A Simple Message

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Once upon a time in my college courses, I was taught to develop a weather message to deliver to the people. Some days that message is screaming--I.E...major snowstorm....record heat and other times (like tonight) it can be a challenge as the weather maps are taking a snooze.

Looking into the upcoming week, it's a quiet week with no big (or small) storms on the way. Monday is a carbon copy of today with a mix of sun & clouds. Temperatures will be seasonal--morning readings in the 40s and afternoon highs in the low to mid 60s. The only issue I see this week is that a warm front will try to move through New England late Tuesday-Wednesday. The fun warmth never makes it but the result will be a lot of clouds and even a few sprinkles late in the day Tuesday and again early Wednesday morning.  In fact, in this battle of warm versus cool I think the cool actually wins by Wednesday with many towns stuck in the 50s for afternoon highs. After this failed warm-up attempt, it's back to a mix of sun & clouds by late week.

It should be noted that the tropics are trying to get their act together. A tropical system is likely to form near Hispaniola by midweek and it's quite likely a tropical storm (to be named Sandy) will move into the Bahamas by next weekend. After that, there are some signs this tropical system will work along the east coast---very unusual but something that will have to be watched by late next weekend.
 

~JR

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.

Storms, Heat, Sea Breezes

Posted by Pete Bouchard

What a day! Breakneck temperature swings, thunder, tornadoes in Western Mass....and we're still in late May!

More Warmth

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

You have another warm & humid day with many towns repeating yesterday's weather. That means we start with clouds & fog for a bit before hazy sun gets going. That hazy sunshine will boost temps up into the low 80s by early to mid afternoon across much of the region. At the same time a cool front will begin dropping out of Maine (backdoor front) which will quickly send temps from the 70s/80s down into the 50s/60s by late afternoon & evening. Also, when this front rams into the warmth & humidity it will spark a few showers & thunderstorms during the afternoon.