Storming In
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Yet another storm has its crosshairs on New England this election eve. While it looks like a textbook nor'easter (in size, track and intensity), it will be a minimal snow event for much of Southern New England this time around. It's just too early in the season to keep the cold around.
Speaking of, we finally made freezing in Boston this morning. Our low temp at Logan Airport was 31°. That's about normal for the first freeze of the season. Typically, we reach that value by Nov. 7th.
Now, back to the storm...
Timing:
Starts late AM as faint flurries/sprinkles along the coast. This is minor and weak. No accumulation. Later, by mid afternoon, our precipitation will pick up. Snow will push back to the 128 loop and it will start to accumulate on grassy surfaces, car tops and sidewalks. Roads will be wet, not white. Meanwhile, rain will fall along Rts. 1, 3 and 24. Through the course of the night, the rain will continue to push back to the suburbs of Worcester and then beyond to Western Mass. This is a long duration storm, but the snowiest part is at the beginning. It's an all rain proposition through Thursday.
Snowfall:
Much of that shading of light blue (and some of the dark) will be washed away as we go over to rain Wednesday night.
Wind:
Strongest along the coast and from 1pm to 5am Thursday. Gusts will top 50 on the Cape/Islands, but stay within the 40-50 mph range from Cape Ann to Providence and the city of Worcester. From Metrowest to the Merrimack Valley, winds will range from 30-40mph. Most of us will keep our power this time around. Outages will be minor and brief.
Coastal Flooding:
Tide cycle we're most concerned with is the 5pm high tide. Minor splashover is possible, but most places will see simply high water, since we are neither at a full moon nor a new moon phase at this point in the month.
The nor'easter will slowly wobble from just south of Block Island to just south of Nantucket on Thursday. This keeps the wind going and the seas frothy, but in terms of rainfall, it will be run-of-the mill: just a raw, chilly November day.
Sun's back Friday and into the weekend....anyone for a big warmup on Veteran's Day weekend?
After this stormy pattern, I'm sure to have some takers.
Pete
Just In Time
Posted by Chris Lambert
Summer officially starts Friday at 1:04 A.M., and Mother Nature's sending in summer weather for us just in time. Mid to late June averages highs near 80 degrees, and we'll be there temperature-wise over the next few days. Mostly dry too!
That's A Wrap--I Think
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
I hope I'm not jinxing us with this statement.."The recent wet pattern is over....onto sunshine & a more summer- like pattern.." The last time someone from 7 weather called a pattern change too soon we got a blizzard and 3 subsequent nor'easters (looking at you Pete!!--LOL). We don't have to worry about any blizzards or nor'easters but one never knows in the new world order.
Like A Waterfall
Posted by Pete Bouchard
If you were caught in those 'cloudbursts' today, you had more than you could handle in the rain department. Torrents fell in a short amount of time - what we deem 'flash flooding' in the weather biz. Since it happens suddenly, the National Weather Service has adopted the acronym TADD:
Bam! Pow!
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Bam. Pow! Those were some nasty storms last evening with some towns in metrowest & the city itself blasted with locally heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong wind gusts. A cool front is the culprit and that front will linger across the region again today. That means another round of some scattered showers & t-storms likely.