Frigid start to Friday, followed by snow on Saturday: Here’s what we know

The cold closed in fast last night. Wind chills dropped to the teens after dark and the temperatures kept falling. We’re still battling the wind this morning, and wind chills have dropped to the grimacing single digits above and below zero.

Thankfully, the wind will back off later today, as temperatures recover to a respectable 32(ish) degrees.

How much snow will Massachusetts and New Hampshire see Saturday?

Our pattern is speedy and somewhat busy in the coming days. We’ll make a quick run to near 40 tomorrow as a weak weather system moves through. For some, this will mean some light rain for the first part of the day. For others, it will be wet snow. However, as temperatures cool in the afternoon, we’ll see a switch to all snow – even near the coast later Saturday night.

Across central Massachusetts and parts of southern New Hampshire, that may mean 1-3 inches of snow, while closer to the coast it will only mean a coating to nearly an inch.

Will we see snow on Sunday?

Sunday isn’t much colder, but we stare down a developing ocean storm far off the Jersey Shore.

Clouds will be thick, and our best chance for light snow (and minor accumulation) will be towards Plymouth, Wareham, and Hyannis in the late afternoon.

Patriots game forecast

The Patriots game should come away unscathed. No snow, no rain, no wind, and no sun. Temps will be in the mid-30s.

Next week’s forecast

Bitter air will swing in our direction Monday. While we still manage to hit the freezing mark, an arctic front sweeping through will mean highs on Tuesday will barely make 20. Unfortunately, that will be compounded by a gusty wind…driving wind chills well below zero. Few flakes will move in Wednesday as we “recover” to the mid-20s.

We’re on storm watch late next week, too. It’s too early to make a call on rain or snow, but this does NOT look like a coastal storm/nor’easter, so forecast details shouldn’t go down to the wire.

Have a great weekend. GO PATS!!!