should be a fun 4am drive Thursday morning
These
post frontal winds may result in west winds gusting up to 60 mph,
with the highest prob (30-40%) across western and central MA.
Confidence not high enough yet for a high wind watch, but possible
later shifts if guidance trends upward along with clustering of
model solutions. Situational ensemble tables from NAEFS and ECMWF
both have wind anomalies around +3 to +4. Let`s see how that trends
over the next 12-24 hours. Strongest winds will occur with this wind
shift Wed night. Strong winds likely continue into at least early
Thu given magnitude of CAA. If power outages happen Wed night,
gusty winds greater than 35 mph Thu could impact power
restoration.
Snow/Flash Freeze potential...
Model soundings suggest rain may briefly end as snow, with less than
an inch possible. However, the combination of temps falling rapidly
from the 50s into the 20s in 1-2 hours, combined with any light snow
accums and any residual road moisture freezing, slippery travel is
possible Wed night.