No Snow For The Weekend!
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Well, we're in the clear for the weekend. Although with temps in the 40s, a gusty wind and limited sun, it will feel like a "weak - end" to the workweek.
We'll make it work, however. The day will dawn bright tomorrow, but with cold air thousands of feet up, we'll see the clouds form as early as late morning. Mostly cloudy skies and a gusty wind will make it feel like low 30s in the afternoon. So much for spring on Saturday.
But there's some hope for "milder" temps on Sunday: winds will be lighter, skies will be brighter, and the end result is a high temperature in the mid and UPPER 40s. Hey, it's a start.
But Monday night may be a setback. A storm - which 5 days ago looked like it would sail off the Carolinas without much fanfare - is brushing the southern half of Massachusetts, all of Rhode Island and Connecticut (in addition to NYC). Oddly, the storm will separate as it enters the northeast, with one half sailing out to sea and the other hanging back - left adrift in weak steering currents. Let the record show that storms that are adrift tend to drift our way, so I'm thinking we'll get some accumulation here. What I'm not seeing (yet) is a foot or more of snow, so there is some promise for "only" a glancing shot in this storm.
Stay with Chris Lambert for new developments over the weekend. And enjoy the quiet weather this weekend.
Pete
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.
Thunderous Start to Workweek
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Heat and a bit of humidity fed a strong - and sometimes severe - line of thunderstorms today. By the time the dinner hour rolled around (6pm-ish), the storms had consolidated into a line. Everyone got a drink of water and a big drop in temperatures - some falling nearly 20 degrees in minutes!