Things Can Only Get Better

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Raging storm out there this morning. Some folks were even comparing it to Sandy (in terms of wind)!

Rightly so...gusts topped 60 along the coast:

Harwich 72mph

Brookline 64mph

Humarock 61 mph

Fairhaven 61mph

Orleans 60mph

Barnstable 58mph

Boston 54mph

We're in a better place now. Winds have ramped down - dramatically in some cases - and the heaviest rain has moved into Southern NH as of this typing. We'll see lighter showers and some drizzle through the remainder of the afternoon.

How about the cold freezing things up tonight? Well, there's some cold lurking just to the northwest of Worcester that has its sights set on Eastern Mass. It's not a flash freeze, but give it a few hours this afternoon...we'll snuggle right up to freezing by late evening. So here's your warning: if you don't clean up the slop, it will freeze. In Greater Boston, where we saw oodles of rain, we may see some slick side streets by the middle part of the evening (8-10pm).

Quiet tomorrow, then we're back in the hot seat on Saturday afternoon/night. Storm pushing off Nantucket will throw back a good swath of snow across the Commonwealth. This storm has two things going for it (to produce more in the way of snow instead of rain) : there's more cold air in place, and the track is farther offshore - but not yet far enough where we can discount the threat. Right now, if you forced me to toss out some numbers, I'm thinking 3-6....but that could go WAY up if it tracks just a little closer.

More later this AM.

Pete

Unsettling

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!

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!