Snow Threats, Bitter Blast Brings Winter Feel Back To MA This Weekend

MASSACHUSETTS — A weekend reminder is coming that — despite the break in the relentless two-month cold stretch with temperatures in the 50s and abundant ice melting this week — winter is not completely done with New England quite yet.

A chance of snow Friday and Saturday night and a January-like bitter blast of air Sunday and Monday will put a damper on budding spring fever across Massachusetts before warmer weather returns next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Thursday was to be another mild day even if it lacked the warm sun of earlier this week. Any morning snow turned to rain with temperatures reaching into the 50s for part of the state and sticking in the 40s in the Merrimack Valley and Worcester Hills.

Friday will be a seasonable day with sunny skies and a high of 44 degrees.

Friday night brings a chance of snow as a front moves across the region. The NWS said the snow will begin after 8 p.m. and mix with rain overnight as temperatures rise through the 30s. Little accumulation is expected.

Saturday is shaping up to be another springlike day with a high of 53 degrees and a chance of rain.

Another shot of snow could move across the region Saturday as a cold front ushers in bitter air. The NWS said little to no accumulation is expected.

Sunday and Monday will feel much more like the heart of winter than the eve of spring with a high temperature of 31 degrees on Sunday and a brisk northwest wind gusting to 22 mph. Temperatures will fall into deep freeze territory Sunday night with a low of 13 in Boston and single digits — with wind chills near zero — north and west of the city.

Monday will be more of the same with a high near 32 before temperatures moderate and rain returns for the middle of next week.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)