DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 11-15)
A strong cold front approaches from the west today, passing through the region this evening. This slow-moving boundary will see a couple waves of low pressure move up along it, the last of which will help swing the front through later this evening. Before that, the last of the cold air trapped at the surface is in the process of being scoured out and the balance of today will be dominated by waves of widespread rain showers, some heavy, which may include thunder this evening as the last of it moves through, as well as a strong, gusty southerly wind and a push of much milder air as well. Hazards today include ponding of water on roadways, especially poor-drainage areas, with some flooding during the heavier rainfall episodes, as well as damaging wind gusts which can lead to isolated power outages. Later tonight, behind the front, we clear out and get colder, and some areas of black ice may form by morning as the wind shifts and drops off. Thursday and Friday will be windy days with a colder trend in a westerly flow behind the front, with mainly dry weather and just a chance of a few passing rain/snow showers later Thursday and snow flurries on Friday. High pressure brings dry weather and more tranquil conditions this weekend, with most sun and Saturday and somewhat less sun on Sunday as the next low pressure area tries to approach, but is held off by the high pressure area.
TODAY: Cloudy. Numerous to widespread rain showers. Highs 55-62. Wind S 15-30 MPH, gusts 35-55 MPH, strongest in coastal locations.
TONIGHT: Cloudy evening with widespread rain showers and a chance of a thunderstorm. Rain showers ending with clouds breaking overnight. Lows 32-39. Wind S 15-35 MPH with higher gusts, shifting to W from west to east and diminishing overnight.
THURSDAY: Sun/cloud mix. A slight chance of a passing snow shower late in the day except rain or snow shower near the coast. Highs 38-45. Wind W 15-25 MPH, higher gusts.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a passing snow shower. Lows 20-27. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts. Wind chill below 20.
FRIDAY: Sun/cloud mix. Slight chance of a passing snow shower. Highs 32-39. Wind W 10-20 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 16-23. Wind NW under 10 MPH.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 32-39. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 15-22. Wind calm.
SUNDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 33-40. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 17-21)
Rain/mix/snow potential December 17-18. Mainly dry weather thereafter. Temperatures near to slightly above normal. More detailed discussion soon.
DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 22-26)
Precipitation threat early in the period. Mainly dry weather thereafter. Temperatures near to slightly below normal. More detailed discussion soon.
Thanks TK
SPC Outlook for today
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/partners/outlooks/fema/images/fema01_swody1.png?1733920940
Wind Percentages
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/partners/outlooks/fema/images/fema01_swody1_WIND.png?1733921283
WPC Excessive Rainfall. Level 2 out of 4 for most of SNE
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/ero.php
Thanks Tk
Thanks TK
Pete for today. I like his graphics.
https://x.com/petenbcboston/status/1866620737890730036?s=46&t=neG9xl79s_BtNQXSGBlqLQ
More Pete.
“ I’d say that seeing 60s this month is out of the ordinary, but we’ve seen them every December in the last ten years with the exception of 2016/17. (Six times in 2021!)”
https://x.com/petenbcboston/status/1866698272317796551?s=46&t=neG9xl79s_BtNQXSGBlqLQ
It has happened before on rare occasions. I remember one back in 1964 or 65 timeframe. But surely not every year
Several days of 60s in the time frame you mentioned. Remember it well. 🙂
I remember walking around the reservoir in Belmont in my new sweater …no jacket…in Christmas Day. I think it was the one year we were not able to ski because of rain. First and only time and we went every Christmas vacation from the time I was two until around early 70s
Thanks TK !
Good morning and thank you TK.
Thanks, TK.
The HRRR seems to be trending to stronger wind gusts throughout the last 24 hours. The 13z HRRR has a 69-mph wind gust over my house at 8 pm.
Ugh.
Thanks TK. So far .36 here. Temp 44.
Hi North. Nice to see you. Hoping your basement stays dry.
Me too! Hope everyone else’s stay dry too.
High 30s this area. High 50s into 60s south shore.
.66 here. 37
The winds are beginning to ramp up here in the Boro!
Should be an interesting night ahead with the wind , hoping for no damage as trees seem to come down so easily lately.
I brought in 3 tubs of wood last night incase we loose power
Good luck.
Local radar
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
Not much wind up this way yet. 🙂
Same at work old salty , regarding the wind
Gusts to 31 in Providence and Newport as of 10 am
Jumped 14 to 58 in the last hour here.
Record high temperatures for today?
Some schools in eastern CT early dismissal today. Good call since that part of the state will have the worst of the weather coming in at normal dismissal time.
Good call indeed by those school districts!
Wonder if boston will continue its streak of no snow storms above 4” this year.
1,020 days and counting. At least through December 22 according to the models. No opportunities for snow through next week at least.
I think it will hold for at least December
Pretty strong band of wind and rain coming through Middleborough now. Nothing on early dismissals here. Unless it’s a dire emergency or a long-term power outage, they probably won’t call an early dismissal at this point. It would be a huge inconvenience for families to drop everything at work and go home or pick up their kiddos.
I am hoping afternoon and evening events get cancelled. Parent conferences are still scheduled for tonight!
No wind here. Still 42. 0.77
Oddest thing though. While rain of course is vertical, there are bands of what looks like low fog traveling across the rain parallel to the ground. Very interesting.
Thanks Jimmy for posting that historical info on that December 10-12, 1960 snowstorm! I was only about 2 weeks old so I have ZERO memory obviously. ❄️ 🙂
JPD or Vicki…Did that snow last on the ground through Christmas Day? Just wondering. 🙂
That I can’t remember for sure, but I would say so. It was a crapload of snow. 🙂
the other 2 biggies that Winter were the inaugural day storm of 1/20/1960 and the Ground Hog Day storm of 2/2/1961.
All three delivered well over a foot of snow each. 🙂
WBZ is reporting that Sutton schools are already closed for tomorrow. Do you know anything about this, Vicki?
I do not. Wow. I wonder if power is out in that area
I don’t see it mentioned on fb. But do see it on wbz.
Thanks, TK.
Just some light rain and fog here in Sudbury.
Pretty quiet in Natick also with just light rain.
Up to 44 here, still with NOT much wind. 🙂
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/school-closings/
Logan up to 0.37 inch as of 10:15 AM
Another slug of heavy rain about to move into Boston
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
15Z HRRR winds for 7Pm tonight
https://ibb.co/6YbVPbr
to me, this is down a tad from yesterday’s runs.
Thanks, TK.
I’ll periodically post a few comments here and there, as WHW has been my favorite blog to post on. It’s you and the WHW folks that have made it great for many years.
– Temps in the 60s are fairly common in winter around here. I can remember them as far back as the early 70s in Needham. All it takes is a southerly breeze, frankly. We know how warm it almost always is around, say, the Gulf of Mexico. And as I recall usually the spike in temperature to the 60s was short-lived and often followed by considerable drops in temps.
– The Atlantic storm parade hitting the British Isles and parts of Northwestern Europe this month has packed quite a series of punches: In quick succession, storms named Conall, Darragh, and Eowyn have produced (severe) gales with hurricane-force gusts, especially across coastal Ireland and the west coast of Wales and England. I’ll soon be headed to that part of the world for fairly long stretches of time. One thing I will miss is Boston’s weather, particularly the cold, sunny days of winter. We’ve had some gems recently. Cold, sunny days are infrequent in Britain, and that’s an understatement. What we experienced yesterday here was far more typical of the weather I’ll be having soon. Tack on a few degrees, say, up to ~42F, and gray, overcast, and often foggy days are the norm from November through February.
Awesome to see you here Joshua!
Thanks for checking in Joshua! Have a good Holiday season! 🙂 ❄️
Good to see you Joshua, keep posting !
Wonderful to see you commenting!
.73 here so far in JP since midnight. Current temp 58.8 and climbing fast!
I just read this headline. I’m dashing to my bomb shelter!
“Atmospheric river brings weather whiplash to East Coast as bomb cyclone develops”
Compliments of the west coast ??
yeah I read that as well. Piece of alarmist crap!
We are at 55. If I look away from my sensor and look back almost right away, temp has gone up a degree. 0.93 inch and wind picking up some
JPD, would that inaugural day storm be on 1/20/61? 😉
Yes, of course. My brain said 61 and my fingers had other ideas and typed 60. Sorry. thanks for correcting that. 🙂
Up to 58 here and still climbing. 🙂
And wind is picking up as well.
12Z GFS shows this system changing to a few inches of snow for the Greens in VT. At least that will replace a little bit of the snow
that will be lost today.
59 here with .67 so far. Big heavy band about to come through.
Thanks, TK!
Pouring here, up to .99 precip and climbing fast.
Temp 59.4
I am at 1.12 now. That last batch was torrential,
Thanks TK. Cold few days coming back. Wish we could get one of these rainstorms as snow. Doesn’t look too promising. Happy holidays to all.
MJO, as I’ve said many times now, is not our friend, and hasn’t been for a while (going back a few winters as well).
Joshua, glad to see you here . Happy Holidays!
I posted today for the first time in many months. My husband and me have been dealing with a lot of illnesses and there is still more problems and decisions we have to make regarding health issues. I have been on this blog for maybe 20 yrs. I think. I still love talking and observing the weather but with both of us in and out of the hospital, it has been hard. I have started decorating for Christmas but I hope we will be able to enjoy it. Looking forward to posting more and hearing from you all.
Marshfield airport wind gusting to 45mph already.
0.83 at Logan as of 2:15 PM
Red Sox have acquired LH Garrett Crochet from the White Sox.
Starter? Closer?
Starter
Ok, he is a decent pitcher, but is he an ACE? IMHO, NO!
Career 3.29 ERA
I want someone under 3 and preferably well under 3, but 3.29 isn’t too bad. Hope they didn’t over pay.
https://ibb.co/ZTJ15Bw
crap, he was 6-12 last year. GIMMIE a break!
Typical Red Sox move and they are going to try and pawn this off as a great move. If you ask me, it’s more of the same BS
from the Red Sox!!!!
According to the Red Sox he was considered the TOP
starting pitcher available in the trade market.
Not much of a market, I’d Say.
Am I Jaded? You betcha. Talk to me next Summer.
Likewise. But almost everything seems like overpaying these days.
.329 if he can stay healthy will go a long way.
He’s young and cheap, that’s why they got him. I agree, not an ace but a solid 2/3. They gave up a highly touted catcher prospect. These are the kind of deals they have to settle for since they can’t seem to land the big fishes anymore
Right, exactly. We shall see how he pans out.
Only 25 and he is a BIG DUDE!!!
6-6 and 245 pounds. Wonder how fast he can bring it.
Not too shabby!!!
Garrett Crochet, a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, throws a four-seam fastball that averages 97.2 miles per hour (mph) and can top out at 100.4 mph:
Average speed: 97.2 mph
Top speed: 100.4 mph
Spin rate: 2,500 revolutions per minute (RPM)
Release point: 6.1 ft from the ground
Movement: 8 in away from a right-handed batter and 13 in drop
Garrett Crochet deals in White Sox extra-innings win vs …
Crochet also throws a cutter that averages 91.6 mph and tops out at 96.2 mph. He also mixes in a slider and changeup.
Crochet has thrown 45 pitches at 100 mph or more, which is second only to Nate Jones among White Sox pitchers in the pitch-tracking era. Crochet has also thrown 69 pitches at 99 mph or more, which is the highest percentage of pitches at that speed by a pitcher with at least 50 pitches in a season.
Player Card: Garrett Crochet – Brooks Baseball
Garrett Crochet has thrown 3,894 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2024,
The White Sox tried to trade Crochet at the trade deadline last season. Crochet came out and said he would not pitch in the postseason unless he got an extension from the team that traded for him and the White Sox were unable to trade him.
Well that’s not a good sign. Doesn’t seem to have the competitive edge. He still has 2 years left on his current deal. He needs to go pound sand.
1.18 here, that came quick! Great seeing everyone here. I am out of work again so plenty of time!
Oh, so sorry to hear that Hadi. I do hope you find somehting
really soon.
Facebook and Instagram are down due to
“Technical Issue”
Like any platform, they are prone to issues.
My FB is up and running just fine.
My fb ok too
First wind gust above 20 MPH occurred just now (3:20PM) at Woburn.
It looks as if WBz took Sutton closed down. Odd since it wasn’t closed today.
Must have been a clitch.
Hearing about power outages in Lakeville and Raynham.
Logan now gusting to 33.
Marshfield airport gusting to 50 mph.
Windy enough here that we can HEAR the GUSTS. That’s when i know it is WINDY. 🙂
Logan just to 37. Getting there, that’s for sure.
I don’t think this wind under achieves.
1.47” at Logan so far. According to Ch. 7 met, add at least another inch plus between now and midnight.
Wind HOWLING here in Quincy. Worst conditions since I’ve moved here.
Last years Dec storm was still worse, but this one isn’t over yet
62 degrees. 1.57″
Winds howling here, too, after about a 30-minute lull.
The temperature on my thermometer and a nearby weather station are both 37, the high so far today.
I wonder where the Weather Channel gets the temperature for Lunenburg. It’s 52. Maybe they’re trying to get to the 60 that they predicted 🙂
I did mention it would take most of the day to scour out that cold out that way. No surprise there. 🙂
I do remember hearing that somewhere! 🙂
Let’s not kid ourselves. 60-65 in December is not as rare as many are lead to believe by media.
Anonamous quote from a local source: “60+ is unheard of in December for Boston”. Fact: It’s not unheard of. Not even close.
Let’s first go back to the 1960s…
Boston hit 60 or higher at least once in 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 (3 times including a high of 70), 1969. Most of the years that missed 60 had monthly highs of 58 or 59.
Now the 1970s…
Boston hit 60 or higher at least once in 1971 (twice), 1972, 1973 (3 times), 1975 (3 times), 1978, 1979 (twice, including a high of 68). Most of the years that missed 60 had monthly highs of 58 or 59 (again).
And the 1980s…
Boston hit 60 or higher at least once in 1980 (twice), 1982 (SEVEN times including TWO highs of 70), 1984 (4 times including a high of 70), 1985, 1986, 1988. With the exception of 1989 which had a high of 53 on Dec 31 after the coldest December on record, the years that missed saw monthly highs just below 60.
So yeah, just looking back at those 3 decades from last century, it’s actually somewhat common for Boston to have at LEAST one 60+ degree day in December.
Looked ahead to the 2010s…
60+ at least once in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. Most of these were just once, and most of them were lower 60s (one upper 60s).
Pretty much the same # as the 1980s (just not as warm on the maxes as the 1980s).
I don’t think Eric was saying it is rare. I do believe his point was it’s now been the last 10 years which is rare.
I wasn’t talking about Eric. 🙂 Anonamous source and the quote was “unheard of” not “rare”. 🙂
Oh I don’t listen to sources that are not legitimate. As you can tell I don’t even read them through. I had posted Eric’s tweet about 60 earlier so wondered
Exactly.
But many people do so I like to point it out as a caution for others, to be careful about what they hear. 🙂
1.8 inches or rain in Padanaram Village as of 5pm. Winds blowing at a steady 30mph here along Buzzards Bay.
60 with 1.48. Gust of 30 at 3:45 but general gusts are high teens and low 20s. Nothing unusual ……yet
A lot of mini power hits here in the last hour, but thankfully, so far so good.
It kind of reminds me of what might happen if a branch is tapping a wire somewhere nearby.
Hopefully, it doesn’t get any worse than that…
We have about four hours to go before the wind drops off considerably.
RI looks to be having a party all on its own
https://ibb.co/jbfB752
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
Thin line of convection and associated strongest low level jet showing up near eastern Long Island.
Sound of the gusts here is loud !
Not sure if a recycle bin went flying and hit pavement, but something made a loud thud. Its our trash day today.
Tom incredibly loud , very loud .
1.76 here so far.
One rumble of thunder about 4:15PM here.
Winds have been “decent” but not ferocious.
Main thin convective line is forming right on I-95 now.
HRRR nailed it .. again.
No record temp for Boston today.
Under that now. Is that the back end of the highest gusts?
I got another .4 just on the last 20 mins under that band and still coming down.
That should be the end of the highest gusts, for the most part. But the eastward movement is slow so it’ll take a while for the winds to simmer down – it’ll be a slow process west to east the next few hours.
Who remembers this one from 1975? I think it aired once (maybe twice). Features Roberta Flack on vocals (performs 5 songs). Narration by “Squire Badger” aka Buddy Ebsen. 🙂
Paul Winchell provides the voice of Turtle. Winchell is of course most famous for voicing Tigger from Winnie The Pooh.
Allan Melvin provides the voice of Horace Hawk. Allan is, of course, Sam The Butcher on The Brady Bunch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11A7Y1cq0kE
I was in my prime for that one
An all time favorite. I never see on tv. Will look on streaming services. I’d forgotten about it
Up to 2.16 and saw lightning on our drive home
Wind is absolutely roaring in pembroke big time . Power & cable gojng in & out & it’s just a matter of time before it’s out for good . This is 100% damaging wind .
Also it’s official Bill got the job !!!
Just got power back after being out since 2:00. Let’s see how long it lasts.
Oh boy. Good luck
Feels like an HTE type of night!
Lots of trees down in Marshfield Tom
Thanks SSK, not surprised.
Can see the outages as they get reported growing on the eversource outage map.
I’ve been seeing mentions of outages on FB pages down that way.
Eric on 60s. I know he worries about our climate. Pete too
https://x.com/ericfisher/status/1866997796630347997?s=61
Lots of debris in the roads on my drive home. Seeing repairs of outages at some of our bank branches.
The squall line is from your area south. Hoping your power stays on.
1.94 and 57. Winds high teens. Maybe some 20s
2.55 and 56 degrees. Dropped 4 in the last half hour.
This rain is relentless here on the south coast!
It’s crazy. We haven’t really had a break all day from the moderate and heavy rain. Looking forward to the end and will probably end up right around 3 inches.
Wow. I have 2.13 and thought that was a lot. I hope no basement flooding for anyone.
Up to 2.12” of rain here in Coventry CT and temp down to 49 after a high of 60 earlier. Run of the mill rain/wind storm here and havent heard of any damage or outages in town.
I was going to say run of the mill here also but am seeing reports of a roof collapse in a 1930s building in Uxbridge center. Praying everyone is all right but afraid people who live in apartments and businesses in that area will be heavily impacted.
Yikes, maybe caused by a downed tree or branch on the building?
No trees near. Newest reports say it is a brick covering connecting two older buildings, All 1930s-ish. It seems to have compromised both buildings I can’t imagine how weather caused it
Snowing now on the Stratton webcam. Hopefully they can recover a few inches. Only saving grace up there is that it never really got all that mild for very long despite the rain.
Down to 40 here, temp is really crashing now. Rain has ended. Looks like 2.17” is going to be our total.
Up to just shy of 52” on the year so looks like despite the drought we are still going to end up above normal on precip for the year thanks largely to a very wet summer here in CT.
Still 53 here. 2.40 in the bucket
Its generally been in the 60s here for highs with the occasional day of 70s or 80s but they tend to have rain late afternoon or over night followed by several days of clouds and 50s. One thing I miss about the Caribbean being able to go to the beach to swim. Water is to cold waiting for that wet suit lol. what I don’t miss the excessive heat index over 100 all the time.
2.76” at Logan (Boston), a new record.
I would say the next Drought Monitor Map to be wiped clean! 🙂
Of course there is still the matter of the “snow” drought…oh well. 1,021
Multiple snow threats on the 0z Euro between 12/19 and 12/26….
2.97 for the total here in JP
3.12 here. I had one final downpour around 1230am with some wind gusts, and the temp started going down quickly.
New post!