Deja Vu
Posted by Chris Lambert
There's not a whole lot to say about this current pattern we're stuck in. Each day seems to feature near seasonable temps, lots of clouds, occasional breaks of sun, and once and a while a snow shower or sprinkle. A few of these snow showers linger overnight, but other than a coating of snow outside 495 in some spots, don't expect much out of them. There's not a lot of moisture for the atmosphere to work with.
Monday features more of the same as any passing shower or snow shower is brief compared to the dry stretches we go through. However, the northwest breeze does pick up a bit.
The main show this week is the coastal storm that gets cranking across the mid-Atlantic by Wednesday. East to northeast winds pick up here, and with some low level moisture in place, a few pockets of light rain/drizzle and inland flurries may appear. Expect a cold and breezy day overall with cloudy skies.
Wednesday night and Thursday would be the time frame we really need to watch. The question becomes... is the area of high pressure to our north, strong enough to prevent this coastal storm from coming up to New England? Right now, it appears that the main area of low pressure stay just far enough south of us, that we avoid a direct blow from this storm. However, it's close enough that I expect rain and snow showers to be with us, as well as a strong east to northeast wind overnight Wednesday and into Thursday.
For what it's worth, I still won't rule out a farther north track with this storm. If that were the case, more significant wind, rain and snow would be an issue here.
Lots to track the next few days.
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.
Pretty Good Weekend Overall
Posted by Chris Lambert
Sure, it's a cool start with many of the suburbs down into the upper 30s and lower 40s, but we'll warm up quickly through the day as that sun helps us out.