Whatcha Really Really Want

Posted by Pete Bouchard

You knew this was coming. Today just had that chill-to-the-bone and impending-storm feel to it. Heck there was even a halo around the sun early in the afternoon (sometimes a sign of a pending snowstorm). By now, you may have an idea what's in store. (And at least at this point in the season we know how to drive in it.)

But here's what this storm isn't:

* a nor'easter

* a blockbuster (more than a foot of snow)

* a coastal flooding event

* a storm that will cause major power outages

* a long storm

* and, unfortunately, I can't call it our last...yet (we're still in the "shooting gallery")

What's to come?

* startup by midnight

* messy AM commute

* changeover to mix by EARLY AM

* some rain along the coast

Now I know what you're thinking. Does 2-4 really mean 12-18? No, no, no. We have this storm in-hand. We've analyzed this frontwards, backwards, upside down, sideways and diagonally. I'll leave it at that.

Spring is still coming Wednesday. And while we have to keep our guard up for another storm late week, the 7 day is quiet for now. I've often said that March can be a winter month, and unlike last March (where we went on a tear from the 18th to the 23 of 70s and 80s) it's looking like Old Man Winter will lay claim to this one.

Pete

Just In Time

Posted by Chris Lambert

Summer officially starts Friday at 1:04 A.M., and Mother Nature's sending in summer weather for us just in time.  Mid to late June averages highs near 80 degrees, and we'll be there temperature-wise over the next few days.  Mostly dry too!

That's A Wrap--I Think

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

I hope I'm not jinxing us with this statement.."The recent wet pattern is over....onto sunshine & a more summer- like pattern.." The last time someone from 7 weather called a pattern change too soon we got a blizzard and 3 subsequent nor'easters (looking at you Pete!!--LOL). We don't have to worry about any blizzards or nor'easters but one never knows in the new world order.

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.