End of Days...

Posted by Pete Bouchard

...in the 50s.

Cold air is marching across New York, bringing back the wind AND the 30s and 40s. We're not going into the deep freeze, nor are we bringing back the howling winds. What I'm seeing is persistent wind and cold: the kind that nags you when you're outside...and reminds you that we're on the brink of winter. That's an important point too. We've been a quiet, semi-balmy pattern for OVER a week now.

It all comes home to roost with the passage of a cold front late tonight/predawn tomorrow. Temps will struggle through the 40s for much of the day tomorrow. By mid/late afternoon, we'll finally give in as temperatures fall into the 30s. Keep that in mind if you're coming into the city for the evening. Wind chills will be in the upper 20s to low 30s to boot!

The cold air settling in next week will be enough to ward off the storms too. I was concerned about a possible snow/mix/rain event Tuesday and Wednesday, but that seems to be entirely out of the picture now.

Dress in layers!

Pete
 

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.