Blizzard with Thunder?!

Saturday, 1:39 am

By Kate

Well, here we go again. I don’t remember ever hearing thunder during a blizzard. Not that I’ve been through very many real blizzards. There’s always a first time. Saturday will be spent securing lots and lots of wood close to the back door. This is my life. Wood. More wood. Worries about wood. Dreaming about dry wood. I was so unprepared this year. That’s not gonna happen again.

The lad was supposed to go to his Dad’s house late Saturday evening. That’s probably not going to happen now. He’s supposed to work from late Saturday afternoon until 8:00 PM and leave after quittin’ time. If he doesn’t go to his Dad’s house, he’s supposed to work on Sunday from 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM. We’ll cross that bridge when the time comes.

Having said all that, watch the storm blow out to sea and leave us with an ice storm.

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... HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY…

SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM SATURDAY… THEN WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING… WHEN SNOW COULD FALL AT THE RATE OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES… AND THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

IF THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCREASES… BLIZZARD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IN LATER FORECASTS.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA… WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST… AS WELL AS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.