Can We Get March 2012 Back?

Posted by Chris Lambert

Let's start with the good news.  The weather remains dry through the weekend with some sunshine,  most of it coming this morning and again Sunday.

Sooo... that's where my good news ends.  The bad news?  It'll still remain cool with a reinforcing shot of cold air pouring in tonight.  To get that cold air to hold its ground, we need a strong NW wind on Sunday.  That we'll have as well.  With high temperatures running in the mid to upper 30s, the wind chill factor hovers in the upper 20s Sunday afternoon.  Do you have your green layers ready?!

The colder than average pattern holds through next week.  The problem is, a storm also comes marching in Monday night and Tuesday.  Snow and mixed precip break out after midnight Monday night. With winds increasing out of the east to southeast, the city and coastal communities will see a quick change to rain.  Between 128 and 495, that transition takes longer, with perhaps up to a couple inches of slop still on the ground for the morning commute.  Outside 495, the battle to changeover to rain is even slower.  Several inches of snow/sleet are possible north and west of 495, included the city of Worcester.  The best chance to see 6+" is the higher terrain of northern Worcester County, into southern NH, west of Route 3.  Clearly it's not the biggest storm we've had, but enough to make a messy Tuesday AM commute, and enough for some to use those shovels and plows again. 

The storm wraps up late Tuesday afternoon, with just some leftover snow showers north and west of Boston Tuesday night.

Officially, Spring arrives Wednesday at 7:02AM.  Unofficially, we'll still be in Winter mode with highs in the upper 30s.  The 2nd and 3rd days of Spring don't look much better temperature wise.

Remember last March?  The 6 day stretch of March 18th-23rd averaged 75.3 degrees for the high, with a peak of 83 degrees on the 22nd.  Can we get last March back? 

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.

Strong Finish

Posted by Chris Lambert

An overall cooler day, but also a great end to the workweek as highs neared 70, low humidity continued and plenty of sunshine dominated the skies.  Now all we need is this to continue through the weekend right?