Hope You Enjoyed It

Posted by Chris Lambert

Not that it was a spectacular weekend... but at least it was mild, and with temps near 50 degrees this afternoon, and even a few breaks in the overcast, it turned out to be a fairly nice day. 

We've had it easy over the last week.  No shoveling and no shivering.  Tomorrow will be the last day to enjoy the mild weather before the slide down begins.  The slide is gradual through mid-week, with notably colder by Friday morning, before we fall in the depths of a mid winter's grip the week after.

With the mild weather tonight, comes the fog again. Locally dense with patches of mist, and that'll continue through mid morning Monday.  As a cool front comes in, a few light showers fire as well near daybreak tomorrow and continue through the early morning commute.  In the afternoon, some sun gradually breaks out from NW to SE, but it takes nearly all day for some sun to appear across southeast Mass.  Temps reach the low 50s by midday and fall back quickly near sunset.

More clouds dim out the sun Tuesday and Wednesday, with perhaps a rain or snow shower each day well south of Boston, near Buzzard's Bay or over the Cape and Islands.  The best chance of seeing more sun is the farther north of the Pike you go.

Still applies.....  Long range forecast models have been remarkably consistent in showing high pressure building in over the Arctic in the Jan 21st-25th timeframe.  When this occurs, the brutally cold air across the Arctic and in northern Canada gets dislodged, and pushes south.  This go around, it appears the Midwest and Northeast will be in the path of some of the coldest air we've seen in a couple of years.  It was two years ago on January 24th that Boston had a high of 13 and a low of -2.  Time will tell if we can challenge those numbers.  Forecasting patterns 8-12 days certainly can be challenging, but the signals for cold air are there.  

Whether we near those icy numbers or not, at least I'm more optimistic for those backyard skating rinks making a marvelous comeback.  I'd use the afternoons this mid week coming up to freshen them up and pour more water on top.  They will freeze solid with colder days ahead!

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.