Weather Watch

Storm may bring sizable snowfall to Cape

Anywhere from 4 to 9 inches could fall through Wednesday

By Philip Burt

Despite Monday's mild temperatures, it appears as though yet another winter storm is poised to move into the region over the next 24 hours, bringing another round of snow, wind and cold.

Precipitation will break out around the region close to dawn Tuesday as a mix of rain and
snow, however, as precipitation becomes steadier it will quickly transition to all snow and last throughout the day and into Tuesday night.

So how much should we expect?

For several days now this has been a very close call between virtually nothing at all and a major east coast snowstorm. Now with the event less than 24 hours away, it finally appears clear that Cape Cod will indeed be scraped by the western side of the storm giving us a sizable
snowfall.

Snow should fall moderately, to even heavily, at times through Tuesday afternoon and a good portion of Tuesday Night. In fact, light snow could linger into Wednesday, though in a much lighter and more sporadic nature.

At the current time, I'm expecting 4 to 7 inches of snowfall around the area. However, it's not out of the question that these amounts may be a touch on the low side, and that heavier totals closer to 8 or 9 inches might be fall across parts of the Cape.

In addition to the snow, strong north to northeast winds gusting to better than 40 mphare expected, especially across the Outer Cape. These strong winds are likely to cause some blowing and drifting snow and will make for tough travel at times during Tuesday afternoon.

Snow will be wet and heavy for a time Tuesday, which could pose some additional minor problems with tree limbs and power outages.

In all likelihood, when totals from across the Cape are averaged, this will end up being the heaviest snowfall we have seen so far this winter.

A winter storm watch is posted and should be converted to a winter storm warning later tonight or tomorrow morning. You can get the last on the forecast here on CapeCodToday.com and by visiting CapeCodWeather.Net.