Storming Through It
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Storm mode again across southern New England this morning as I spend it with my meteorological BFF. It's a storm you would likely find this time of year....rain, wind and snow confined to the higher elevations of southern New England. No different this morning with the rain/snow line charging north into New Hampshire as I blog. Most towns in the Worcester Hills picking up between 1-4" of snow (higher amounts at the higher elevations).
Now it becomes a rain & wind storm. A big storm means a big bag of rain and many towns will get drenched with 1-2" of rain before tapering off by 5pm. Wind will also be an issue--especially along the coastline. Look for wind gusts between 30-40mph (gusts out on Cape Cod up near 50mph) for much of the day. That wind will peel out of here about the same time as the rain does...5-6pm. That wind is from the east and it will push & pile water up along the coastline setting the stage for the threat of minor coastal flooding at the midday high tide (12:07pm)
Usually with big storms, it's one nasty day and done-boom!, back to sunshine. Sorry Charlie, not this time as our storm slams on the breaks and hangs with us for the rest of the week. Thankfully, it will weaken with each passing hour so by tomorrow we still have a cloudy day but only a few showers and much less wind. Raw with temps in the low 40s. Friday offers more clouds & still the risk of a shower at any time. Temps will be a little bit cooler--only flirting with 40.
The good news is we can get the sun back into New England by the weekend---a storm free weekend. Sweet.
-JR (And Pete too)
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.