Countdown Is On

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Still giving thanks for this wonderfully sunny day. Wow! Tons of sun and (somewhat) mild air!

Low clouds are starting to sneak in on Cape Cod, and I think they'll continue so slither in overnight on a light ESE breeze. They'll most likely settle in for the night inside I-128, so many of us will wake to mostly cloudy skies.

While we may start Black Friday gray, it won't stay that way. More sunshine will chase away the clouds, although I'm thinking clouds will still be a feature in the sky. Temperatures hardly budge, but I think we'll spread those mid 50s a little farther north tomorrow.

Then the "event horizon" approaches on Saturday. Sure, it's just a measly cool front with a few scattered light showers, but it also is the catalyst for a complete pattern change over much of the Northeast. After Saturday, we'll be hard-pressed to get out of the 40s for the forseeable future AND we'll have to watch each and every storm for accumulating snow or mix as it moves near New England.

One such storm system was slated to arrive by Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. However, some of the latest weather maps are now saying we may just see some flurries as it passes well to our south! While this signal was first shown in last night's runs, this morning's run confirmed (and built upon) it. And while I hesitate to jump on one model run, two makes a trend...and starts to confirm a forecast.

That's why you don't see much in the way of crazy weather by middle of next week. That said, things are much colder too, and a little wiggle in the track could mean we're seeing accumulating snow all through Massachusetts. We'll keep you apprised.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!

Pete

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.

We'll Take Average

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, we had a lot of clouds this afternoon, but at least not a lot of rain.  Sure a few showers were out there, scattered about, but hopefully they didn't ruin any plans you had with dad.  Temps made it into the mid to upper 70s, which is close to the average for this time of year.  In fact, the whole 7-day forecast is within 5 degrees of average each and every day.  That means lots of upper 70s and lower 80s on the board.  Not bad being average this time of year, huh?