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Sun giving way to heavy snow in Greater Boston later this week

E-mail|Link|Comments () February 8, 2010 05:28 PM

By Shana Wickett, Globe Correspondent

Sunny skies and temperatures in the low- to mid-30s characterize the weather today and tomorrow, but what about Wednesday?

“I don’t want to talk about Wednesday,” joked Alan Dunham, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton. “Why should I ruin everyone’s day?”

A low pressure moving up the North Carolina coast could bring 10 to 15 inches of snow to parts of Massachusetts during a storm that will hit late Wednesday morning through Wednesday night. Strong, gusty winds are also forecast for southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and Islands.

High temperatures in the low-30s during the day will give way to lows in the mid-20s at night.

“The morning commute shouldn’t be affected too much the way it looks right now,” Dunham said of Wednesday's stormy weather. “But the evening commute is a whole different story.”

However, today's weather will be mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the low-30s, he said. And tomorrow will be “gorgeous” and mostly sunny with light west winds and highs in the mid-30s. Clouds will roll in Tuesday night, when lows hit the mid-20s.

Sunny skies and highs in the mid-30s will return Thursday.

“To have peaks, you’ve got to have valleys,” Dunham said. "Tuesday and Thursday are the peaks, and Wednesday is the valley.”