A Foray Into The Cold
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Cold front sliced through this morning, and although it didn't really feel like a shot of cold air rushed in at first, it certainly does now.
Gusty winds are transporting the coldest part of this airmass into New England. This is uniform cold, so everyone gets a slice of 20s tonight...all the way to the Back Bay. Granted, we're not going into the single digits or teens (thanks to a brisk breeze), it is a bit of a shock to the system after basking in the 50s since Monday.
Got a lot of snow lovers grumbling and ranting on Twitter and in emails:
"Where's the cold?"
"When can I build an outdoor ice rink?"
"Will we have a white Christmas?"
Can't see too far into the future to answer these questions with confidence, but I will say that I don't see any long-term cold in the pipeline through mid December. Sure, we may lob into the deeper cold by Chistmas week or even late December, but we gotta get things moving around the globe first. Arctic air is in a holding pattern right now. It's locked in Siberia, Alaska/Yukon Territories and Europe. Even when it gets going, will it be a brief cooldown like we had last Friday/Saturday or will it be here to stay?
These are rhetorical questions right now. Winter is still in diapers, and the cards are still on the table.
Near term, slow warming into the weekend. It's not enough to get out the short-sleeves, but it's enough to make it rain instead of snow. The real warmth will wait until Monday to surge in. By then, we might get cozy with the 60s!
Take it easy.
Pete
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?
Happy Father's Day
Posted by Chris Lambert
Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there, and to my dad as well. So what's on tap for the day? Golf, grilling, just hanging out? Whatever it is, all and all, it's still a pretty good day for dad weather-wise. I wish I could say the Father's Day forecast exactly repeats Saturday, but we do have a few late afternoon showers to track.