National Weather Service: First snow, then record cold

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE said the Southern Coast of Rhode Island will receive the most snow in Friday's storm. / COURTESY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE said the Southern Coast of Rhode Island will receive the most snow in Friday's storm. / COURTESY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

PROVIDENCE – The Southern Coast of Rhode Island will receive between 4-6 inches of snow today, while the rest of the state will receive between 3-5 inches, the National Weather Service said Friday.
“The further south, the heavier the snow’s going to be,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Alan Dunham said Friday.
Dunham said the snow is going to taper off this afternoon.
As of midnight, the snow total for the season was 38.2 inches, above the normal level of 29.9 inches, Dunham said.
The March snow canceled school in some districts around the state. Numerous municipalities also enforced parking bans. Just a few flights were canceled at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick this morning, according to its website.
Dunham said record cold is expected this weekend, with temperatures plummeting to the teens tonight, and hovering in the low- to mid-20s, possibly high teens in Northern Rhode Island, on Saturday. The record low for March 11 was 7 degrees, set in Providence in 1939, he said. Saturday night temperatures will fall to the single digits and could drop below zero, he said.
Sunday’s temperatures will rise to the mid- to upper 20s, but will feel colder due to the wind chill, he said.
Meanwhile, Dunham said the weather service is watching a potential snow storm for Tuesday into Wednesday, but it’s still too early to tell what it will bring to the region.
“We’re in Southern New England. It snows in March. Sometimes it snows in April,” Dunham said.

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