Winter...What Else?
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Tonight, I have my own Silver Linings Playbook: it may be snowing, but we're missing the bigger storm offshore. If we had a direct hit from that tonight, Jeremy and Chris would accompany me on the set, and the newsies would be in a froth over storm coverage. Instead, we all get a good night's sleep, and the morning commute looks fine (maybe some slush southern end of 495/Rts 3&24). Here's why:
Chilly air will follow tomorrow, and although I can't promise a lot of sun, we'll still do some melting. The weekend is chilly too...and with more sun we'll get more wind. The upper atmosphere remains cold, and when you heat the ground with sun it causes the air to blow. More sun = stronger wind.
Monday's still on my radar for a potential nor'easter. I'm not giving up on this. The jetstream looks right, the cold is in place, but so far the weather maps keep the storm south of us. Could be they sense the block up over Greenland steering it away. Not buying it...yet.
So I had a weather epiphany this morning. After looking at the long range (10 day) outlook and realizing the pattern still wasn't showing signs of breaking, I noticed that the cold certainly was eroding. So, after some thought, I figured this: we may not break the cold/snow by sheer pattern change, but by seasonal change. Simply, the cold will slowly decay by means of longer days and stronger sun. It may not be the quickest way out, but at this point, it's probably the only way.
That's my thinking today at least. We'll see if it holds water (or snow) in a week.
Pete
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.