Cooling Off

Posted by Chris Lambert

A few days of 50+ degree weather and it's incredible to see how much snow has disappeared.  Leftover snow piles the next few days melt at a much slower pace as temperatures flirt with 40 degrees during the day and back below freezing at night.

While we won't have much sun throughout the day, we won't have much falling from the sky either.  An occasional sprinkle or flurry drops from the clouds today, but the overall theme is colder and windier.  The depths of the colder air filters in tonight, with temperatures falling into the teens in the burbs, lower 20s in the city.

We'll remain with more dry hours than wet/white through the weekend.  On Saturday, we track a weak clipper system just to our south, but this one doesn't have much moisture with it, and the trend has been weaker and farther south.  Bottom line, don't expect much out of it.  A couple of flurries/wet snow showers, that is all.

Luck of the Irish on Sunday as St. Patricks Day turns out with more sun than clouds.  We could do better temp-wise though with highs only near 40.

So what about the next "big" storm?  This one arrives Monday night and last through Tuesday.  As the track takes it over land, it'll drag in warmer air, meaning any snow/ice/mix turns to rain by Tuesday morning.  I could see a few inches of accumulation in the higher terrain outside 495, but even there, it should change to rain.  Mostly wet and not white is the theme in Boston.  We still have plenty of time to watch it and nail down the track.  Until then, have a good weekend!

Unsettling

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!

Saved by The Sea Breeze

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Although my forecast was busted today, there was one good thing that came out of it.

Stability.

That gray overcast that hung over the eastern half of the Commonwealth provided a stablizing influence to our atmosphere. The cool air blowing in from the ocean kept the temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way back to Metrowest. While that makes for lousy short-and-t-shirt weather, it is poison to thunderstorms.

Wild & Wacky

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Wild temperatures yesterday---from the 80s down into the low 60s in just an hour AND some heavy duty thunderstorms. The reason was a cool front that dropped in from Maine. That front is in western New England this morning and it's a chameleon as it will become a warm front and try to warm things back up during the day.

Storms, Heat, Sea Breezes

Posted by Pete Bouchard

What a day! Breakneck temperature swings, thunder, tornadoes in Western Mass....and we're still in late May!