Eyes to The Skies

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Whew. The asteroid is moving away, the meteors have stopped falling and we're realizing how close to came to sudden impact. A mere 17,000 miles separated us from this chunk of space rock. Some astronomers are quietly speculating (now that the threat for public panic has passed) that those meteors in Russia this morning MAY have once been a part of the asteroid at one time. Perhaps, they say, in its last approach to Earth, the gravitational pull caused some fragments to break off the asteroid and put them on a collision course with Earth. Sounds plausible...I mean, you really think it was coincidence???

Now back to ground level. Nice one today, eh? Sun boosted us to 50 and 51 in some spots! But reality is setting in for the weekend. Colder temperatures and a foray into the snow...again.

Before you get in a huff, remember what the February sun has done to the snowpack thus far. We managed to obliterate well over half of our snow in less than a week.

Now back to the timing on this storm:

• Light snow/mix/light rain will pester us from daybreak to early afternoon tomorrow. Roads will be wet, and accumulations will be light.
• We'll have a pause late tomorrow afternoon before the snow cranks up late tomorrow evening and into the night. This is where we get 90% of our accumulation.
• Snow will still be around on Sunday morning, but it'll be light and wind-blown.
• Event ends mid Sunday AM.
• Highest amounts will be on Cape Cod, where ocean-effect (similar to Lake Effect) will contribute to the accumulations.
• Temps plummet overnight on Saturday into the low 20s & only recover to the mid 20s Sunday. Gusty winds on Sunday will give us wind chills in the single digits!

After this, things will settle down for the short term, but we're still in an active pattern, so I can't exactly say this is the finish line in terms of snow.

Make it a good weekend!

Pete

Feet First

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Right into summer. Warm & humid weather expected for much of the week. Good?.....Well, keep in mind that warmth & humidity are the 2 key ingredients for thunderstorms. The last being something to *lift* that warm/humid air. Usually a front is a good device to do such that. Today, we will have a cool front approach New England very late in the day & evening. That may lead to an isolated storm or two after 4pm but most towns just have a fair amount of clouds, warmth & humidity. Temps will climb to near 80 by afternoon.

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.