Timing Is Everything

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Thunderstorms popping all over the place this afternoon. Ominous skies, strange cloud formations, hail shafts, downpours...neat weather day. The axis of thunder seemed to be from Lexington to Hingham from 2pm to 6pm. Storms fired and faded all along that line, while north and south, nothing more a cell in Hudson, NH and another in Attleboro, MA. Strange how the storms will favor one path over another.

But there's no playing favorites this weekend. We're all under the umbrella of sunshine, fresh breezes and a warm temperatures. The timing is superb! Temps will dip a little on Sunday owing to the sea breeze, but the skies are still bright and against the hot sun, the breeze off the water will be refreshing.

Heading out of town? There is a threat for an afternoon storm in the Berkshires and Vermont. But if you're going due north to NH or Maine, it's all blue both days of the weekend.

Watch for pedestrians and motorcyclists.

Have at it!

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!