Inauguration Day Snow: 1-3"

Happy Inauguration/MLK Jr. Day all you snow followers. With the cold temps and the grey sky it sure looks like snow out there...and that's because it is going to snow.

We have a very minor snow event in the forecast for tonight. A few snow showers could fall this afternoon, and then a clipper moves through our area much later tonight (10 pm to 1 am). With all the cold air and the low level of moisture, we're not expecting much snow to fall. We could see up to 3" in the higher elevations, which would more or less replace the snow from last Wednesday that has just about melted.

This same system will strengthen as it hits the coast of New England. Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine could see a major snow event tonight into Tuesday. Another near miss for Western Mass.

There will be no melting for a while as the deep cold gradually fills into our area starting today and brings the temps down lower and lower. Lows Wednesday night will be well below zero.

As for Friday's storm, meteorologists are using the terms "light" and "moderate" in their discussions. While we would prefer "heavy," we'll settle for "moderate" and hope the timing is right.

Courtesy of Accuweather.

As of now, very little chance for a delay tomorrow and we're remaining optimistic about Friday's storm.