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FXUS61 KBOX 120003
AFDBOX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
803 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES EXTENDED FOR SOME WATERS INTO FRIDAY.
COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS OUR REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
COULD ALLOW FOR HIT-OR-MISS SHOWERS OR EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER
TONIGHT FOR SOME.
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY
THURSDAY. EXPECTING FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. EVEN
A RISK FOR MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE SUBFREEZING AIR.
- LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY PM. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FOR HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY.
- WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR RIVER FLOODING. ANOTHER PERIOD
OF GUSTY WINDS MONDAY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION LATE TONIGHT
INTO MIDDAY THURSDAY. EXPECTING FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
DAY. EVEN A RISK FOR MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS INTERIOR
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE SUBFREEZING
AIR.
MUCH OF OUR WEATHER INTO THURSDAY WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF
A COLD FRONT MOVING PAST SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. EXPECTING
SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR MOST, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A
THUNDERSTORMS CLOSER TO THE COLD POOL ALOFT MOVING ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. ONCE THIS FRONT MOVES ON
BY, COLDER AIR SHOULD ARRIVE. AIR COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN
FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYTIME. THAT SAID, EXPECTING
LOW TEMPERATURES TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL FOR MID MARCH BY
THURSDAY NIGHT.
THINKING SHOWERS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ACROSS OUR REGION AFTER
MIDNIGHT INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY
TEMPERATURES FALL, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR LIGHT SNOW
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TOWARDS THE BERKSHIRES MAINLY, BUT
PERHAPS ALSO INTO THE WORCESTER HILLS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE
DRYING AS THIS SNOWFALL DEVELOPS, SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE
THAN A COATING TO AN INCH.
KEY MESSAGE 2...LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY PM. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY.
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A
SIGNAL FOR MARGINAL MOISTURE TO PUSH INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF
THE WAVE. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SNOW SHOWERS
FOR THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. RAIN/SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS. ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE LIGHT. GENERALLY
UP TO AN INCH FOR NORTHWEST/NORTH-CENTRAL MA HIGHER ELEVATIONS,
PERHAPS LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF
THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES. ELSEWHERE, A COATING TO A HALF AN INCH
IS MORE LIKELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF MA, NORTHERN CT (EXCLUDING
THE CAPE). A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. A MODERATE JET AND ENHANCED GRADIENT ALONG WITH CAA
WILL ALLOW MIXING DOWN OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AMONG GUIDANCE ON HOW STRONG THE JET
WILL BE. GUSTS 35-45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER WINDS
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND CAPE/ISLANDS. THERE ARE
MODERATE PROBABILITIES 50-60% FOR GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH FOR
THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF THE BERKSHIRES AND WORCESTER HILLS.
SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOR POTENTIAL WIND
ADVISORY HEADLINES.
KEY MESSAGE 3... WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR RIVER FLOODING.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS MONDAY.
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION SUNDAY WITH A LLJ AHEAD
OF IT. THIS WILL SHIFT WINDS SOUTHWEST AND HELP ADVECT IN
MOISTURE RICH AIR NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MOISTURE
WILL BE FAIRLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS
200-280% OF NORMAL. MARGINAL INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM ALONG-SIDE THE ANOMALOUS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RAISES
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, CONVECTIVE CELLS, AND
PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN. ENSEMBLE
PROBABILITIES FOR GREATER THAN 1" OF RAIN RANGE FROM 30-60%
GENERALLY. THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE LEANING WETTER THAN
THE GEFS, EVEN HIGHLIGHTING HIGHER PROBS CLOSER TO 70% FOR RI,
CT, AND SE MA FOR 1" OR GREATER OF QPF. UPPER PERCENTILES FOR
TOTAL QPF RUN 1 TO A LITTLE OVER 2" ACROSS ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE.
THIS DOES RAISE CONCERN FOR RISING RIVER/STREAM LEVELS FROM
SNOWMELT AND ADDITIONAL RAIN. MMEFS ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SHOWS
POTENTIAL (40-60%) FOR RIVERS REACHING MINOR FLOOD LEVELS EARLY
NEXT WEEK (PAWTUXET, TAUNTON, PAWCATUCK RIVERS). LOW PROBS TO
REACH MINOR FLOOD ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF THE MAINSTEM
CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM HARTFORD THROUGH MIDDLE HADDAM.
A STRONG SOUTHERLY LLJ SHIFTS ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY. THIS
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THE
DEGREE OF MIXING WE WILL GET TO THE SURFACE FROM THAT LLJ, SO
THE MAGNITUDE OF GUSTS REMAINS LESS CERTAIN. REGARDLESS, IT
WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY GUSTY MONDAY WITH MILDER TEMPERATURES.
AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW - LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE - 30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH - GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
00Z TAF UPDATE:
TONIGHT THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY: MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
THIS IS A PRETTY ACTIVE, CHANGEABLE AVIATION FORECAST PERIOD.
GENERALLY VFR INITIALLY IN INCREASING S WINDS FOR MOST
AIRPORTS, NE FLOW HAS RESUMED IN NORTHEAST/EASTERN MA WHICH HAS
BROUGHT IFR- LIFR CEILINGS, AND COASTAL MIST/FOG HAS DEVELOPED
ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY RETREATS NORTH BETWEEN 01-03Z, BRINGING A
WINDSHIFT TO S WINDS AROUND 10-15 KT. LIFR MAY LINGER ALONG THE
SOUTH COAST BUT SOME MODEST CATEGORICAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR,
PERHAPS VFR AS WINDS TURN SOUTHERLY. WHILE THIS OCCURS, STRONG
SW LLJ OF 50-55 KT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO LOW LEVEL SHEARS,
WHICH WON'T IMPROVE UNTIL OVERNIGHT.
NEXT CONCERN IS BETWEEN 04-08Z AS A ROUND OF SHOWERS, WITH
HEAVIER SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FOR TAFS NEAR OR SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 MOVES IN. THIS STEMS FROM ONGOING STG/SVR
CONVECTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BUT
ZONE OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY COULD STILL SUSTAIN A RISK FOR
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER (REFLECTED IN TAFS WITH PROB30S), ALTHOUGH
STRONG STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. BRIEF CLEARING FROM WEST TO
EAST BETWEEN 08-12Z WITH CATEGORIES IN THE MVFR RANGE FOR MOST
AIRPORTS. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10-15 KT WITH GUSTS 20-25
OUTSIDE OF STORMS.
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN BE MOVING THROUGH SNE BETWEEN 13-19Z
THURS WEST TO EAST, WHICH WILL BRING A GUSTY WINDSHIFT TO WNW
AROUND 15-18 KT WITH GUSTS 25-30 KT. COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL
ALLOW FOR INITIAL RAIN, BUT RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH PL AND THEN SN
WITH MVFR VISBY/MVFR-IFR CEILINGS FROM 18-00Z. UP TO AN INCH OF
SNOW ACCUM POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES ALTHOUGH RUNWAYS SHOULD
BE WET GIVEN PRECEDING SPELL OF WARM TEMPERATURES.
THURSDAY NIGHT: HIGH CONFIDENCE.
RAPID IMPROVEMENT TO VFR. NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT. EVEN THOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SUBFREEZING, RAPID DRYING SHOULD LIMIT ANY
FREEZE-UP ON RUNWAYS.
KBOS TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. LIFR STRATUS/MIST TO
PERSIST THRU 02Z THURS AS NE WINDS SHIFT TO S. MVFR CEILINGS
THEN LINGER UNTIL A RISK FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS BETWEEN
04-09Z THURS. CLEARING AFTER 09Z THURS BUT ANOTHER RISK FOR RAIN
TAKES PLACE AROUND 14Z WITH A GUSTY WINDSHIFT TO NW AS COLD
FRONT MOVES THRU. COOLING TEMPS AFTER 18Z COULD BRING A RISK
FOR RAIN MIXED WITH PL THEN BRIEF SN, ALTHOUGH RUNWAYS SHOULD BE
DRY.
KBDL TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. VFR INITIALLY BUT
CATEGORIES TURN MVFR AFTER 04Z, WITH PERIOD OF SHRA, EMBEDDED
TS POSSIBLE (INDICATED AS PROB30) 04-08Z. VFR/MVFR CEILINGS
AFTER 08Z BEFORE COLD FRONT BRINGS RESUMING RISK FOR RAIN AND A
GUSTY NW WINDSHIFT AFTER 13Z. COOLING TEMPS COULD SUPPORT
MIXOVER TO PL THEN SN AFTER 17Z THURS.
OUTLOOK /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FRIDAY: VFR. BREEZY. SLIGHT CHANCE RA.
FRIDAY NIGHT: WINDY WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. CHANCE RA.
SATURDAY: WINDY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.
SATURDAY NIGHT: BREEZY.
SUNDAY: BREEZY. SLIGHT CHANCE RA.
SUNDAY NIGHT: STRONG WINDS WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. CHANCE
RA, CHANCE FZRA, SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA.
MONDAY: STRONG WINDS WITH AREAS OF GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. RA.
MARINE
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW - LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE - 30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH - GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
ROUGH SEAS LINGER ACROSS THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WATERS LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WILL ALSO GENERATE GUSTY SW WINDS AT TIMES UNTIL IT
PASSES. POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN FOG EXPECTED TONIGHT, AND
ALSO THE RISK FOR A FEW SHOWERS. BECOMING CLEARER WITH GUSTY W
TO NW WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
OUTLOOK /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FRIDAY: LOW RISK FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP
TO 25 KT. AREAS OF SEAS APPROACHING 5 FT.
FRIDAY NIGHT: STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. AREAS OF
ROUGH SEAS. CHANCE OF RAIN.
SATURDAY: STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. ROUGH SEAS UP TO
11 FT.
SATURDAY NIGHT: LOW RISK FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. LOCAL ROUGH SEAS.
SUNDAY: WINDS LESS THAN 25 KT.
SUNDAY NIGHT: STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. AREAS OF
ROUGH SEAS. RAIN LIKELY, SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY: GALE FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. ROUGH SEAS UP
TO 13 FT. RAIN.
BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ232-233.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ234.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ235-237-250-
254>256.
DISCUSSION...BELK/MENSCH
AVIATION...LOCONTO
MARINE...BELK/MENSCH
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