Nice Weather Ends

Posted by Chris Lambert

Temps run about 8-10 colder today despite quite a bit of sunshine.  That colder weather sets the stage for some wintry weather over the second half of the weekend.

Sunday starts off cloudy, but mainly dry, with morning temps running in the 20s.  As moisture arrives from our west, flurries and light snow breaks out mid to late morning, and steadier precipitation works in during the afternoon and evening.  As steady precipitation moves in, an east wind increases, changing snow to mixed sleet/rain to just plain rain.  First locations to see that changeover will be near the coast, last locations... west of 495, especially north of the Pike.  Towns across northern Worcester County and southern New Hampshire will stay mainly snow/sleet.  

In terms of snow totals, I expect a coating to an inch of snow from Boston to I-495 with the better chance for an inch or so, out near I-495. Expect 1-3" across the Merrimack Valley, along 495, and through most of Worcester County, north of the Mass Pike.  In northern Worcester County, near the NH border, and through much of New Hampshire, west of Nashua, I expect 3-5" with locally higher amounts in the mountains.  (For more detail, check the "special map" section on our web site)   For the Pats game... any slushy coating of snow starts melting away as snow turns to rain and temps hover in the middle to upper 30s.

Monday looks raw with leftover showers and drizzle with temps in the upper 30s to 40.

Round 2 makes it's way in here Tuesday, into Wednesday morning.  This storm will be more powerful, but signs are trending to a warmer track, which means more rain on Tuesday with heavy snow deep inland across central and northern New England.   As the storm drifts east, rain may change back to snow late Tuesday night/Wednesday, but at that point, most of the precip is done falling.  Being 5 days out, the track could change of course, but right now looking more wet than white.

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.

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!