No Cold?....No Snow.
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
We're still in a stormy pattern and it's time to start chatting about our next storm---heading this way for Wednesday. It will be mainly rain as there is no arctic air to be found in southern new England (kind of important if you want a snowstorm.) There will be a burst of some wet snow for a few hours at the start of the storm (5am Wednesday) but plan on using umbrellas over shovels & plows.
Before that happens, we have a day that will offer mainly cloudy skies and seasonably mild temps---mid 40s. The other great thing about today---little to no wind. We'll hold into the dry conditions well into the evening hours with temps settling back into the upper 30s.
Ok---back to that storm. Wednesday is a stormy day--just not snow. Look for the precipitation to arrive around 5am Wednesday & be with us for about 12 hours---tapering off 5-6pm. Most towns will pick up between 1-2" of rain and that rain will come with wind along the coastline, gusting at times between 20-30mph. In terms of snowfall before the rain---primarily confined to the Worcester Hills and the highest elevations at that. (our *special* map in the maps section details how much snow falls before changing to rain).
This storm gets rather clingy---sticking with us for Thursday & even Friday, albeit in a much weaker state. Each of those days will offer cloudy skies and a scattering of rain showers. Those rain showers will mix with wet snow showers on Friday. Drier & brighter weather slides into New England just in time for the weekend--breaking the pattern of weekend storms. Yay.
Have a great day!
~JR
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!
Rear-view Mirror
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
As we exit our recent soggy pattern we do so with one more weather system capable of producing scattered showers & t-storms. This cool front is a slow mover (aren't we all on Monday mornings?!) up in northern New England right now. This slow moving front will settle into our part of the world very late this afternoon bringing a chance of some scattered t-storms between 4-pm. Until then you have a great day with mostly sunny skies along with temperatures in the low 80s. For some, a bit on the humid side for much of the day.