A major winter event will hit us this weekend, but weather forecasters in the National Weather Service’s Wakefield office are not sure yet if we will get snow, ice, or a combination. One thing they do know – it will be really, really cold.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Wakefield office said it had “increasing confidence for a major winter storm this weekend and very cold temperatures behind it. Recent model guidance has decreased the amount of snowfall and increased the amount of ice, but there remains uncertainty regarding the precipitation types and timing.”
Ice forming on top of snow could bring down trees and power lines and make travel dangerous.
The crazy weather is the result of a split in the jet stream, with the northern stream bringing in cold arctic air from Canada, while the southern stream pumps in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.
The uncertainty about what type of precipitation predominates res…