Settle Down

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Ready for a quiet weather pattern? Me too. Here's why it's been so stormy lately:

That ol jet stream all buckled up with no place to go. That big dip it's taking in that picture promotes big/nasty slow moving storms. Sandy and the nor'easter are exhibits A & B. Thankfully, the pattern will settle down as the jet stream will now look like this for a few days:

All the storminess will shift to the west coast over the next 5-10 days and that will give us here in the east a much deserved break. Getting into this newfangled pattern will be some weather. It's a warm front---the front edge of the warmer air--and that front will produce a batch of clouds by this afternoon into the first part of Sunday. Look for afternoon temps to reach 50 today and into the mid 50s tomorrow. By Monday we're even warmer with temps reaching the mid 60s! Our next chance of rain is Tuesday---not from a storm but rather a cold front. Until then...enjoy the break!

~JR

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.

Thunderous Start to Workweek

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heat and a bit of humidity fed a strong - and sometimes severe - line of thunderstorms today. By the time the dinner hour rolled around (6pm-ish), the storms had consolidated into a line. Everyone got a drink of water and a big drop in temperatures - some falling nearly 20 degrees in minutes!

Rear-view Mirror

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

As we exit our recent soggy pattern we do so with one more weather system capable of producing scattered showers & t-storms. This cool front is a slow mover (aren't we all on Monday mornings?!) up in northern New England right now. This slow moving front will settle into our part of the world very late this afternoon bringing a chance of some scattered t-storms between 4-pm. Until then you have a great day with mostly sunny skies along with temperatures in the low 80s. For some, a bit on the humid side for much of the day.