Cold, with another chance of snow before Christmas

We have another chance for more snow and several very cold days before Santa arrives in Massachusetts. The storm, which brought up to 6 inches of snow in some parts of Massachusetts and posed major challenges for travelers Friday, will hang over Halifax Saturday morning. Beyond that, StormTeam 5 said freezing air and a gusty northerly wind would be moving into our area. Saturday will start out cloudy, with a chance of temporary thunderstorms, before partly clearing in the afternoon. Temperatures will be just a few degrees below freezing, so some melting will occur. “The cold really sets in on Sunday and Monday,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist Wankum. “Even if we recover, it will take a while to get back to average, which should be around 40 degrees this time of year.”StormTeam 5 Tools: Conclusions | Futurecast | Traffic With clear skies and persistent gusty winds, wind chills will be below zero across most of the region on Sunday. In the coldest suburbs it could feel like 8 degrees below zero. From Monday the winds will ease and temperatures will slowly start to rise again. “There’s a system coming in out here in the West and it’s going to bring some milder air with it. And depending on what time this comes through, we could actually see a little bit of snow on Christmas Eve,” Wankum said. For this storm the timing determines whether the precipitation falls as snow or as a wintry mix. “If it comes through at 6 a.m., it’s cold enough to snow. If it slows down and comes in later, it will warm up too much and it will become more of a wintry mix and everything else,” Wankum said. According to Wankum, if the timing works out, we could expect one to two centimeters of snow in large parts of the region. Technically, snow on Christmas Eve — or even snow left on the ground from a previous storm — wouldn’t be a white Christmas. The last time Boston experienced a white Christmas, meaning at least an inch of snow fell by 7 a.m., was in 2009.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. –

We have another chance for more snow and several very cold days before Santa arrives in Massachusetts.

The storm, which brought up to 6 inches of snow to some parts of Massachusetts on Friday and posed major challenges for travelers, will hang over Halifax Saturday morning. Beyond that, StormTeam 5 said freezing air and a gusty northerly wind would be moving into our area.

Saturday will start out cloudy, with a chance of temporary thunderstorms, before partly clearing in the afternoon. Temperatures will be just a few degrees below freezing, so some melting will occur.

“The cold really sets in on Sunday and Monday,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist Wankum. “Even if we recover, it will take a while to get back to average, which should be around 40 degrees this time of year.”

StormTeam 5 Tools: Closings | Futurecast | Traffic

With clear skies and persistent gusty winds, wind chills will be below zero across most of the region on Sunday. In the coldest suburbs it could feel like 8 degrees below zero

From Monday these winds will subside and temperatures will slowly begin to rise again.

“There’s a system out here in the West that’s coming in and bringing some milder air with it. And depending on what time this comes through, we could actually see a little bit of snow on Christmas Eve,” Wankum said.

With this storm, timing will determine whether precipitation falls as snow or a wintry mix.

“If it comes through at 6 a.m., it’s cold enough to snow. If it slows down and comes in later, it will warm up too much and it will become more of a wintry mix and everything else,” Wankum said.

According to Wankum, if the timing works out, we could expect one to two centimeters of snow in large parts of the region.

Technically, snow on Christmas Eve — or even snow left on the ground from a previous storm — wouldn’t be a white Christmas.

The last time Boston experienced a white Christmas, meaning at least an inch of snow fell by 7 a.m., was in 2009.