Temperature Turnaround

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Cold sliced right through you today. Thank goodness the breezes were light too. While afternoon temperatures held near freezing, it felt much cooler out there.

Part of the reason for that was the nature of the airmass. This batch of air was festering for a few days across the cold tundra of Northern Ontario - what we call the sub arctic. Then it bled down into New England last night and this morning, coming to a rest across Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod. But don't you cry tonight, (GNR fans), we're only falling into the low and mid 20s (could be worse), and the arctic air will be in full retreat this weekend.

Thing of it is, we have to bring in some light snow to warm it up. That's tomorrow's forecast. With an east/southeast breeze, the best chance for accumulating snow will be across the hills of Worcester county:

All told, not a big deal for many folks, but around Worcester, there might be enough to slicken the roads. It's the east wind that will help the snow grow. As it ascends into Worcester county, it will create more snowshowers, whereas Greater Boston will stay with flurries - or, as the temps warm in the afternoon - sprinkles.

Merely a speed bump in the road to warmer temperatures. By Tuesday, we could be knocking on the door of 60 degrees!! And the long range (into late next week) still looks mild. Will we have a brown Christmas again this year? Keep this up and the answer will be obvious.

Make it a good weekend!

Pete

Just In Time

Posted by Chris Lambert

Summer officially starts Friday at 1:04 A.M., and Mother Nature's sending in summer weather for us just in time.  Mid to late June averages highs near 80 degrees, and we'll be there temperature-wise over the next few days.  Mostly dry too!

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.