Bowl Full of Nothing

Posted by Pete Bouchard

So that's was it's supposed to feel like this time of year.

Highs managed the upper 30s to near 40 degrees today. Felt warmer, no? That's why this is called the Solar Spring (Feb. 1 - Apr. 30) folks. That sun can fry a snowbank (given a clear sky that is) this time of year....if we had any.

Super weekend is here, and there's little change to the pattern - for now. I'm just focusing on the temperatures over the next several days. There are no storms to theaten, so any passing clouds will be just that. Highs will average out in the upper 30s tomorrow, then dip to the low 30s on Sunday. There IS a storm in the D.C./Baltimore area that will spread some snow through the Beltway, but this time around, it doesn't have our name on it.

Hmm...that's about it. Oh, wait, one other thing.

The weather maps are foreshadowing a big changeup by the middle of the month. Bitter air will try to swoop in next weekend, but there are signs it may be held up by an active storm track across the Midwest and the Mid Atlantic. (You can probably see where this is heading.) IF we get the cold in here, with an active, stormy, pattern, we could find ourselves in the closed loop of cold/snow/cold/snow. There are a few things that need to come into line for this to happen (not the least of which is consensus in the maps themselves), but we could certainly see ourselves firing up the snowblowers/plows and digging out the snow shovels if it comes together. These would be big, long lasting storms with harsh, numbing cold. You know, winter stuff.

No, Phil wasn't right...he just might have gotten lucky this time. 

We'll be on top of it!

One last time from me.....

...GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete

Turning The Page

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Took all day, but the sun finally made an appearance this afternoon. That's after 2+ inches of rain clobbered parts of Southeast Mass. last night.

Almost Done!

Posted by Dylan Dreyer

I was lucky enough to go to the Sox game yesterday and man, that field can really handle some water! It was raining pretty hard for most of the game and everyone around us kept saying: "I'm sure they'll call it after this inning," "How many innings do you need to get in to make it count?" "If they weren't going out of town tomorrow, maybe they'll do a double header tomorrow," "Could have ordered a Bud heavy and let the rain water it down!" "I'm soaking wet." You get the idea...

Nudging The Rain Away

Posted by Pete Bouchard

After a little reprieve this morning, the clouds came back to us. Seemed like we might be able to squeak a pretty nice day in there for a moment. Perhaps you might have thought we hurried this weather system along.

Umbrella Please

Posted by Dylan Dreyer

As a meteorologist, you'd think I'd own an umbrella. I don't. But I was impressed when I drove by the Common yesterday and all I saw was a myriad of bouncing umbrellas...mostly black, but with some brighter ones mixed in. But I felt for the people who were just walking through the rain in their suits and nice clothes. Most had just given up like "I'm already wet, nothin' I can do about it now!"