Why We May Be in For It

Posted by Pete Bouchard

The suspense is building on the social media sites regarding the pending storm for Friday. So I'll cut to the chase.

I think it's time to prepare for the biggest storm since December 26th and 27th of 2010. For the snow hounds, your ship might have finally come in.

Here's why I think we may be in for it.

1) All this cold (for several times now this winter) and we don't have anything to show for it? Our luck has to run out sooner or later. I think this storm is the one.

2) Climatologically, this is the part of winter that features the biggest snowstorms. (See the Blizzard of '78...'nuff said.)

3) Regardless of whether the two jet streams come together, there is a tremendous amount of energy shooting into the storm. This alone should account for a strong storm center and subsequent heavy snow.

4) Typically our major snow events "creep" up on us. When the weather maps say you'll get it a week out, usually they're wrong. When they show it slowly evolving over the course of a few days, it usually pans out.

5) We've had this kind of potential in weeks past. Cold was in place, but the major lacking ingredient was moisture. With its origins "deep in the heart of Texas" and a pass through the Deep South, this storm has it.

I still bear the scars from earlier forecast flubs, so I'm hesitant to call this a blizzard. There are very few hallowed storms that fit that mold, and the title should not be used loosely. In fact, most blizzards aren't named until AFTER the event. I'll let that subject be until we are closer to Friday.

Snowfall amounts will teeter on either side of a foot, so this is hardly snowmageddon. Let's just all take a deep breath and hold off on the bread and milk for now. Two years ago, this was a run-of-the-mill storm.

Pete

This Is How It Starts? Really?

Posted by Chris Lambert

So it's the unofficial start of summer this weekend and officially, the average high this time of year hits 70 degrees.  So you'd think we have a good shot at BBQ weather right?  Not much of a chance today with highs reaching near 50 this morning, only to fall back into the low to mid 40s this afternoon as a cold rain settles in. 

Take the Good, Take the Bad

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Rain, rain, rain...

...but for many today was a day of hurry up and wait. Sure there were showers, but not every minute was washed out. With the events unfolding tonight, that's about to change.

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.