Going Through The Motions

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Good supply of sun today....unfortunately, the upper atmosphere was still cold, and all that energy was either reflected back to space (because of the snowpack) or it went to maintaining clouds and a few flurries.

Sigh.

Can't win, right? I'll let this graphic answer that:

There are a few footnotes to this graphic though. This forecast is very tough (just like all of them this season) because we aren't really tracking a storm. It's purely based on the energy in the upper atmosphere. Sure, there is a storm offshore, but it's movement isn't really of any consequence to us. The upper level energy is - and it can be very fickle and finicky. Still, I think there's enough there to rob moisture from the offshore storm and heave it back to Southern New England. Obviously, mine may not be the last word on this snow, so stay tuned for updated tonight...and right up until the event starts tomorrow afternoon.

Speaking of which, most of the accumulating snow will be overnight Thursday into the wee hours of Friday morning. Pacing is light and steady. Cold temps keep us all snow too.

Next up is the Monday storm. Potential nor'easter in the making here. The weather maps don't have a direct hit, but like past storms of this nature, I'm using the Southern New England Winter Storm Postulate (so named by me...as of this typing) which states that major storms that are forecasted to miss us a week or more away, typically end up hitting us, while storms that show us being hit a week or more away typically miss us.

Let's see if my theory holds.

(Wanna bet a pizza?)

Pete

Can Only Go Up From Here

Posted by Chris Lambert

Rain and drizzle continues tonight as temperatures drop into the mid 30s to 40 degrees.  Any burst of heavier precip drags down colder air, and elevations above 1000 feet in northern Worcester County  or southwester NH see wet snow mixing in overnight.  No shovels or plows needed for us, but it is a sure sign how cold the atmosphere is for late May.  As of this writing, Mt. Mansfield in VT has picked up 7.5" of snow and Whiteface Mtn. in NY has picked up 18"!

This Is How It Starts? Really?

Posted by Chris Lambert

So it's the unofficial start of summer this weekend and officially, the average high this time of year hits 70 degrees.  So you'd think we have a good shot at BBQ weather right?  Not much of a chance today with highs reaching near 50 this morning, only to fall back into the low to mid 40s this afternoon as a cold rain settles in. 

Take the Good, Take the Bad

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Rain, rain, rain...

...but for many today was a day of hurry up and wait. Sure there were showers, but not every minute was washed out. With the events unfolding tonight, that's about to change.

How To Spin This

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

So....what would you like to hear first? The good news? Bad news? Let's start with the good news....