Rain Up Front, Snow In Back Seat

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Massive storm is spinning up through the Midwest tonight. It will slingshot an area of rain up the Eastern Seaboard, aimed directly at New England.

While the cold pockets of air are still holding through Metrowest and The Merrimack Valley, a powerful east wind will pop those towns and cities into the 40s come tomorrow. The only strongholds of cold are the higher elevations of Worcester county. It's there where the east wind meets upsloped terrain and we get most of our accumulation:

We're not coming away unscathed in Greater Boston, however. The rain will hammer us throughout the day, finally tapering from 5-6pm in the afternoon. By the time the puddles drain, MOST spots will have 1-1.5 inches of rain. Keep in mind too that while the NEW snow (indicated by that light blue shading above) will melt, the old snow (and the 2-4 and higher over Worcester county) will only slump and ABSORB the rain. This isn't a panacea for eliminating snowpack folks.

Well, one thing's for sure. For the 1st time in 4 weeks, we get a weekend without a storm. That means sun will rule, but the temperatures won't soar. We'll keep it "even Steven" with highs near 40.

Take it slow in the rain (and early snow) tomorrow morning.

Pete

Just In Time

Posted by Chris Lambert

Summer officially starts Friday at 1:04 A.M., and Mother Nature's sending in summer weather for us just in time.  Mid to late June averages highs near 80 degrees, and we'll be there temperature-wise over the next few days.  Mostly dry too!

That's A Wrap--I Think

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

I hope I'm not jinxing us with this statement.."The recent wet pattern is over....onto sunshine & a more summer- like pattern.." The last time someone from 7 weather called a pattern change too soon we got a blizzard and 3 subsequent nor'easters (looking at you Pete!!--LOL). We don't have to worry about any blizzards or nor'easters but one never knows in the new world order.

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.