2012's Sendoff

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Well it's here. The end of 2012. The year that saw a mild winter/spring combo and a sizzling summer. We fell short on the precipitation, but won big in the hurricane lottery with Sandy making a pass around Halloween...which seems to be turning into quite a stormy time period here in New England.

And how do we go out? Um, kinda like we went in. Without a peep from any storms, and without a lot of cold.

Sure, 32 is pretty chilly, and it's going to feel like the mid 20s with a breeze, but it could be much, much colder...if we didn't have clouds. Clouds act as a blanket and reradiate the "heat" that would normally escape into the mid/upper atmosphere at night. The end result is a slow drop in the temperatures. In our case, it will only drop to about 31 in the city tonight.

Tomorrow, although the cold will be funneling in, there won't be a whole lot of chill. Highs make the mid and upper 30s with increasing sun. Not too shabby, right? Well, all the while the arctic air will be oozing in. We'll fall to single digits and low 10s by Wednesday morning. But here again, it could be worse. Low temperatures across Northern New England will fall to the teens below zero!

And that looks to be the rule this week. The coldest air will nestle in for the long haul to the north, but we'll just get a glancing shot with mid and upper 20s on Wed/Thu.

Happy New Year everyone! Be safe, be sensible and be home by 11pm.

Pete

Feet First

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Right into summer. Warm & humid weather expected for much of the week. Good?.....Well, keep in mind that warmth & humidity are the 2 key ingredients for thunderstorms. The last being something to *lift* that warm/humid air. Usually a front is a good device to do such that. Today, we will have a cool front approach New England very late in the day & evening. That may lead to an isolated storm or two after 4pm but most towns just have a fair amount of clouds, warmth & humidity. Temps will climb to near 80 by afternoon.

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.