Gradually improving, slightly warmer weather
The same mid-level cutoff low that helped bring the heavy rain and strong winds on Tuesday, as well as multiple days of snow showers since, is still meandering in the vicinity of the Northeast US today. This has helped to keep an island of cold in an otherwise sea of warmth across much of the US, as well as instability and moisture to produce wrap-around snow showers.
Impressive lapse rates have remained over the region over the past few days, allowing for the continuation of snow showers and squalls. They’ll be much more isolated on Friday, however, as the upper level low finally begins to pull away. As it does so, it will remove our area from the pocket of stronger instability. So, we expect highs in the upper 30’s to near 40 on Friday with a much lower chance of snow showers — in fact, cloudy to partly cloudy skies should be the general rule.