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December 14, 2007

Update: One storm down -- sort of -- and one to go

If you weren’t stuck in a car or a bus yesterday, it could have been considered a winter wonderland; cold, but not biting; powdery snow; and that pleasantly muted sound of a snow-filled night.

Enjoy it if you can, it’s not going to last.

Next up: Rain, sleet, snow and wind gusts 20 to 30 mph., possibly reaching 50 mph along the coast. This next storm – more of a classical Nor’easter than yesterday’s storm – is expected to move in early Sunday morning.

Charles Foley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., calls it a “wintry mix.”

But exactly when, where or how much precipitation we’ll get is still up in the air. “It hasn’t been nailed down,” he said. “Position, location and the timing – that’s what we’re looking at.”

And if the snow leads to sleet and the sleet leads to rain, there’s a good chance we’ll see a buildup of ice, especially Sunday when the temperature drops to just 25 degrees.

Early estimates see inland getting as much as six inches of snow before the precipitation changes to rain. That could lead to some localized flooding.

As for the good news? Tides will be low, Foley said, so he doesn’t expect much coastal flooding.

That’s as good as it gets.

Follow the storm's track on projo.com's weather page -- and cross your fingers.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:17 PM | Permalink

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