Issued: Saturday May 9 2020 8:45 am
….JUST A TEASE…..A LITTLE SNOW TO START THE DAY…..NO ACCUMULATION….
Good morning! I know, many of you are reading this and are saying to yourself “I thought you said it wouldn’t snow!” Well, I did say there wouldn’t be any accumulation and that’s my story still and I’m stickin’ with it. What we are seeing this morning is affectionately called “backlash” which, essentially, is snowfall (or rainfall) that is caused by dynamic forcing on the backside of a developing but exiting cyclone.
This morning we see that “backlash” snow pinwheeling through much of eastern MA. The good news is that this snow will be rather light and should exit in the next couple of hours. In fact, we should see some sunshine by afternoon and temperatures will rise to near 50 today and near 60 tomorrow.
So while it might look like it’s snowing pretty good here and there, it will never add up to anything as there isn’t nearly enough intensity to begin accumulating snow on the ground which is rather warm and quite wet from the rainfall overnight.
So, this morning’s snow is nothing more than a reminder of winter’s past, not a frigid future.
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