Rain, snow expected in some areas on Thanksgiving

TRAFFIC IS NOT EXACTLY. THE GOOD NEWS IS TODAY IS QUIET. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S GOING TO BE AN ACTIVE WEEK. WE’VE GOT A PERIOD OF RAIN COMING IN ON TUESDAY RIGHT AROUND MIDDAY, AND THEN BEHIND THAT IT’S DRY ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS. REALLY, THE BIG FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THANKSGIVING DAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SO IF YOU ARE HEADED NORTH UP INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE DAY ON THANKSGIVING, YOU’RE GOING TO RUN INTO SOME SNOW, PARTICULARLY WEST OF 95. IN THE MOUNTAINS, THIS DARKER BLUE COLOR IS A HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT OF SNOW, SO IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT NEWS FOR SKI COUNTRY. BUT TRAVELING ON THURSDAY COULD BE CHALLENGING AND NORTH OF ROUTE TWO AND OUT INTO THE BERKSHIRES, WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A BIG ACCUMULATION THERE, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL FOR SURE. FORTUNATELY, IT IS CLEAR THIS MORNING IT IS DRY. YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURES ARE FEELING LIKE THE 20S. IN FACT, THE WIND CHILL IN BOSTON RIGHT NOW IS 29 DEGREES BECAUSE THE WIND IS STILL GUSTING OVER 20MPH. GRADUALLY, THE WINDS ARE GOING TO SETTLE BACK AS THE DAY WEARS ON. SO BIG WIND CHILL IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, COME DOWN QUITE A BIT AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. ACTUAL TEMPERATURES RUNNING IN THE 30S AND A LOT OF SPOTS WE WILL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES TICK UP BY 10 A.M. TO ABOUT 44 DEGREES WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THAT SLOWLY SETTLING WIND, IT WILL FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE TO BE OUTDOORS. THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE IT’S RIGHT AROUND 50 DEGREES HERE. AS WE HEAD TOWARD 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON, WE MAY SNEAK UP TO 51 IN BOSTON, AS MILD AS 53 IN NORWOOD UPPER 40S ON THE CAPE AND UPPER 40S OUT THROUGH THE WORCESTER HILLS. SO NOT BAD TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN AND CALMING DOWN THOSE WINDS. BUT TO THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE THERE’S ANOTHER FRONT. THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR GETTING SOME RAIN ON TUESDAY. IT IS PRODUCING A LITTLE SNOW RIGHT NOW NEAR THE GREAT LAKES, BUT FOR US IT IS GOING TO BE RAIN. MOSTLY CLEAR, CHILLY TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO THE UPPER 30S, ABOUT 38 OR SO DOWNTOWN, AND TOMORROW UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S WILL START OUT WITH SUNSHINE TOMORROW. AND THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE MORNING. I THINK WE GET THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. OKAY. AND THEN FROM WEST TO EAST, HERE COMES THE RAIN BY NOONTIME IT IS RAINING IN THE WORCESTER AREA, RAINING IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND THEN THAT RAIN SCOOTS EASTWARD SO EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TOMORROW. THAT IS WHEN I THINK WE SEE THE STEADIEST RAIN IN BOSTON. AND THAT IS KICKING OUT. SO WE’RE DRYING THINGS OUT FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THEN WE’LL TOTALLY GO DRY AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY. SO IT’S NOT A BIG RAIN EVENT. IT’S JUST A FRONT COMING ON THROUGH AND THEN BEHIND IT WE GET A LITTLE BREAK IN THE ACTION. ON WEDNESDAY. SO FROM THIS FIRST FRONT IT’S ABOUT A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN. AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT WE ADD ON ON THANKSGIVING DAY. ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN. SO CERTAINLY THURSDAY’S EVENT IS MORE IMPACTFUL AND IT GETS STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING. SO IT IS BREAKING OUT BY ABOUT FIVE, 6:00 IN THE MORNING. I THINK THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES ON THURSDAY ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE WET. THERE YOU SEE THAT SNOW TO THE NORTH AS YOU GO WEST OF 95. YOU’RE RUNNING INTO THAT SNOW. IT GOES THROUGH THE DAY RAINING HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG. AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THURSDAY NIGHT, THE STORM STARTS TO PULL AWAY AND IT IS GONE BY FRIDAY. SO CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS HERE WITH THE RAIN AND THE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THURSDAY LIT UP IN RED AS AN IMPACT. WEATHER DAY BEHIND IT. WE’RE DRYING THINGS OUT ON FRIDAY, BUT LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES TAKEN A NOSEDIVE UPPER 30S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. SO A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE TO GET THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING. YOU’