Cold Rain Most Areas with Minor High Elevation Snow Accumulations Possible Late Thursday through Friday Night
A deepening upper trough with a couple of surface low pressure centers or one elongated center will bring precipitation to southern New England Thursday afternoon through Friday night. For most areas, the precipitation will be in the form of a cold rain, but some wet snow is possible over the higher terrain with some minor accumulations possible. Although this is not expected to be a major storm event, it may bring a minor accumulation of wet snow to the higher elevations of the Berkshires and Worcester Hills (mainly Friday and Friday night as colder air filters into the region). Some wet snow may mix with a cold rain over lower interior elevations (west and northwest of I-495 in MA and across northern RI and northern CT) late Friday and/or Friday night but most likely with little/no accumulation. Just rain is expected along coastal sections. Flurries or mixed rain/snow showers may occur Saturday morning across the interior but with no accumulation.
As the surface low continues offshore on Saturday, cold air will settle over southern New England with daytime temperatures in the 40s and overnight temperatures in the 20s and 30s, warmest over the Cape and Islands.
There looks to be the possibility of as much as 2 to 4 inches of wet snow accumulation across the higher elevations of the Berkshires Thursday night through Friday night (mainly above 1000 feet). An inch or two of sloppy wet snow is also possible over the higher elevations of the Worcester Hills (above 1000 feet). A few models depict enough cold air and significant precipitation intensity to result in a coating to perhaps an inch of wet snow over the high terrain of northern CT Friday/Friday night. Very little or more likely no snow accumulation is expected elsewhere. The mild ground temperatures combined with very low snow ratios will work against much accumulation even across the higher terrain.
All and all, this system is expected to have limited impact but may bring the first snow of the season to some parts of the higher terrain of interior southern New England.
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Will continue to monitor the upcoming precipitation event and update this blog if there should be any significant changes. Otherwise, the next message will be the weekly significant weather outlook scheduled for Monday November 16.
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Message issued November 11, 2026 by:
Bob Thompson
Retired National Weather Service Meteorologist
Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center Advisory Council member
