Something For Everyone

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Showers are coming in overnight. Temperatures have been near freezing around Worcester, and although there may be some sleet or spotty glaze this evening, the temperatures will not cool off to create significant icing. In fact, the numbers may even trickle up a bit as somewhat milder air filters in.

Tomorrow is a hurry up and wait kind of day. A warm front will be stuck overhead and light onshore winds will feed the cloud deck over the Commonwealth. I'm not seeing a lot of hope for sun, but certainly a few rays could slice through the clouds by afternoon. Highs will be a lackluster 45-50.

Sunday is the turnaround. A good breeze from the southwest will boost VERY mild temperatures into New England. Sprinkled with a little sun, we could see highs near 60 by afternoon - esp. in a line from Boston to Providence. (Including The Razor.) By game time, we're still very balmy: upper 50s for tailgaiting, low 50s by the end of the 4th quarter.

Chilly air will swing in with a cold frontal passage on Monday, and it's run-of-the-mill cold through midweek...

...then, the shoe drops.

It now appears that the cold to come LATE next week will be the coldest so far this season, and perhaps even for the last couple of years. It's not looking like cold of record, but there may be some issues:

1) The flu will continue to spread like wildfire as people are driven indoors.

2) While not remaining in the deep-freeze, the cold will be persistent. Signs are pointing to below normal readings at least through the 25th.

3) The snowpack is gone...and won't return in the short term. Pipes could burst/water mains break as the frost goes deep into the ground.

Needless to say, this is some crazy weather. In the course of 6 days, we'll go from a high of 60 to 17. It'll be one heck of a weather ride.

Make it a good weekend!

And GOOOOOO PATSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete

How To Spin This

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

So....what would you like to hear first? The good news? Bad news? Let's start with the good news....

Come On Ride The Train

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heavy rain is on the move! All afternoon long it was stalled over Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Heavy pulses of rain traveled over the same towns and cities - a process meteorologists call "training" - resulting in flash flooding in some counties to our west.

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.