Cold, Snow and Wind

Posted by Chris Lambert

The snow, cold and wind are with us this morning, making for a uncomfortably winter's morning.  It's a quick hitting storm, so snow totals fall well short of last weekends historic blizzard, nonetheless, we need to be careful out there today.  Snow is heaviest this morning near the coast, lighter outside 128, especially outside 495.  The timing of the storm has the snow ending by noon in many areas away from the coast (128 and west), around 1-2PM along the immediate coast, and not until 3-4PM for the Cape and Islands. 

Not only do we have snow, but we'll deal with plenty of wind.  Gusting approach 40-50mph along the coast, and closer to 60mph for the Cape and Islands.  Factor in these strong winds, and wind chill factors run in the single digits through the day.

So how much?  Right now, it looks like many towns in the 128-495 belt pick up 2-4" of fluff, highest toward 128.  In Boston, I'm leaning more toward 4 to 5" at this point, with up to 7-9" across southern Plymouth County, the Cape and Islands.  Take a look at the "special map" section of the website for further details.

Tides are astronomically much lower this weekend and the strongest winds have an offshore component to them, so we're not expecting major issues with coastal flooding this time. 

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.