Ho Ho Ho

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

While it's fairly common to have snow on the ground around these parts on Christmas morning (Sorry Cape Cod, maybe not for you) it is somewhat uncommon for it to actually be snowing on Christmas morning. It will be snowing tomorrow morning and thankfully for those of us that have to work/travel it will not be a major snowstorm---rather, a Johnny Mathis/Andy Williams type snowfall----light, fluffy & pretty.

It actually starts just after midnight in the Worcester hills & reaches metro Boston/ north shore around 5am--bout the time the jolly fat man bounces to the west coast! Along the south shore & out onto the Cape/Islands it will be in the form of light rain for much of the morning but as the entire system is departing tomorrow afternoon it will even end as some flurries down toward Plymouth & Bourne. Most towns pick up a coating to an inch---some isolated 2" amounts are likely.

Wednesday is dry for most of the day with clouds owning much of the sky for most of the day. Those clouds will be in advance of a bigger (badder) storm that will arrive by mid evening. This storm will start (briefly for Boston-south) as snow, then change to rain by the end of the storm on Thursday afternoon. The area between the MA Pike & Rt 2 will be a struggle for the rain to takeover Thursday morning, so plan on several hours of sleet/freezing rain before changing over to rain late Thursday morning. Along & north of Rt2 it will be mostly snow late Wednesday & into Thursday. All in all, a sloppy day for Thursday.

More on that storm tomorrow night.

Merry Christmas!

~JR

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.

Storms, Heat, Sea Breezes

Posted by Pete Bouchard

What a day! Breakneck temperature swings, thunder, tornadoes in Western Mass....and we're still in late May!

More Warmth

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

You have another warm & humid day with many towns repeating yesterday's weather. That means we start with clouds & fog for a bit before hazy sun gets going. That hazy sunshine will boost temps up into the low 80s by early to mid afternoon across much of the region. At the same time a cool front will begin dropping out of Maine (backdoor front) which will quickly send temps from the 70s/80s down into the 50s/60s by late afternoon & evening. Also, when this front rams into the warmth & humidity it will spark a few showers & thunderstorms during the afternoon.