The Bar is High

Posted by Pete Bouchard

While we wade through puddles and navigate snowbanks (via car or foot), the pattern remains active.

HOWEVER, the next round of wintery weather will be measured in flakes and inches - not in feet. And since the bar is so high after the blizzard, many will think this isn't even worthy of a paragraph in my blog...but I'll oblige nonetheless (what, you expect me to just talk about spring training?)

The bottom line is this storm won't have the power to heave the snow up into ALL of Southern New England. This storm system is beating-feet to the open Atlantic as it kisses us with a bit of snow.

Sure, there may be as much as 3" inches on Nantucket, but I'm more inclined to stick to the 1-2 than I am to up them (based on the latest trends).

OK, onward and upward. Although the pattern is active, the 'threat matrix' remains low. We'll watch another storm get freakishly large FAR offshore over the weekend, sparing us and Nova Scotia (a very snow-weary province). Wind and cold will be drawn down, but it's just for one day. 

Rest of the forecast is rather late-winter like: bright afternoons, refreezing at night and eventually, a warmup late early next week.

Dig it?

Pete

How To Spin This

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

So....what would you like to hear first? The good news? Bad news? Let's start with the good news....

Come On Ride The Train

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heavy rain is on the move! All afternoon long it was stalled over Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Heavy pulses of rain traveled over the same towns and cities - a process meteorologists call "training" - resulting in flash flooding in some counties to our west.

Unsettling

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!

Saved by The Sea Breeze

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Although my forecast was busted today, there was one good thing that came out of it.

Stability.

That gray overcast that hung over the eastern half of the Commonwealth provided a stablizing influence to our atmosphere. The cool air blowing in from the ocean kept the temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way back to Metrowest. While that makes for lousy short-and-t-shirt weather, it is poison to thunderstorms.