Subtracting Today, Adding This Weekend

Posted by Chris Lambert

Temps today start off below freezing, and that means Thursday's snowmelt refroze overnight, slickening the sidewalks and driveways this morning with black ice.  Give that sun a couple hours to work, and temps jump above freezing, the ice thaws out and snow resumes it's subtracting mode.  With high temps near 50 this afternoon, shrinking snow piles is the theme of the day.

Just because temperatures near 50 today, doesn't mean it won't snow soon.  This is New England, just wait a day, you know Mother Nature changes her mind quite often and quite abruptly.

Change start working in tonight as a weak cold front slides in.  Clouds increase, and perhaps a bit of snow and rain breaks out after midnight.  I wouldn't surprised to see minor accumulations north and west of Route 128 early Saturday morning.   Then some breaks of dry weather enter from Saturday morning, into the early afternoon.  After that, more rain and snow redevelop Saturday afternoon.  At first, it's mainly rain inside 495, but as winds turn north, and sunset approaches, temps cool, and rain turns to snow.  By Saturday night, we're tracking an ocean storm just far enough offshore to send the brunt of the storm out to sea, but close enough to produce some steady snow overnight, into early Sunday morning.  If this sounds like a complicated forecast, that's because it is.  Snowfall accumulation is tough to pin down, but I'd plan on several inches of snow by Sunday morning, and that'll be enough to get those shovels and plows back out. 

Cold air rushes in Sunday afternoon, but the core of the cold is short-lived and that means next week looks fantastic for skiing on school vacation week! 

Summ-ah!

Posted by Pete Bouchard

With the snap of the fingers we were thrown into summer this afternoon. Heat, humidity, A/C and shorts - with a hazy sun to boot. But with the sea breeze knocking back the temperatures (and bringing in a round of downpours this evening), there are changes afoot.

Feet First

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Right into summer. Warm & humid weather expected for much of the week. Good?.....Well, keep in mind that warmth & humidity are the 2 key ingredients for thunderstorms. The last being something to *lift* that warm/humid air. Usually a front is a good device to do such that. Today, we will have a cool front approach New England very late in the day & evening. That may lead to an isolated storm or two after 4pm but most towns just have a fair amount of clouds, warmth & humidity. Temps will climb to near 80 by afternoon.

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.