It's a Wrap

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Storm hit hard and fast today, but just as soon as it got underway, it was over...and the sun was out...and the temperatures were back to 50 or better. Not a bad way to wrap up the afternoon.

Gusts hit 60mph or better (Blue Hill Observatory), but it wasn't the end of the world: only a few small branches came down. We were pouring it on with the rain too. Amounts around Worcester were 1-1 1/2 inches, a little under an inch around Boston.

We're now in the wake of the storm. It means the clouds will take over for much of the weekend, but it also settles down the pattern...er, for the weekend.

Long range, we're in the hot seat. Not in terms of temperature, but in terms of action. The jetstream will bring us two more storms in the near term: one weak one on Christmas, and a mighty one Wednesday night and Thursday.

First the Christmas storm. Hardly worthy of the 'storm' moniker. This is more or less a weak disturbance in the jet stream. It won't buckle the warm air, it won't bring in a lot of precipitation, and it won't snarl traffic across the northeast.

What it could do is coat the ground in white, however. The numbers I'm floating around right now are between 1 and 3 inches of snow. Maybe a rain/snow mix along the coast/Capes too. In by sunup, out by sunset. Pacing is light and intermittent. All in all, a nice way to brighten the season...way to go Mother Nature.

Wednesday night and Thursday is another matter. This IS worthy of our attention. Could mix with rain along the coast, but we're talking the potential for more like double digit snowfall amounts where it stays snow.

Much more on this in the coming days.

Want to wish you and yours a very happy holiday season! Please relax, reflect and recharge.

Pete

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.

We'll Take Average

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, we had a lot of clouds this afternoon, but at least not a lot of rain.  Sure a few showers were out there, scattered about, but hopefully they didn't ruin any plans you had with dad.  Temps made it into the mid to upper 70s, which is close to the average for this time of year.  In fact, the whole 7-day forecast is within 5 degrees of average each and every day.  That means lots of upper 70s and lower 80s on the board.  Not bad being average this time of year, huh?

Happy Father's Day

Posted by Chris Lambert

Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there, and to my dad as well.  So what's on tap for the day?  Golf, grilling, just hanging out? Whatever it is, all and all, it's still a pretty good day for dad weather-wise.  I wish I could say the Father's Day forecast exactly repeats Saturday, but we do have a few late afternoon showers to track.