISE IT’S A COATING TO AN INCH, GETTING CLOSE TO TWO IN SOME SPOTS. AND MOST OF THAT IS ALREADY FALLEN BECAUSE AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE AFTERNOON, THINGS ARE GOING TO GET LIGHTER AND LIGHTER. AND YOU CAN SEE IN BOSTON, ONCE WE GET TO ABOUT 5 P.M., THINGS ARE SHUTTING DOWN. WE’LL HAVE SOME FOG. AND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE GREAT INTO THE EVENING. IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON TRAVELING, ANYTHING THAT HASN’T BEEN TREATED WILL BE SLICK, BUT YOU CAN SEE TO THE WEST, THERE’S BIG GAPING HOLES IN THE PRECIPITATION. THERE’S STILL GOING TO BE SCATTERED LIGHT AREAS COMING ON IN TO THE SOUTH. IT’S BEEN RAIN. THOSE ARE SOME THUNDERSTORMS GOING OFF THE COAST THERE TOWARD NORTH CAROLINA. IT IS 60 DEGREES IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS UP IN QUEBEC RIGHT NOW. SO THAT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT HAS REALLY BEEN FUELING THIS STORM SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE MOVING TO OUR EAST. YOU CAN SEE BY 3:00, STILL LOOKING AT SOME LIGHT AREAS OF SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND PLAIN OLD RAIN WHERE YOU’RE ABOVE FREEZING DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH COAST AND THE CAPE. BUT AS THINGS WIND DOWN THROUGH 6 P.M., LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. THIS IS THE CONCERN WE’RE GOING TO BE RUNNING STILL IN THE 20S, SO ANY LINGERING AREAS OF MOISTURE WILL BE FREEZING UP OVERNIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GLAZE OF ICE TO UNDER A 10TH OF AN INCH. BUT ANY AMOUNT OF ICE, EVEN IF IT’S JUST VERY THIN, CAN BE VERY SLIPPERY. NOW, TONIGHT, AS WE DRY THINGS OUT, LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. THEY STAY BELOW FREEZING NORTH AND WEST OF BOSTON. SO ANYTHING THAT HASN’T BEEN TREATED WILL BE SLICK FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. BUT WE DO GET BACK THE SUN TOMORROW. IT’S A BRIGHT, SUNNY DAY, BUT IT IS WINDY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 30S TO NEAR 40 DEGREES, SO WE’LL GET SOME MELTING. BUT LOOK AT THESE WINDS. THEY’RE GOING TO BE GUSTING UP OVER 30 40MPH. SO THAT WIND WILL GET YOUR ATTENTION TOMORROW. BUT WE’RE DRY ON FRIDAY. WE’RE DRY DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BUT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, THAT IS OUR NEXT STORM. AND I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS ONE IS LOOKING LIKE IT HAS MORE MOISTURE WITH IT. AND WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE, WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A WIDESPREAD POTENTIAL OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. IT WILL COME IN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT. IT WILL TAPER AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY. THE QUESTION IS IN THE TRACK IF THERE’S GOING TO BE ANY MIXING AND HOW FAR NORTH IT GETS, BUT IMPACT WEATHER HERE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THAT’S THE NEXT STORM. WE GET A COUPLE DAYS BREAK AND THEN WE’RE EYEING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR YET ANOTHER STORM. THIS PATTERN STAYS VERY ACTIVE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THERE COULD BE ANOTH

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Video: Snow, wintry mix, followed by cold and wind

Updated: 12:55 PM EST Feb 6, 2025

Chief Meteorologist

Thursday’s snow will change to a wintry mix or sleet by Thursday evening and colder temperatures will make for a possible ice hazard on Friday.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. —

Thursday’s snow will change to a wintry mix or sleet by Thursday evening and colder temperatures will make for a possible ice hazard on Friday.

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