Mostly dry before a major storm hits

Video: Mostly windy and dry before a big storm

Kevin Skarupa took a look at which locations could see the most snow during a Thanksgiving storm.

Temperatures have dropped below freezing again and that means there will be a few slippery spots first thing this morning. Otherwise, for the busy travel day today, we’re expecting a *** mix of sunshine and clouds and *** westerly breezes and some good travel, not just here in the Granite State but throughout the Northeast, you know *** for much of our A winter storm watch has been posted across the state. This applies to the system that arrives very early tomorrow morning and continues throughout the day on Thanksgiving. A combination of rain and wet snow will likely result in some mixing just near the rain-snow boundary from this most concentrated portion of the storm system during the afternoon and early evening. From then on, travel is likely to become a little more difficult. We will be looking for the potential of more than five or six inches, particularly in higher elevation areas north and west of Concord and Manchester where travel could become more difficult. And again, if you see more than five to six inches of this very wet snow, there is a chance of isolated outages as we have mostly sunny skies today with a chance of passing snow showers in the north. This is the storm system that is taking shape in the central plains and still has half of the country to cross before it finally arrives tomorrow morning. Today we’ll stay somewhere in the mid to upper 30s across the north of the country, with a westerly breeze gusting to 15 to 20 mph in the southern portions of the state through this afternoon. Again, it will feel a little cooler with the breeze, but with the sun continuing into the afternoon it should feel pretty good. We head into the evening, the clouds start to thicken after the sky is beautiful. As the evening progresses, temperatures will fall back below 32°C across the country tonight and the system will become operational tomorrow morning. The first raindrops and snowflakes are expected to form shortly after sunrise tomorrow morning and we look forward to collecting them later in the morning. As I mentioned, it will be heaviest in the afternoon, and by early evening it wouldn’t be surprising if we see snowfall rates north and west of Concord and Manchester in the afternoon north and west of Concord and Manchester. And then you can probably see the rain-snow line somewhere in southeastern New Hampshire. It will create a very strict line between the haves and have-nots when it comes to snowfall from this system, and the rain-snow line will necessarily not stay in exactly one place for the entire duration of the strongest part of the storm. So there will be some areas of southeastern New Hampshire that will occasionally switch from wet snow to rain or back and forth. But that would of course limit the amounts before this system is abolished later Thursday evening until early Friday. And for those morning shoppers, most of the precipitation continues to move away from the north and that will bring some sunshine and a strong breeze from the northwest throughout the afternoon. This will be a heck of a preview for the weekend as we will have strong winds both days this weekend with highs mostly in the 30s. Any snow shower activity will likely be limited to the White Mountains and Great North Woods, where good travel weather will continue Sunday afternoon. So 36 to 46 with the cool breeze coming from the west. Today, tonight, we drop back into the 20s to low 30s. We’ll start there as the clouds get thicker early in the day. Precipitation will be a combination of rain and wet snow in the southern half of the state, while the northern half of the state will be all snow outside of this system. You can see again that the accumulation mounds haven’t changed all that much compared to what we imagined yesterday. ***Generally there is 5 to 9 inches of accumulation. Most of it is expected to remain all snow. And you can *** see a very sharp boundary as you get south and east of Concord into Manchester, where *** a lot of it will fall in the form of rain again, more quiet beyond that for Black Friday and the weekend.

Video: Mostly windy and dry before a big storm

Kevin Skarupa took a look at which locations could see the most snow during a Thanksgiving storm.

After a few slippery patches early this morning, things are looking very good for a busy day of travel today. However, a messy storm is moving through Thanksgiving. At the beginning it may snow lightly and mix, then it quickly changes to rain in the south/east. North/west of Concord it can snow all the time. It will dry out again on Black Friday and much of the weekend away from the mountains (there will be light snow until Saturday). Damp roads and near-freezing temperatures led to black ice and fog overnight. Watch it on untreated surfaces as it could be slippery and allow a few extra minutes first thing this morning. Otherwise it will be windy and dry today with isolated snow showers far north. Highs will mostly be in the 40s with a developing breeze from the west at 10-20+ mph. Skies are nice this evening with increasing clouds in the morning, lows mostly in the 20s. Thanksgiving morning will see light snow and rain. The intensity of snow and rain increases around midday and travel conditions worsen throughout the afternoon, particularly as you travel north and west of Concord. The snow and rain will end from south to north very early Friday morning. Sunny and dry on Friday afternoon with maximum temperatures between 31 and 41°. More sunshine, but stormy and cold at the weekend. Highs will be in the 30s on both days.

Damp roads and near-freezing temperatures led to black ice and fog overnight. Watch it on untreated surfaces as it could be slippery and allow a few extra minutes first thing this morning.

Today it will be otherwise windy and dry with isolated snow showers far to the north. Highs will mostly be in the 40s, with a developing breeze from the west at 10-20+ mph.

Tonight the sky is nice, in the morning the clouds will increase and the minimum temperatures will usually be around 20 degrees.

Light snow and rain will move in on Thanksgiving morning. The intensity of snow and rain increases around midday and travel conditions worsen throughout the afternoon, particularly as you travel north and west of Concord. The snow and rain will end from south to north very early Friday morning. Sunny and dry on Friday afternoon with maximum temperatures between 31 and 41°.

More sunshine, but stormy and cold at the weekend. Highs will be in the 30s on both days.

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