The unseasonably mld stretch of weather is gradually ending in Southern New England. It will be near or slightly below normal to round out 2014 and begin 2015 this week. It will also be dry into the weekend. There is little doubt that the overall weather pattern looks colder in the next couple of weeks, but the devil is in the details of whether it will be cold and dry or cold and snowy. The first challenge is with a weather system arriving late this weekend. It’s still possible that there will be snow or mixed precipitation from that system, even though most models are mild with mainly or all rain.

Next week there will be another huge area of high pressure bringing more cold weather to the Western United States that bleeds east during the week. The boundary between the cold weather and relatively warm weather in the Southeastern United States may prove to be fertile breeding grounds for inclement weather. While this pattern does not promise snow, there is certainly potential for it. As the weather gets more active, we’ll be adding Computer Model Trends updates when storms threaten. So, even though the day to day weather is not very predictable 5+ days out in this pattern, we’ll be doing our best to let you know what’s on the way.