Thursday March 3 2022 Forecast (7:36AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 3-7)

Low pressure exits to the east and high pressure approaches from the west today. After some minor snowfall accumulation away from the South Coast during the overnight hours, we’ll have a blustery and chilly but dry day. High pressure builds in for fair and cold but more tranquil weather Friday. High pressure shifts offshore and temperatures moderate slightly Saturday, but with clouds moving in ahead of the next low pressure system, which will send a warm front toward our region. This front may produce a variety of precipitation sometime Saturday night before it pushes through the region Sunday. I’m a little more optimistic this front makes it through at this time so I’m leaning toward a milder / rain shower scenario for Sunday. Additional unsettled weather is expected Monday with another system moving into the region right behind the weekend one. This one looks like a milder system as well with more of a rain threat than anything else.

TODAY: Sun/cloud mix. Highs 32-39. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.

TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 15-22. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY: Sunny. Highs 29-36. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 12-19. Wind calm.

SATURDAY: Sunshine then increasing clouds. Highs 35-42. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with a chance of snow/mix/rain. Lows 28-35 evening, rising slowly overnight. Wind E up to 10 MPH shifting to S.

SUNDAY: Cloudy with rain showers likely. Highs 48-55. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with rain showers likely evening. Lows 38-45. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

MONDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain, mainly afternoon. Highs 45-52. Wind W to variable 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 8-12)

Rain may end as snow or snow showers March 8 as it turns colder then dries out as a front pulls offshore. High pressure brings fair weather mid period before unsettled weather returns later in the period with temperatures near to below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 13-17)

Temperatures near to below normal. Additional unsettled weather with a fairly active pattern expected.

42 thoughts on “Thursday March 3 2022 Forecast (7:36AM)”

  4. Good morning and thank you, TK.

    Grateful for no weather-related travel trouble yesterday — may it last! I love the dry and cold-ish weather; it has been so pretty this week with the snow still on the ground.

  7. Ninety percent of the snow ❄️ except for the piles are gone down here near the airport in Warwick. Awesome!

  10. As I been enjoying my time down in the Caribbean and don’t generally watch live TV these days besides for sports, it was the first time in over 2 years in which I put on the live news while I been down here. I have mixed feelings about the Ukraine-Russia conflict. For one I am ashamed, the USA and Russia took the Ukraine Nuclear power capabilities. They would have been the 3rd largest nuclear power if they didn’t give Russia and the USA the Nukes they had. This was for the confirmation of protection from any possible invasion we have seen how that worked out… NOT.
    I am happy the western world is unified against Russia and is now supplying weapons to Ukraine. With that said this should have happened before the invasion, don’t tell me they didn’t know this was happening months ago.
    NATO and the EU need to be more proactive than reactive they should have added Ukraine to the EU and or NATO, that could have deterred Russia from invading Ukraine.
    If you want to see real patriotism look at Ukraine and if you want to see a true leader, who leads from the front not behind walls look at Ukraine’s current and previous president.
    NATO went into the middle east for the war on Terror but isn’t willing to go in to help Ukraine I find that rather shameful. We are slapping sanctions on Russia great though they are impacting the citizens of Russia it will not impact the Russian war machine really for about a month, we are giving weapons to Ukraine ok but they are on the older side.
    This is a repeat of what happened to Germany invasion of Poland. History is repeating itself and people are acting blind.

    1. AMO … Cool springs. Definitely been observing that for a while. Warmer springs and cooler autumns in the years ahead as we change phase. This can be a very slow process though…

      1. Good because it seems to me we have been having warm winters and cool springs.

        When this occurs, it feels like May isn’t much warmer than the majority of Jan/Feb which drives me nuts !!

        1. We’re still learning about AMO but I have always had a strong suspicion it was a much bigger driver of long term patterns than first thought.

  12. We’re heading off to the Caribbean (Grenada, the Spice Isle) on Sunday. Flight from Logan at 05:30 so Logan Express bus at 03:30.

    It sounds as though we won’t be having any weather that will challenge our flight or our drive to Logan Express and Logan. Perhaps 40 ish with a sprinkle at 03:30?

    While we’re away, the clocks will change, hopefully the snow will melt, and maybe it will be a touch warmer. Too bad about the coolth through June…

  14. Still a fairly healthy snow pack in Boston, along the banks of the Charles; not on the Cambridge side where there’s more sun, but certainly on the Boston side.

    This weather is wonderful. Tomorrow will be even better. If I could store these days for later in the year I would. I run every day. It’s an addiction, sort of like heroin. But it’s a rough addiction to have from late May through early September. Brutal, in fact. I hate running then, but I `have to.’

  16. Been reading about the typical weather in and around Kyiv and other parts of the Ukraine in late February, March, and April. The common theme is very “gloomy” with almost no sunshine, which makes sense given what I’m seeing there almost every day. Gray skies and some light rain, with light wet snow in the east and northeast. I do wonder why it’s so gloomy. Boston isn’t nearly as gloomy. Yet, Boston is a coastal city.
    Image in the video below is of a small Russian column of armored personnel carriers/small tanks destroyed near Kyiv. Notice how overcast and even foggy it is. https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1499444868350894087

    1. All has to do with geography / prevailing wind flow. If our prevailing wind was east here, Boston would be much cloudier and have more days with rainfall, like Seattle.

  18. TK, I understand about the prevailing wind. Is it then a prevailing southerly (southwesterly and southeasterly, too) that’s causing the gray? The Black Sea is on Ukraine’s Southern border.

    1. Depending on the pattern, they can be influenced by that. Portions of the country are also prone to temperature inversions which lock cloud cover in frequently during the winter.

      1. Thanks. That appears to be the case right now, as it’s really locked in; the cloud cover and smog.

        My great grandfather was born outside of Kyiv. Mordechai Kaganovich left during the pogroms. He and the family were chased out. Went to Prague and spent 4 years there before heading to the U.S. via the Netherlands and England. The ship left Rotterdam and stopped in Southampton on the way to Ellis Island.

  20. Vicki, in the snowfall contest spreadsheet you have SAKs guess as 115”. Looking back it was actually 115 cm (45”). 🙂

      1. I went back to check comments and have a couple of answers now that are close but not the same. SAK can let me know the inch number and I’ll be happy to change it

  21. Boston will be chasing a very old record high temp on Sunday, 70 set just “a few years ago” in 1894. 😉 They won’t make it though. I’ll give them a 64 for maximum potential.

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