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Regional Weather Story 
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 
905 AM EST Sat Jan 19 2019

skies started off mostly sunny across the region this morning. 
However clouds will be on the increase and the clouds will thicken 
as the day progresses. High temperatures for this saturday will 
range from the upper 20s over the northwest interior to the mid and 
upper 30s for Cape Cod and the Islands.

A potent storm system over the lower Mississippi River Valley will 
head northeast and bring our region a wintry mix of precipitation 
beginning during this evening and lasting through most of Sunday. 
The precipitation will start out as snow, then change to a wintry 
mix Sunday morning, with rain along the south coast, before it all 
changes back to snow Sunday afternoon. Snowfall totals from this 
storm could range from a trace to a few inches across the south 
coast, to as much as 18 inches across northwest Massachusetts. Of 
equal concern with this major storm, is a period of freezing rain 
that is expected to fall over northeast Connecticut, northern Rhode 
Island and interior southeast Massachusetts. Additionally, plunging 
temperatures into the teens and low 20s late Sunday afternoon and 
evening will cause a flash freeze.

As the storm departs Sunday night, arctic air will continue to spill 
across the region on blustery northwest winds. Temperatures by 
Monday morning will range from 5 below to 10 above zero. Blustery 
northwest winds will persist during the day Monday with temperatures 
only rising into the single digits and teens.  Blustery and frigid 
conditions will continue Monday night. 

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