Steady As She Goes

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Steady as she goes. High pressure has taken quite the liking to New England as he will spend another day with us. That means the weather message changes little. Sunny skies in store with seasonably cool temps--afternoon highs near 50. The only difference will be the wind as I think a breeze kicks in, especially along the coast during the afternoon. Great for finishing up yardwork, stringing up Christmas lights or heading down to Gillette for the Pats-Colts game later today.

Moving forward, we see little if any weather issues for several days---great news for all the Holiday travel in store. High pressure sticks with us for much of the week so plan on sunny skies (a few more clouds by Wednesday & Turkey Day) and a slow warming trend as we step closer to Thursday.

Our next storm is likely on Saturday & even that is only in the academic sense---yes, low pressure is around with some clouds but only a few rain & wet snow showers are expected at this point.

Have a great week!

~JR

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.