Two-Parter

Posted by Pete Bouchard

First wave of precipitation is moving through as of this typing. Initially it grabs your attention as snow (some moderate), then a switchover to rain within a couple of hours. This was supposed to be our time to 'make hay' with the snow. As we've discovered, the southeast wind this afternoon boosted temps to the mid 30s, so even with the numbers slumping a little this evening, accumulations are minimal.

This is the sloppy part of the storm. Our rain/snow line will move up just north of Boston and Worcester and hover there for the night. South of that imaginary line, it should be rain. North it's snow - and possibly some sleet. All of it tapers by morning as the precipitation moves off to the east.

Then we get a brief morning lull with some intermittent snowshowers.

No later than mid morning the next phase of this storm system will engage. This will predominately be snow as the storm will be east and the colder air begins to shuffle in. (Harlem-style if you want.) Rest of the day and afternoon, light snow will take over.

When the dust settles, this is the end result:

Still some splashover at high tide along the coast tomorrow morning, but it won't be much. Winds aren't all that impressive either. Gusts could touch 30mph on the Cape/Islands tomorrow.

Another update late tonight.

Pete

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!