Yup... It's Still Winter

Posted by Chris Lambert

Snow flakes fall from the sky today, but they won't collectively amount to a lot  A coating to an inch or two for many spots west of Boston from mid morning on.  That's on top of the 1-2" of snow that fell overnight in parts of Worcester County.   As temps hover in the upper 30s this afternoon, we should have just mainly wet roads as a few raindrops mix in the the snow showers.

Winds turn north tonight and that'll send temps well below freezing.  Roads become slick as light snow has a much easier time sticking.  The trickiest travel will be after midnight as snow increases once again as an ocean storm develops along a front to the east of us.  This ocean storm will be a powerful one by tomorrow, but the track of it is just far enough offshore to allow us a glancing blow and not an all out nor'easter.  With that said, we'll still have to deal with snow and wind.  

The forecasted snow totals are tricky at this point, but the more likely set-up provides Boston with another 3-4" of fluffy snow, 1-3" west of Route 128 and 4-6" across SE Mass, with up to 6-8" across the Cape and Islands.  If the track is a bit closer to the coast, these numbers slide up, if it's farther out to sea, these numbers slide down.  You now how it goes around here, the track is everything.   We'll also deal with a biting north wind tomorrow, gusts past 30mph and highs only in the 20s.

After this storm, the next several days look relatively quiet with temps in the 30s and 40s and just some rain/snow showers late Tuesday/Tuesday night.

Enjoy the weekend and upcoming school vacation!     

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.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.

Pretty Good Weekend Overall

Posted by Chris Lambert

Sure, it's a cool start with many of the suburbs down into the upper 30s and lower 40s, but we'll warm up quickly through the day as that sun helps us out.

Strong Finish

Posted by Chris Lambert

An overall cooler day, but also a great end to the workweek as highs neared 70, low humidity continued and plenty of sunshine dominated the skies.  Now all we need is this to continue through the weekend right?