In A Little While
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Have you noticed how quickly the snow is melting? Testament to the strengthening February sun. And while a small storm will kiss some parts of the Commonwealth with snow overnight, it's not going to delay the meltdown. 40s will rule the roost through Saturday.
Back to that snow 'event' tonight:
Kind of speaks for itself, eh? If you're weary of sweeping/scraping, then let the sun clean it up tomorrow. Most of the accumulation is over before dawn, with the exception of the Cape where it may still be flurrying.
Not a lot of cold behind this system, nor into the 1st half of the weekend. Highs will settle for the mid and upper 40s through Friday, then drop Saturday afternoon as the cold pours in. Sunday's highs will be a bone-chilling 34 or 35 in town. Just enough to crack freezing. (Hey, it's either that or a snowstorm...which will be forming offshore.)
Storms seem to be steering around us in the short term, but I'm not ready to let my guard down just yet. Old Man Winter may still have some tricks up his sleeve.
Pete
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.
Wild & Wacky
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Wild temperatures yesterday---from the 80s down into the low 60s in just an hour AND some heavy duty thunderstorms. The reason was a cool front that dropped in from Maine. That front is in western New England this morning and it's a chameleon as it will become a warm front and try to warm things back up during the day.