Here’s what Boston meteorologists are saying about the snow forecast for early Saturday
"Boston snow in April is not unusual."
National Weather Service: ‘Greatest impact after midnight from steady/heavy (snow) & low visibility. Highest accums above 1000′ elev. with slushy roads. Change to rain late Sat AM’
[Steady Snow/Low Visibility Timing] With ❄ in the forecast overnight, when might conditions start to deteriorate? Use this graphic animation as a guide: the darker reds to purples indicate greater chances that steadier snows are occurring (visibility under 1 mile). pic.twitter.com/7E9O87wMAD
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) April 17, 2020
[Steady Snow/Low Visibility Timing] With ❄ in the forecast overnight, when might conditions start to deteriorate? Use this graphic animation as a guide: the darker reds to purples indicate greater chances that steadier snows are occurring (visibility under 1 mile). pic.twitter.com/7E9O87wMAD
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) April 17, 2020
[April 17th AM | Mid-April Snow Tonight into Sat AM] Winter Weather Advisories in effect for expected accumulating wet ❄. Greatest impact after midnight from steady/heavy ❄ & low visibility. Highest accums above 1000′ elev. with slushy roads. Change to rain late Sat AM. pic.twitter.com/7zSjKoEeRM
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) April 17, 2020
Zack Green, WBZ: ’11 p.m.-midnight: Showers move in. Rain south of Pike. Flakes for higher elevations. 12-6 a.m.: Steady snow (bursts of heavier snow at times) for most. SE MA mainly rain event. Bulk of accum.’
Snow timing:
🔹11pm-midnight: Showers move in. Rain south of Pike. Flakes for higher elevations.
🔹12-6am: Steady snow (bursts of heavier snow at times) for most. SE MA mainly rain event. Bulk of accum.
🔹Noon Sat: Left over flakes. Scattered rain showers thereafter. pic.twitter.com/DSQ3LoOEJb— Zack Green (@zackgreenwx) April 17, 2020
Jeremy Reiner, 7News: ‘Boston Snow in April is not unusual.’
Snow on the way late Fri Night-early SAT AM. 3-4″ likely in highest elevations in the Worcester Hills….1-2″ in lower elevations with perhaps a brief slushy coating in the metro. Boston Snow in April is not unusual…BUT…it is rare after April 20th #7news pic.twitter.com/XyNwyzyfxi
— Jeremy Reiner (@jreineron7) April 16, 2020
Eric Fisher, WBZ: ‘Best shot at the 4-5″ totals will be higher elevations of Worcester Co., Berkshires, and NE CT. Anything over 3″ can bring down some limbs/trees so we’ll be watching that.’
Let’s get weird. Best shot at the 4-5″ totals will be higher elevations of Worcester Co., Berkshires, and NE CT. Anything over 3″ can bring down some limbs/trees so we’ll be watching that. Roads may get covered in the heavier zones but will clear quickly after sunrise Saturday. pic.twitter.com/mEPosDI417
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) April 16, 2020
Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: ‘Rain is going to come in after 8 o’clock and then flip on over to snow — and it may snow hard for a few hours in the overnight.’
Friday morning weather update…
Sun ☀️ to clouds today with SNOW ❄️ on the way tonight! #wcvb pic.twitter.com/Cr8bBAaf19— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) April 17, 2020
Matt Noyes, NBC10 Boston: ‘As with many spring snow events, roads will be too warm for this to stick most of tonight, but by dawn tomorrow some slick spots will develop in areas with greater than 2” of snow. The amounts forecast are expected on grassy and other cold surfaces.’
As seen on @nbc10boston, simulcast on @necn, earlier today from 4-7 AM and now continuing in updates during the @TODAYshow – generally 2″-4″ of snow late tonight thru Sat AM, higher amounts in the hills. pic.twitter.com/u3UtD6eEMz
— 1DegreeOutside (@1DegreeOutside) April 17, 2020
Isolated power outages can’t be ruled out in the 4”-6” zone, particularly in the hilly terrain of Central MA, with a relatively wet nature of the snow…though I think *most* of us avoid that problem, even in the hills.
— 1DegreeOutside (@1DegreeOutside) April 17, 2020
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