Slow Climb

Posted by Pete Bouchard

After an icy introduction to winter this morning (for some), the temps are on their way up...albeit slowly.

First sign of the shakeup: Boston jaunted from 38 to 45 within minutes as our wind turned from north to east/northeast. Although temperatures elsewhere hardly budged, it's a start...and a model to follow through the night.

Numbers are still around freezing in Greater Worcester as of this typing. Although that seems alarming with more light showers dancing around on radar, I'm not too concerned about it. With temperatures at or near freezing, there is likely to be very little (if any) additonal ice accumulation. The situation is different if you have supercooled (huh?) raindrops - like we did in the ice storm of 2008. When that's the case, ANY raindrops will cake on the ice.

But enough talk of ice. Rain and milder air is on the way. We're watching the storm move up from PA this evening. Once thought to be a major water maker, this storm looks much weaker now. First part of the day is filled with rain, but the second half is lighter fare: mist, drizzle and fog.

Won't see the sun until Wednesday, and it will be a welcome sight. Don't get too used to it though. We're in a stormy pattern and the next storm will be coming by Thursday night and Friday. Naw, no worries for ice (or snow) with this one either. The weather cycle has become very familiar this fall/early winter: cold and dry at first, then warming up enough for rain when a storm arrives. 

And for that reason, Christmas looks brown and green this year.

Pete

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!

Rear-view Mirror

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

As we exit our recent soggy pattern we do so with one more weather system capable of producing scattered showers & t-storms. This cool front is a slow mover (aren't we all on Monday mornings?!) up in northern New England right now. This slow moving front will settle into our part of the world very late this afternoon bringing a chance of some scattered t-storms between 4-pm. Until then you have a great day with mostly sunny skies along with temperatures in the low 80s. For some, a bit on the humid side for much of the day.