Yup... It's Still Winter
Posted by Chris Lambert
Snow flakes fall from the sky today, but they won't collectively amount to a lot A coating to an inch or two for many spots west of Boston from mid morning on. That's on top of the 1-2" of snow that fell overnight in parts of Worcester County. As temps hover in the upper 30s this afternoon, we should have just mainly wet roads as a few raindrops mix in the the snow showers.
Winds turn north tonight and that'll send temps well below freezing. Roads become slick as light snow has a much easier time sticking. The trickiest travel will be after midnight as snow increases once again as an ocean storm develops along a front to the east of us. This ocean storm will be a powerful one by tomorrow, but the track of it is just far enough offshore to allow us a glancing blow and not an all out nor'easter. With that said, we'll still have to deal with snow and wind.
The forecasted snow totals are tricky at this point, but the more likely set-up provides Boston with another 3-4" of fluffy snow, 1-3" west of Route 128 and 4-6" across SE Mass, with up to 6-8" across the Cape and Islands. If the track is a bit closer to the coast, these numbers slide up, if it's farther out to sea, these numbers slide down. You now how it goes around here, the track is everything. We'll also deal with a biting north wind tomorrow, gusts past 30mph and highs only in the 20s.
After this storm, the next several days look relatively quiet with temps in the 30s and 40s and just some rain/snow showers late Tuesday/Tuesday night.
Enjoy the weekend and upcoming school vacation!
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.