3 for 3 on the Weekend Snows

Posted by Chris Lambert

First thing first... it's another cool and breezy day today, followed by a beauty of a winter's day tomorrow with temps Friday afternoon in the upper 30s and little to no wind.  Take advantage of it!  

Ok, some rumbles of another snowstorm for the weekend?  Yup, that's right.  A couple weekends ago it was the Blizzard of 2013, last weekend it was several inches of snow and a howling wind.  This weekend, it's more snow, and a foot where it stays all snow, perhaps a few towns picking up more.  

The line of where it stays all snow is tough to pin down right now, but just NW of Boston seems to be a good bet.   Another thing to consider, water temps this time of year are running 7-8 degrees colder than they were in the December storm we had.  That means an onshore wind has more trouble turning snow to rain now than it did a couple months ago.  With that said, there's no arctic air in place, so some mixing is likely for a bit Saturday night near the coast with an east wind increasing.  As soon as that wind goes northeast overnight, any rain/mix turns to a heavy, wet snow. 

Storm Headlines:

-Snow starts 4-7PM Saturday

-Rain mixed in at the coast and across SE Mass Saturday evening

-Any rain changes to a heavy wet snow by early Sunday morning, possible power lines/tree branches down under the weight of the snow

-Where it's all snow, we're totaling about a foot of snow

-Two high tides to watch: Saturday at 10PM, Sunday at 10AM

-High tide could bring in coastal flooding and beach erosion, especially the Sunday 10AM tide.

-Storm wraps up around  midday Sunday

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?

Still Good

Posted by Chris Lambert

How about yesterday?  The 82 in Boston matched the warmest temp we've had since September 13th.  Of course, with a wind gusting past 30mph and relative humidity near 18%, it certainly didn't feel oppressive.