Sunday March 20 2022 Forecast (8:00AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 20-24)

Low pressure still impacts our region today as an upper level system crosses the region, and later today a surface trough passes by. But it will not be a bad day either as we welcome spring with the vernal equinox at 11:33 a.m. There are some low clouds and areas of fog around to start the morning, but we have enough drying taking place with a developing southwesterly air flow with a low center to our north that we will end up with some sunshine today as well, and fairly mild air as well since the chilly air waits until after the trough to pass this evening. That trough may produce a few rain showers in the region this evening after a generally rain-free day. We turn cooler for the first several full days of spring though, first with dry weather in response to Canadian high pressure. By late Wednesday, our next low pressure system approaches, and if the moisture from it arrives quickly enough, precipitation may start as snow for portions of the region Wednesday night, before this becomes a rain event for Thursday.

TODAY: Early foggy areas, then a sun/cloud mix. Chance of rain showers evening. Highs 55-62. Wind SW-W increasing to 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH.

TONIGHT: Clearing. Lows 35-42. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 48-55. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Patchy clouds. Lows 28-35. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 47-54. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 25-32. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Increasing clouds. Highs 45-52. Wind N up to 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Chance of snow and rain. Lows 32-39. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Cloudy. Rain likely. Areas of fog. Highs 45-52. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 25-29)

Drier, cool March 25. Unsettled and cool weather expected during the March 26-27 weekend – too soon for details. Drier, cool late in the period.

DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 30 – APRIL 3)

A little more up and down temperatures possible as we will be near a boundary between chilly air to the north and warmer air to the south, but this means the pattern will still likely be unsettled as well.

29 thoughts on “Sunday March 20 2022 Forecast (8:00AM)”

  1. Today, with a tightening gradient and stronger southwest air flow, Logan should approach 60 if not reach it.

  7. Sorry I have not been posting as much.

    I can’t tell you how much this Ukraine situation has upset my wife and I. It is absolute genocide and on top of that we feel like we are reliving the Cuban missile crisis all over again.

    We are feeling helpless. The only thing we have been able to do is make several generous contributions to the best charities providing assistance.

    Happy Spring everyone,

    2. We feel the same and have done the same by donating. You are right that it is genocide.

      I’ll say again here that if you follow Mike Wankum on FB and I suspect other places, he posts messages daily from Olga who is a friend of Mike’s family and is in Kyiv.

  8. Thanks TK.

    Could Worcester take over the lead in the snowfall race vs. Boston midweek?

    B = 54.0”
    W = 53.6”

        1. We’re discussing if it’s premature to remove the snow tires from the car and go with the sporty summer tires..

          2. This reminds me of putting the snow tires on my 1970 Dodge Dart. Every year I was surprised again by how much noise they made.

              1. I remember when the fire engines would have chains on their tires for the winter. Some cars as well.

                Of course later “all-weather” tires saved the trouble of my parents having to go to the service station late fall and early spring. 🙂

  10. Thank you, TK.

    Still very much under the influence of a stationary high to the northeast of the UK – I believe near Denmark. As I’ve mentioned before, these highs do happen periodically, and they can last a long time. So, you can have long periods of dry weather; sometimes 2 weeks in a row or so. Note, this is NOT the norm. Usually, the prevailing westerly is in effect along with a parade of Atlantic lows. But, these are currently blocked by the strong area of high pressure (which produces an easterly here), with the result that rain doesn’t make it past the Western half of Ireland.

    2. I remember this pattern happening a number of times in the 1990s and early 2000s when I forecast regularly for that area. They had some very extended dry spells to break up their Atlantic low parade. 😉

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