Nor'easter Pulls Away

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Final swath of wind - and rain - heading through the Commonwealth as I type this. The snow accumuation is over, but our nor'easter isn't giving up just yet.

Some gusts will still top out at 50-60 mph along the coast this morning, but as the storm pulls away, winds will relax and the clouds will break just as darkness settles in.

(Mea Culpa alert.)

So where did this forecast go astray? I can throw around blame all morning, but the real crux of the argument was the models were tricked into thinking this was a run-of-the-mill storm....and guess who went along for the ride?

Given that the temps were still in the mid 40s through yesterday morning, we stayed the (wet, rainy) course. But as Darth Sidious once said, "Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda." Little did we know that the winds would shift and draw down cold, dry air across Metrowest. This dropped the temps and changed us over to snow. Hard lesson to learn from a sneaky storm.

Hard freeze up tonight. Any leftover snow will solidify under clear skies. We're back to sun tomorrow and into the weekend. And yep, that warmup is still in the cards too.

Take it easy.

Pete

Feet First

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Right into summer. Warm & humid weather expected for much of the week. Good?.....Well, keep in mind that warmth & humidity are the 2 key ingredients for thunderstorms. The last being something to *lift* that warm/humid air. Usually a front is a good device to do such that. Today, we will have a cool front approach New England very late in the day & evening. That may lead to an isolated storm or two after 4pm but most towns just have a fair amount of clouds, warmth & humidity. Temps will climb to near 80 by afternoon.

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.