Stuck In A Moment

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

I touched on this subject last week, storms that can get stuck in one spot for several days (to be fair, high pressure can also get stuck for several days) during the early spring months.....see where I'm going with this? Yup, yet another day with a bunch of clouds, blustery wind and seasonably cool temperatures. It's the same storm that was here much of last week! It's much much weaker but it will be here one last day.

By tomorrow high pressure finally starts to move the storm out of here----only problem is that high pressure actually pushes more clouds into New England---OMG! Indeed, Tuesday will offer another cloudy day, blustery & chilly conditions. Don't curse that high pressure too much....it helps us out by Wednesday-Thursday.

In that time-frame, a powerful storm will be moving through the mid-Atlantic with heavy snow & rain as well as high winds. Normally, these storm like to take a left turn up the east coast but with that high pressure in northern New England not willing to move, the brunt of that midweek storm will get shoved to the south of us. Yay high pressure. We will see some effects though:

*Coastal wind Wednesday-Thursday. Wind gusts 35-45mph likely

*This wind (combined with the ocean) will hammer our beaches for a couple of days---minor coastal flooding is possible at the high tides on Thursday & again on Friday

*Cloudy skies with scattered rain & snow showers on both Wednesday & again on Thursday. At this time, I'm not worried about any accumulating snow from this storm. Stay tuned though!

~JR

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.

Come On Ride The Train

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heavy rain is on the move! All afternoon long it was stalled over Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Heavy pulses of rain traveled over the same towns and cities - a process meteorologists call "training" - resulting in flash flooding in some counties to our west.

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.

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!