Spring Forward
Posted by Chris Lambert
The hour of sleep is lost, but the fact that Winter's grip will soon subside, is not. Still lots of snow to melt, and for that, we need the help of the sun. Sunshine is most abundant away from the coastline today and that restarts the snowmelt process we had yesterday. Before that process restarts, be careful of slick spots this morning on driveways, sidewalks, and secondary roads as black ice formed overnight. After 10:00AM, that should become less of a problem as temps rise above freezing.
Yesterday, we sure had an interesting temperature pattern with highs in the upper 30s at the coast to the mid 50s outside 495! The reason for that was the onshore wind. Water temps are only running in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Giving that the overall pattern doesn't look much different today, we may indeed see a similar temperature pattern this afternoon.
Temps warm-up even more Monday and Tuesday, and that means 50s for many! Monday still features mid to upper 40s at the immediate coast, but warm enough to melt more snow. Tuesday brings us rain... and it WILL be rain this time. Depending on how the evolution of a wave of low pressure forms along this front, we could wring out at least an inch of rain. While that wouldn't cause significant river flooding, we may see swollen streams from snowmelt and rain, and I certainly can see us dealing with big puddles/ponding on the roads for the Tuesday evening commute.
Wednesday is a transition day. We'll near 50 by mid-day, but that active west wind advects in cold air late in the day and by Thursday morning, you'll feel the difference. A colder pattern is where we stay into the weekend.
Come On Ride The Train
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Heavy rain is on the move! All afternoon long it was stalled over Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Heavy pulses of rain traveled over the same towns and cities - a process meteorologists call "training" - resulting in flash flooding in some counties to our west.
Unsettling
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!
Saved by The Sea Breeze
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Although my forecast was busted today, there was one good thing that came out of it.
Stability.
That gray overcast that hung over the eastern half of the Commonwealth provided a stablizing influence to our atmosphere. The cool air blowing in from the ocean kept the temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way back to Metrowest. While that makes for lousy short-and-t-shirt weather, it is poison to thunderstorms.
Wild & Wacky
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Wild temperatures yesterday---from the 80s down into the low 60s in just an hour AND some heavy duty thunderstorms. The reason was a cool front that dropped in from Maine. That front is in western New England this morning and it's a chameleon as it will become a warm front and try to warm things back up during the day.