3/1 Rhode Island Weather 6 AM: 11° Below Normal

Good morning. Rhode Island. I'm Aaron Jolly. Happy meteorological spring. Rhode Island. Now brace yourself, because an Arctic front is about to crash the party. Right now you're waking up to 28 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Feels like a normal late winter morning. It won't stay that way. In the next 24 hours. That front slides through late this morning, squeezing out a quick burst of snow. Providence, your window is 10 A.M. To 2 P.M., heaviest around 11. Down along Narragansett Bay, it's 11 A.M. To 3 P.M., peaking near noon. We're talking a dusting to an inch. Not a blockbuster. but enough to slick up the roads and catch you off guard if you're running errands. The snow isn't the headline though. The cold behind it's. Once skies clear tonight, temperatures fall off a cliff. Providence drops to 6 degrees by tomorrow morning. Wind chills dip to minus 3. Along the Bay, you bottom out near 11 degrees with wind chills hovering around zero. That's the kind of cold that bites through your gloves before you finish scraping the windshield. Monday brings brilliant sunshine but zero warmth. Highs struggle to reach 28 or 29 degrees statewide. Morning wind chills hit minus 4 in Providence. If you've got kids waiting for the bus, layer them up like they're heading to the summit of Mount Washington. Now the twist. This Arctic blast has an expiration date. Tuesday a wintry mix flips to rain as temps climb to 41 degrees. Wednesday through Friday? We're talking upper 40s, maybe low 50s. By next weekend, 55 degrees is on the table. A full 50 degrees swing from Monday morning to Friday afternoon. Today's high of 35 sits 11 degrees below normal. Spring's coming. We just have to earn it first. Charge your phone tonight. Cold this deep drains batteries faster than you'd think. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. Stay safe, stay prepared. and enjoy the day.