Category: Dracut, MA

Good afternoon! Quick update regarding the impending storm for tomorrow; but first, expect a low near 24 tonight, giving way to a high near 36 tomorrow, a low of 34 tomorrow night, and a high around 39 Friday. Overall, expect a cold, raw end to the workweek.

Precipitation will start in the hours before sunrise as snow, with a coating to 3″ expected for most locations (including Dracut) before a switch to a mix with sleet and freezing rain shortly after sunrise. The combination of snow and ice will make for a very hazardous morning commute; the freezing rain will switch to normal rain by around noontime or so. Freezing rain amounts should be between a glaze and a tenth of an inch of ice. As a result, I expect most area schools to have a delayed opening tomorrow; if the freezing rain continues into the later morning hours as is possible, a few school closings aren’t out of the question. Either way, I don’t expect any administrators to announce delays or closings until the morning.

Rain showers will then continue through Thursday evening, with a steady and at times heavy rainfall likely Thursday night into Friday. Rain showers are then possible into Friday evening, when some snow may mix in with the rain; a light snow accumulation cannot be ruled out Saturday morning. If that chance materializes I’ll have more tomorrow or Friday.

Have a great day!
-Nathan

Good morning! Here’s the latest on this evening’s storm.

Timing: starting after sunset today and likely after 7 pm. Heaviest snowfall late this evening and into the overnight hours, wrapping up around sunrise tomorrow.

Amounts: widespread 4-8″ for much of the region, with most places including Dracut probably being right in the middle of the range. Higher amounts closer to 7″ or 8″ will likely be confined to higher elevations, with the amounts closer to 4″ likely in southern and far eastern sections of the zone. Lesser amounts of 2-4″ are expected from Boston and other coastal regions to the south, where rain or ice may mix in at the end of the storm.

Have a great day!

-Nathan

Good evening!

Quick update on the Saturday (1/18/20) storm; full update at some point tomorrow.

TIMING: Starting around sunset (give or take) Saturday evening, with steady snow Saturday evening and early overnight. Snow starts to wrap up after midnight, perhaps ending as a light rain or ice; all precipitation should be over well before sunrise Sunday. Worst of the snow mid-evening Saturday.

TOTALS: Widespread 3-6″ snow for much of interior Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire; this includes Dracut. Some higher terrain locations could see over 6″, with some amounts less than 3″ near the coast.

Have a great night!
-Nathan

Good morning!

With rain showers likely around mid-morning today, expect a high around 71 after near-steady temperatures in the 60s overnight, with skies gradually clearing in the afternoon along with decreasing temperatures; falling below 50 by the early evening. Winds will be southwest at 10-25 mph, with peak gusts of 40-50 mph this morning; expect a shift to the west this afternoon.

Sunday night will be around 23 and mostly clear, with winds turning northwest at 5-15 mph, with gusts of 15-25 mph early.

Have a great day!
-Nathan

Good morning!

With cloudy skies, expect a high around 46 today, with a southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tonight will feature a chance of rain, a low near 34, and a west wind near 5 mph.

Tomorrow will be much cooler than originally anticipated, with a high only near 41, with rain likely, and a variable wind near 5 mph (eventually ending up as a northeast wind).

Have a great day!
-Nathan

Good morning!

With mostly sunny skies, expect a high around 44 today, with a southwest wind of 5-10 mph this morning. Tonight will have increasing clouds, with a low around 33, with a light southwest wind.

Have a great day!
-Nathan

Good morning and happy 2020!!!! I’m continuing a fairly new tradition of making a full forecast right after midnight (it’s just before 1:15 AM as I type this), and for the new year and decade, I’m going to try and get back on track with how consistently I post. I’ve let that slip a lot in the last two years and that doesn’t reflect well. New year, new decade, new start!

With skies turning sunny today, expect a morning low of 26 and a daytime high of 39, with a west wind of 5-15 mph. Those winds continue into the overnight hours (though mainly on the lower end), with a low around 24 and mostly clear skies.

Thursday will be 45 and mostly sunny, with a west wind of around 5 mph. Expect increasing clouds Thursday night, with a low around 30 and a calm wind.

Rain is likely at times throughout Friday and Saturday (especially Friday and Friday night), with a high of 45 Friday, low of 39 Friday night, and a high of 49 Saturday. Saturday night will have a low of 32, with a chance for some of the last rain showers to end as a mix with snow overnight after the Pats game is over. Sunday will have a high around 37, with decreasing clouds.

Happy New Year!!
-Nathan