For Much of New England... School's out!

SNOW DAY!!!!

Many schools across New England are closed due to the winter weather. Many parts of Massachusetts received around 2-4 inches on average where parts of New Hampshire received an average of 3-6 inches. Though the amount of snow is nowhere near colossal; the freezing rain and sleet that accompanied it was enough to close some schools and businesses for the rest of the day. You know what that means parents with small children...?

Hehe...

But the good news is that the snow is wet and sticky.. which makes for ideal sledding, snowman, and winter activity conditions.


Statement as of 11:25 am EST on December 3, 2007

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 10 hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation is extended to Highway departments... cooperative observers... Skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This summary is also available on our home Page at weather.Gov/Boston
********************storm total snowfall********************
Location storm total time/date comments snowfall of (inches) measurement
Massachusetts ...
Essex County...
Lawrence 4.0 651 am 12/3 spotter
Methuen 4.0 820 am 12/3 spotter
Lawrence 3.9 720 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop
Salisbury 3.5 608 am 12/3 spotter
Topsfield 3.3 645 am 12/3 spotter spotter
West Peabody 2.8 732 am 12/3 spotter spotter
Ipswich 2.6 541 am 12/3 spotter ...

Franklin County...
East Charlemont 3.5 1020 am 12/3 spotter
Greenfield 2.8 711 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop
Sunderland 2.3 1025 am 12/3 spotter ...
Middlesex County...
Tyngsborough 4.8 806 am 12/3 spotter spotter
Winchester 3.8 1003 am 12/3 spotter
Lowell 3.6 720 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop
North Wilmington 3.3 415 am 12/3 spotter
East Pepperell 3.1 627 am 12/3 spotter
Pepperell 3.1 627 am 12/3 spotter spotter reading 3.0 904 am 12/3 spotter ham radio
Townsend 3.0 604 am 12/3 spotter Ayer 2.5 653 am 12/3 spotter spotter
Waltham 2.5 725 am 12/3 spotter spotter ...

Suffolk County...
East Boston 1.3 1100 am 12/3 spotter Logan Airport ...

Worcester County...

Ashburnham 2.5 355 am 12/3 spotter

New Hampshire ...
Cheshire County...
Walpole 6.0 700 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop
East Alstead 4.0 700 am 12/3 spotter
Keene 3.0 559 am 12/3 spotter
Marlow 3.0 721 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop ...

Hillsborough County...
Francestown 5.0 749 am 12/3 spotter NWS coop
Brookline 4.0 947 am 12/3 spotter
Peterborough 4.0 728 am 12/3 spotter spotter
South Weare 4.0 830 am 12/3 spotter
Wilton 3.3 820 am 12/3 spotter
Nashua 2.8 554 am 12/3 spotter

We should be expecting a COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM coming from the great lakes.

This storm will intesify bringing us some rain, sleet, and more snow by the afternoon  and into Tuesday morning as it redevelops in the area.
Those accumulations are not expected to exceed an inch. But as the storm pushes more towards the Northeast

It is expected to strengthen.  

Later on this week we should see a week low
Pressure system Wednesday night followed by
high pressure Thursday.

And your forecast for the rest of the week...

Monday:
High of 34
Low: 23
Rain, sleet, snow and rain... total accumulation equaling around an inch. NE wind at 10 to 15 mph Becoming mostly cloudy tonight. Chance of more snow.


Tuesday:
High 32
low 26
Mostly cloudy and bluster. Chance of snow early in the morning. Around a quarter inch. Windy with 20-25 mph winds from the W and gusts up to 40 mph


Wedesday:
High 34
Low 22
Mostly sunny in the am. Then becoming mostly cloudy. W winds 5-10 mph


Thursday:
High 31
low 18
Sunny! then mostly clear at night

Friday:
High 37
Low 19
cloudy with a chance of snow. Then becoming cloudy Friday night with another possibility for more snow.

For WUML this is UMASS Lowell student meteorologist Lucie Rawlins.