Say It Ain't Snow

Posted by Chris Lambert

Yup!  After most towns cracked the 60 degree mark this afternoon, we have to talk about snow in the forecast by Wednesday morning.  It won't be a big storm, but certainly a reminder that we're in winter, and winter certainly will be felt across much of the country over the next couple of weeks. 

Despite hitting 60 in Boston today, we were 9 degrees short of the record set back in 1932.  In Worcester, the high of 53 missed the record by 13 degrees!  Hard to believe we were that far off huh?

That warm weather slides out to sea tonight and colder weather builds in as temps start off Tuesday morning near 30 degrees. 

With colder weather in place, and a wave of low pressure riding along a front stalled just to our south, we do have to introduce some snow to the forecast Wednesday morning into early Wednesday afternoon.  It's a fast moving pattern, so timing and placement of these lows can be challenging, but right now I expect some light snow to breakout just before daybreak Wednesday.  There may be enough warm air mixed in to change wet snow flakes to rain drops across southeast Mass, especially near the coast.  It doesn't look like a big impact storm, but 1-3" of snow will slow the roads down a touch, especially in the morning with temps near freezing away from the coast.

A quick shot of cold air moves in Thursday night and Friday, followed by seasonable weather over the weekend.  For the AFC Championship game, temps run mid to upper 30s for tailgating, upper 20s for kickoff, and then cooling off even more for the victory ride home from the game.  Go Pats!!!!!!!!!!!

Next week still looks cold.

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.

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.