DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 3-7)
A chilly pattern and some changing weather in the upcoming several days. High pressure will be in control today through most of Wednesday with dry weather, although today an inversion delivers a blanket of clouds to start the day especially north and west of Boston, which will break up with time. Sunshine will be most dominant from midday through the afternoon hours. One other exception will be Outer Cape Cod which will see more persistent clouds and a few light snow showers due to ocean effect. Wednesday, clouds increase from the west in advance of approaching low pressure, as the high pressure ridge slides off to the east. This system will present itself as a broad low pressure area, the center of which will pass to our north on Thursday. Precipitation arrives Wednesday evening from west to east and blossoms over the region overnight, mainly in the form of rain at the coast and snow over the interior, with some accumulation of snow most likely from about I-95 / I-495 of southeastern NH / northeastern MA westward, as far south as south central MA, especially higher elevations. This tapers off from west to east Thursday morning, with some breaks in the clouds as the first part of the disturbance exits to the east, but a strong cold front will sweep across the region during the afternoon and will likely produce at least scattered convective showers, in the form of snow for most except rain or snow further south of Boston as temperatures will be marginal there. Behind the front, a few additional light snow showers can wander eastward from the hills and mountains to our west and northwest as the coldest air of the season so far flows into the region Thursday night. This air mass will be with us on Friday and Saturday with a blustery northwesterly wind on Friday, easing off somewhat by later in the day. Another disturbance passing through the region Saturday can trigger some snow showers.
TODAY: Sun/cloud mix – most clouds morning and most sun midday on. Chance of snow showers Outer Cape Cod. Highs 36-43. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 18-25. Wind W under 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Sun followed by clouds. Highs 37-44. Wind variable to S up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Brief light snow inland / rain coast evening. Steadier period of snow inland (coating to 2 inches) / rain coast overnight. Lows 31-38. Wind variable up to 10 MPH evening, S 5-15 MPH overnight.
THURSDAY: Cloudy early morning with rain and snow ending west to east. Sun/cloud mix with passing snow showers (rain or snow showers coast) midday on. Highs 38-45. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts, shifting to WNW.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy with a chance of snow showers early, then clearing. Lows 17-24. Wind NW 10-20 MPH. Wind chill as low as 10.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 29-36. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts. Wind chill as low as 20.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Lows 16-23. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Highs 29-36. Wind W 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 8-12)
Dry weather and below normal temperatures to round on the weekend on December 8. Moderating temperatures with fair weather to start December 9 then watching potential / likely impact from low pressure later December 9 and December 10, the track of which will determine precipitation type and other details. Brief drier interlude before next system approaches at end of period in a more active pattern heading toward mid month.
DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 13-17)
Another low pressure area threatens some precipitation early in the period, then drier weather returns. Temperatures near to slightly below normal.
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Good morning and thank you TK.
24 again earlier this morning.
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16 when I left.
A degree below here. Chilly night
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Snowfall forecasts from around the dial:
https://ibb.co/pjzCV5p
That time of year again!!! And STILL very Much appreciated!
thank you.
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=850wh&rh=2024120306&fh=48&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=925wh&rh=2024120306&fh=48&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=700hvv&rh=2024120306&fh=48&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Pretty good jet from the SSW off the ocean to our south combined with some decent lift above.
I can buy some of the briefly moderate to heavy scattered waves of snow and rain showers being depicted tomorrow night.
Agree, except the key is RAIN East of about Worcester or so. 🙂
That water to our SW is very WARM. 🙂 Buoy well South of Block Island, RI is at 55.8
Indeed.
Though, I could see with the vertical velocity perhaps the opportunity to flip the 495-128 belt to some wet, non accumulating snow in the heaviest showers.
But yes, your point is excellent.
True, agree. It is that boundary layer. At least up this way, we are a considerable distance removed from the South coast, but I have observed from past events, that
the warming tends to get up here no matter what, so we shall see. Plus this air mass is sort of cold, but not all that cold and susceptible to warming.
12z runs and no surprise this will be an inland light snowfall event.
12z NAM
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=nam&p=snku_acc-imp&rh=2024120312&fh=60&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
12z GFS
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=snku_acc-imp&rh=2024120312&fh=60&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
12z RDPS
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=rdps&p=snku_acc-imp&rh=2024120312&fh=60&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Red Sox sign Aroldis Chapman
Forgive my ignorance as I don’t keep up with baseball like I used to but, is he a good player?
He still has a 100+ fastball with an effective slider.
He’s not a 1-2-3 type of guy, he walks a lot of batters and many of his relief appearances are a bit stressful.
I don’t either, Philip, so appreciate the question and Tom’s answer
Hopefully the first of many moves. He has electric stuff but sometimes has a hard time finding the strike zone. He has had some character questions in the past. Having had an opportunity to be around a number of the players this past season during batting practice with my son, they all came across as really kind and down to earth guys. (except Kenley, but he’s gone) Hopefully Chapman has matured with age….
Hmmmmm ….. trying to wonder if that means they are really pursuing Juan Soto.
If you think you have a chance to get Soto for years, why sign a closer/set up guy for only 1 year ????
They have a couple of young right-handed arms that could grow into closers–Justin Slaten and Luis Guerrero. With Chapman and Liam Hendrix you have some experienced arms for 2025 as they develop. Honestly–the only risk here is money, which is a good sign that they’re willing to spend on what could be a high risk guy, though only for one year.
Frankly, I don’t trust management. Let up hope they make all of the right moves. 🙂
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I just managed to master twitter and now I have to move to Bluesky. It’s similar but not similar enough. I see Eric, matt N and JR there. I did shoot a message to Pete to see if he will join.
My bad. Pete was already in bluesky. I just couldn’t find him
Thanks, TK.
CPC went warm on 8-14 yesterday. They need to change that to below normal for temps on today’s update.
A bit more in the sky in NJ than the moon, stars and planets.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/morris-county-nightly-drone-noises/6033146/
Crescent moon rising in the western sky just after sunset. 🙂
Actually that crescent moon is about to set too. It rose in the east many hours ago, but was too close to the sun to be seen.
Snowing here in Coventry and roads getting a bit slick. Salt trucks are out. 31F.
I just had a couple of flurries here.
First flurries of the season here, too.
Yay
Boston news anchor tonight: “Snowplows are already out trying to stay ahead of what falls.” … The “storm” is 24 hours away and plows won’t be needed in the Boston area. Oops.
Let me guess…WBZ NewsRadio 1030?