Messy Monday Mix
Posted by Chris Lambert
We couldn't ask for better weather for the cleanup. Light winds, wall to wall sunshine and temps running in the mid to upper 30s in the afternoon. With that said, you were in one of two camps today:
Camp 1: Cleaned-up, power on, plowed out, no damage... it was a nice day to enjoy the picturesque winter scenes.
Camp 2: Either you're part of the crews working on exhaustion trying your best to quickly return the area to "normal", or you have no power or damage to your property. Then it's been another tough day trying to deal with the aftermath. To you folks... I wish for a speedy recovery.
Despite our nice weather today, we'll deal with some ice and rain tomorrow. A winter weather advisory is in place from 6AM-10AM, west of Route 128 for some sleet and freezing rain. That'll add a glaze to the roads and snow pack, before the milder air and rain take over by early afternoon. It's a fairly quick hitting system, so I don't expect a lot of rain. 0.25-0.50" for most. With dew points rising to the mid to upper 30s, fog will form in the afternoon and be with us through the evening. Roads will be a mess with standing water and big puddles thanks to clogged drainage areas.
However, since we don't get a lot of rain, I don't expect severe flooding issues. It would be more of an issue if we had 2" of rain and temps in the 50s vs the low 40s. That set-up would cause more snow to melt rapidly.
It's still going to be a long few days of cleaning up ahead. Hats off to the road crews . You've done a great job so far in an immense challenge. It's not often that most of the state picks up 20-30" of snow.
Stay safe!
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.
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!