Turnaround on the Fourth

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Phenomenal day today! Sunshine, refreshing sea breezes, puffy clouds. What's not to love?

Um, maybe tomorrow's forecast?

Well, after much wringing of hands, the weather tomorrow is looking MUCH improved. Showers and storms will still be around for the morning - there's no helping that  - but the afternoon will see some sunshine, warmer temperatures, and a very small threat for a storm. Here's the rain outlook:

When we speak of isolated storms, the risk for getting hit is 20-40%. Tomorrow, I'm putting that on the low end (20%). My thinking is that the AM storms will sap the atmosphere of energy, and there won't be much left over in the afternoon to give us widespread coverage. That said, if you do get a storm, it could be nasty.

Rest of the holiday weekend? Warm to hot. Some folks are as anxious for that as they are for the sequel to The Notebook, but it seems to be the theme of the summer: warm to hot with some storms mixed in.

Let it roll.

Enjoy the 4th and watch for pedestrians and motorcyles!!

Pete

Monsoon

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!

Rear-view Mirror

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

As we exit our recent soggy pattern we do so with one more weather system capable of producing scattered showers & t-storms. This cool front is a slow mover (aren't we all on Monday mornings?!) up in northern New England right now. This slow moving front will settle into our part of the world very late this afternoon bringing a chance of some scattered t-storms between 4-pm. Until then you have a great day with mostly sunny skies along with temperatures in the low 80s. For some, a bit on the humid side for much of the day.