COLD WEATHER: Frigid with Wintery Precip Chances

– Snow showers are expected to intensify significantly by 1 a.m. Wednesday in a narrow band between Whitehall and Holland.

It is still too early to nail down the exact details, especially since the jet stream energy for this storm is just coming off the Pacific Ocean today and the main storm doesn’t form until Thursday.

Temperatures remain below average despite a slow warm up throughout the week with snow chances Tuesday and Wednesday.

Other than those two snow chances dry conditions will dominate the next 8 days with a warming trend to around 40° this weekend.

National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Kacan said there are some scenarios where the storm shifts to the south and the city ends up with a smaller snowfall total, but his forecasters won’t get a more definitive picture until Wednesday. “But it looks like snow and high winds, gusting to 30 miles per hour or more, possibly more closer to the coast”. Thursday night delivers mostly cloudy skies with lows in the upper teens to middle 20s around the area. But that’s all about to change as Winter Storm Jonas is set to pummel the region with a massive blast of snow and high winds. For many areas, this will be the biggest snowfall of the season so far, and for some it could be the biggest they will have all year.

SNOW POTENTIAL INDEXA daily assessment of the potential for at least 1 inch of snow in the next week, on a 0-10 scale.

The National Weather Service is reporting that there is a 50% chance of snow starting on Friday night after 7 p.m.

Even though the forecast for Boston remains up in the air, the MBTA deployed extra equipment to remove snow and keep tracks from freezing.

On this date in 1996, a strong cold front brought a wide variety of weather to Central Illinois.