Rain Up Front, Snow In Back Seat
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Massive storm is spinning up through the Midwest tonight. It will slingshot an area of rain up the Eastern Seaboard, aimed directly at New England.
While the cold pockets of air are still holding through Metrowest and The Merrimack Valley, a powerful east wind will pop those towns and cities into the 40s come tomorrow. The only strongholds of cold are the higher elevations of Worcester county. It's there where the east wind meets upsloped terrain and we get most of our accumulation:
We're not coming away unscathed in Greater Boston, however. The rain will hammer us throughout the day, finally tapering from 5-6pm in the afternoon. By the time the puddles drain, MOST spots will have 1-1.5 inches of rain. Keep in mind too that while the NEW snow (indicated by that light blue shading above) will melt, the old snow (and the 2-4 and higher over Worcester county) will only slump and ABSORB the rain. This isn't a panacea for eliminating snowpack folks.
Well, one thing's for sure. For the 1st time in 4 weeks, we get a weekend without a storm. That means sun will rule, but the temperatures won't soar. We'll keep it "even Steven" with highs near 40.
Take it slow in the rain (and early snow) tomorrow morning.
Pete
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.
We'll Take Average
Posted by Chris Lambert
Well, we had a lot of clouds this afternoon, but at least not a lot of rain. Sure a few showers were out there, scattered about, but hopefully they didn't ruin any plans you had with dad. Temps made it into the mid to upper 70s, which is close to the average for this time of year. In fact, the whole 7-day forecast is within 5 degrees of average each and every day. That means lots of upper 70s and lower 80s on the board. Not bad being average this time of year, huh?
Happy Father's Day
Posted by Chris Lambert
Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there, and to my dad as well. So what's on tap for the day? Golf, grilling, just hanging out? Whatever it is, all and all, it's still a pretty good day for dad weather-wise. I wish I could say the Father's Day forecast exactly repeats Saturday, but we do have a few late afternoon showers to track.