Warmth Charges In

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Before we can talk warmup, we need to address the lingering pockets of cold. Temperatures are still near freezing in Greater Worcester, so there may be some BRIEF, MINOR icing up until about 10pm tonight. There's not a lot of precipitation rolling around out there, so salted/treated roads should be fine.

Now, back to the warmup.

It's real, it's toasty and it's coming. Gusty southwest winds will hurl

the warm air into New England tomorrow. May take most of the day to whittle away the cold in Southern NH, but in Massachusetts, with a few breaks of sun, low 60s are possible!

That might have you thinking records, right? So am I.

That 63 isn't necessarily a long shot. Give it enough time and sun, and that's a sure bet. (On this date in 2002, we hit 65, so it's not out of the question.)

Anyway, the wind is the big issue lurking in the forecast. Tomorrow night, we might see some gusts 50-60mph areawide as a cold front approaches. Couple that with a line of intense rain - and a possible t-storm - and you have a wild night coming! Hold on to the steering wheel if you're traveling late tomorrow/tomorrow night.

Still some lingering warmth Thursday, but we're not breaking records. And neither are we into the weekend with the cold. It's run-of-the-mill stuff with a shot at some accumulating snow Sunday. Not a big storm...but something's lurking in the weather maps.

Enjoy your taste of spring tomorrow.

Pete

Like A Waterfall

Posted by Pete Bouchard

If you were caught in those 'cloudbursts' today, you had more than you could handle in the rain department. Torrents fell in a short amount of time - what we deem 'flash flooding' in the weather biz. Since it happens suddenly, the National Weather Service has adopted the acronym TADD:

Bam! Pow!

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Bam. Pow! Those were some nasty storms last evening with some towns in metrowest & the city itself blasted with locally heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong wind gusts. A cool front is the culprit and that front will linger across the region again today. That means another round of some scattered showers & t-storms likely.

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.