Beautiful weather for now, but turning unsettled by week’s end

Posted by Danielle Niles Yesterday at 9:00 am

What a gorgeous stretch of weather we’ve had across New England over the past several days! Temperatures yesterday soared well into the 50s and lower 60s. Portland, ME broke their previous record high of 54° (1995) reaching 56° and Bangor, ME tied their previous record of 52° (1995).

Today will be slightly cooler in the wake of a weak cold front passage overnight, but highs will still come into the 50s in southern New England, 40s central and 30s in the North Country. This cold front also brought in a reinforcing shot of dry air, and in turn, sunshine will be the rule once again this afternoon. Read more

Beautiful weekend forecast!

Posted by Danielle Niles March 5, 2010 (5 days ago) at 6:46 pm

The official start to spring may still be 15 days away, but the feeling of spring will certainly be in the air this weekend! Don’t put away the winter gear just yet though…the mercury will dip into the 20s tonight under clear skies, so you’ll need the jacket, gloves and hat if you’re headed out. Under tomorrow’s virtually cloudless sky, we’ll be breaking out the shades (and maybe even the shorts!) as temperatures climb into the 50s. Read more

Winter is over (unofficially)…

Posted by Danielle Niles March 4, 2010 (6 days ago) at 9:41 am

…and meteorological spring began on Monday (although the vernal equinox and official start to spring is still 16 days away). While there may still be some snow in the future for New England, climatological records for the winter are kept for the months of December, January and February. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Taunton, MA has compiled this weather information in a Public Information Statement for several cities in southern New England. Do you keep your own snowfall records? If so, feel free to share your information in the comment section below this blog post. Read more

Unsettled weather to take center stage in New England this week

Posted by Danielle Niles February 22, 2010 (3 weeks ago) at 8:14 am

Good Monday morning everybody! I hope you had a chance to enjoy the weather this weekend, because the overall pattern here in the Northeast will turn very unsettled starting tomorrow, lasting through this weekend. For Ski Country and all you snow lovers, get pumped – we could be talking about 2 to 3 FEET of snow across the mountains over the next week! And for those of you who may be getting a little sick of Old Man Winter, the official start to spring is only 26 days away…and we have mild sunshine to enjoy today! Read more

Not a blockbuster storm, but a messy Tuesday in progress nonetheless

Posted by Danielle Niles February 16, 2010 (4 weeks ago) at 6:42 am

With light snow already falling up to southern New Hampshire at this early morning hour, roads will become slick at times through the AM commute as a slug of moisture continues to spread from south to north across the region. After this initial batch of snow, there may be a bit of a lull before the next burst moves into New England later this afternoon in association with energy at the upper levels of our atmosphere. A rain/snow line will set up across southeastern New England (the snow has already changed to rain on Nantucket as of 5:00 AM) and will move north, reaching the South Shore of MA this afternoon, keeping total accumulations either side of 2″ in these areas. We’ve made little change to the accumulation map and are still expecting a general 6″-8″+ in northeast MA, southwest NH. This will be a sloppy and heavy snow with temperatures hovering either side of the freezing mark through the day. Northern New England will see lesser amounts, a general 3″-6″ in most spots, with little if any snow in the North Country. To see the accumulation map in its entirety, CLICK HERE and watch Matt’s latest forecast. Read more

Quiet Presidents’ Day but snow’s on the way!

Posted by Danielle Niles February 14, 2010 (4 weeks ago) at 10:38 pm

The quiet weather pattern across New England continues tonight as partial clearing takes place and the mercury drops into the upper teens and 20s. We’ll have sunshine to start off our Presidents’ Day although northern New England will remain mostly cloudy with a few stray mountain flurries. Temperatures will rise into the 30s for most of us, perhaps flirting with 40 in southern New England. Sunshine will fade behind increasing high altitude clouds late in the day out ahead of a developing storm in the Ohio Valley. So what does this system have in store for us on Tuesday? Read more

More snow for the Mid-Atlantic and New England this time too

Posted by Danielle Niles February 8, 2010 (5 weeks ago) at 9:20 am

The clean up continues across the Mid-Atlantic this Monday morning after a historic winter storm brought feet of heavy snow to the region this past Friday and Saturday. Baltimore, MD saw just over 2 FEET of snow from the storm, bringing their seasonal snowfall total to 60.4″, 4 FEET above what they would have normally received by now! Check out some of the other snowfall totals across the Mid-Atlantic! Here in New England, we’ve had above average snowfall amounts thus far this winter too, with Boston, MA running 3.7″ above the average, and Burlington, VT, an impressive 17.8″ above the norm.

With snow on the mind, we now turn our attention to the central U.S. where another storm is taking shape, slated to impact the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast by midweek. We’ll talk more about that in a second, but for now let’s focus on today’s weather -and the details are pretty straightforward. Read more

Quiet weather in New England while a massive storm takes shape to our south

Posted by Danielle Niles February 4, 2010 at 11:32 am

Quiet weather will be the rule across New England today as a large area of high pressure builds in from the Ohio Valley. Clockwise flow around this high means a northwest wind for all of us across the six state region, which will gust at times over 30 mph this afternoon- adding a chill to the air. It will feel like it’s in the single digits in the North Country to the lower 20s in far southern New England despite the bright sunshine, so bundle up! Seasonably cool and dry conditions will hold through tomorrow as the high pressure dome crests overhead. Meanwhile, a massive storm currently taking shape down in Texas is tapping copious amounts of Gulf moisture and will gather strength this afternoon. Read more

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