brutal cold and wind, what about snow Saturday? NBC Boston [Video]

The wind continues Thursday, and it’s still as strong as yesterday.

Wind advisories are up across much of Massachusetts (except for the South Shore) and New Hampshire for gusts as high as 50 mph.

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We can point fingers to the northeast, as a gargantuan storm center spins off Newfoundland. Expanding from the southern tip of Greenland to the Mid-Atlantic states, this storm’s width is the same as the distance across the entire United States!

Thankfully, it begins to drift away Friday, affording us a break from the wind AND a small bump in temperatures. As we remain in its grip today, there may be some flakes that work down from northern New England.

That storm we’ve been eying for Saturday makes headlines across the country in the coming days. We still see some light snow during the early part of …