Light snow turns to rain, big storm may be on horizon
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
That white, icy dusting on cars this morning was not an omen of a looming snowstorm. At least not today.
“We’ll be luck if we even get an inch,” of snow, said Charlie Foley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.
The temperature is hovering at 34 degrees in Boston and expected to climb to the mid 40s this afternoon. While stubborn precipitation will persist for much of the day, “eventually it is all going to turn to just plain rain,” Foley said.
The mix of rain, sleet, snow, and freezing rain did not have much of an impact on the morning commute, with no reports of major accidents or traffic jams. The snow “doesn’t appear to be sticking to the roads -- I don’t think its cold enough for that -- so we aren’t seeing the usual spinouts,” said Trooper Eric Benson, a State Police spokesman.
High temperatures are expected to stay in the 40s for the rest of the week, and even flirt with 50 degrees. That does not necessarily mean, however, that spring is imminent.
“Winter is going to take another shot at us -- maybe Monday,” Foley said. “If everything comes together, it could be a big gorilla of snowstorm up and down the East Coast.”
