Dry

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Dry. My humor?....Perhaps but also our recent pattern. We had a very dry winter & early spring but took care of that in May but now we are sliding back into a dry pattern. Check this out:

Those are rainfall tallies for the month of July. Paltry. Many towns are running 1-2" rainfall deficits for the month so you can understand why the sight of rain on the ole doppler is riveting. It's not a big bag of rain but the atmosphere is loaded with moisture this evening (like a wet sponge) and a little storm will try & wring out that moisture in some towns. Sadly, most towns will see .25" of rain or less but some of the heavy thumpers will produce between 1-2" of rain overnight.

Looking into the upcoming week, our hot & humid pattern rolls on on with afternoon temps in the low to mid 90s with just isolated t-storms Monday & Tuesday afternoons (so isolated that a storm symbol will not appear on the 7day map). By Wednesday a rather strong cold front (by mid summer standards) will blast through here during the afternoon with widespread showers & thunderstorms. Some of those storms will be strong. Behind those strong storms is a refreshing bubble of dry, Canadian air for the end of the week.

~JR

Unsettling

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!

Saved by The Sea Breeze

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Although my forecast was busted today, there was one good thing that came out of it.

Stability.

That gray overcast that hung over the eastern half of the Commonwealth provided a stablizing influence to our atmosphere. The cool air blowing in from the ocean kept the temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way back to Metrowest. While that makes for lousy short-and-t-shirt weather, it is poison to thunderstorms.

Wild & Wacky

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Wild temperatures yesterday---from the 80s down into the low 60s in just an hour AND some heavy duty thunderstorms. The reason was a cool front that dropped in from Maine. That front is in western New England this morning and it's a chameleon as it will become a warm front and try to warm things back up during the day.

Storms, Heat, Sea Breezes

Posted by Pete Bouchard

What a day! Breakneck temperature swings, thunder, tornadoes in Western Mass....and we're still in late May!