Friday Forecast

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7:26AM

DAYS 1-5 (JANUARY 27-31)
A general westerly flow and cooling trend will take place the next few days. Disturbances embedded in the flow may result in a few rain/snow showers today and a few snow showers Sunday. By Monday-Tuesday we’ll need to keep an eye on an evolving offshore storm in case it comes close enough to bring steadier precipitation, but leaning toward the drier scenario for now.
TODAY: Variably cloudy. Isolated rain/snow showers. Highs 38-45. Wind WSW 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 22-30. Wind W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 32-40. Wind W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
SUNDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows 20-28. Highs 32-40.
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows 18-26. Highs 30-38.
TUESDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows 18-26. Highs 30-38.

DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 1-5)
A disturbance may bring a risk of snow to start the period but timing and placement is not certain at this point. Generally dry and seasonable to colder than average otherwise.

DAYS 11-15 (FEBRUARY 6-10)
Overall chilly pattern, and a couple snow/mix chances come along as well.

67 thoughts on “Friday Forecast”

    1. I think this is a trick a question. This could be anywhere, but I have a feeling
      it is Boston Harbor, probably just off shore from the UMass Campus.

      😀 😀 😀

    2. I’m thinking one of two things. First, an area that is now polluted. Or Second, and the one I favor, the Charles River that was once a complete mess and is now flourishing.

      1. I do not think that is fresh water. It “looks” salt to me. 😀
        At least I have never seen that kind of growth in fresh water.

        1. I think you are correct but was trying to look at it through what I suspect may be Matt’s ultimate point.

          1. I agree about the Matt’s perspective and that is why I think it is Boston Harbor. Before the
            effluent tunnel/pipe project and the revamping of the Deer Island Treatment plant, you couldn’t see 6 feet in front of you in the Harbor. Now it is almost perfectly clear. 😀

  6. Thanks TK. Just found a new weather app that’s the best I’ve seen so far, 1Weather for iOS. Has a forecast and radar like every other app, but it has a discussion tab with a built in view of local NWS forecast discussions! First free app I’ve seen that does this.

  7. Good Morning and thank you TK.

    I already witnessed the SNOW showers on the way in this morning. Pretty cool, because the car thermometer was reading 40 Degrees.

    re: 2/5-2/6
    6Z GFS is looking nice for a moderate-borderline major snow event on 2/6.
    Euro shows a system approaching. Likewise the CMC.

    Euro shows the system loaded. Based on the position of the low and the high to our North and the 500 and 300 mb chart at 240 hours, it “looks” like it would redevelop
    and be a coastal storm for us. BUT it is 10 days out and much can happen. If it becomes a cutter or inside runner, then it would be snow to rain. IF it is a coastal
    that is not too far off shore and not too tight to the coast, it “could” be a major Snow Storm.

    Suffice to say the storm threat is there for this time period. We’ll just have to watch
    and see how it evolves.

      2. I have snowstorm withdrawal most of the Winter. It passes
        sometime mid-late March (Although I will light up at the prospects of an April Snowstorm) or so and does not return until about Thanksgiving Day. 😀

        This Winter, I am actually OK with it. It is what it is as someone once said. AND we were well warned about this Winter. It’s all in the expectation.

  10. Great picture, Vicki. Gosh, that really makes me miss snow. That was an awesome snowblitz, and only two years ago. I’ll never forget it.

  13. The location of the past one is off the Northeast coast of Mass/NH It just recently been approved for protection. Many people do not realize how vibrant the areas between the coast and the continental shelf actually is The picture above is a a red algae bed which is critical habitat for crabs, lobster and many of the the fish you and I eat These pictures are from Boston Harbor Def a difference in what quality but its not just because of pollution though it has a little bit to do with it. All these pictures show growth of kelp and other algae growth . Not all algae is bad. That seaweed that people talk about is actually a mix of brown, green and red algae. https://www.flickr.com/photos/byrneslab/14281671219/in/album-72157645261967851/
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/byrneslab/albums/72157645261967851/with/14281847827/
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/byrneslab/14281847827/in/album-72157645261967851/
    Here is another picture of a different location than the other one.

  14. Not weather related but just wanted to share a bit of relief I got today. My stepdaughter enlisted in the Army and left for basic training at Fort Jackson on January 10th. We have not heard from her but I needed to contact the Army about some results of blood work she had done prior to leaving. She has a stomach infection and her doctor suggested she be seen by the Army medical staff. I spoke to her drill sergeant today and he could not have been more helpful. Also told me that she is doing awesome and that she doesn’t know it yet but will be granted a phone call home in a couple of weeks. I did confess I was surprised to hear she is doing so well since she doesn’t like to be told what to do. He laughed and said “we are taking care of that ma’am”.

    1. ARGHH)!(@U*#()!&@*(#^!&*(@^#!@&*#!

      Looks like it wants to redevelop in the Gulf of Maine. W hoppie.
      NFG for us. Nice for Nova Scotia.

    1. Ahhh, it moves DUE EAst along the Gulf states. Looks destined to pass
      OTS well South of us. Southern stream system.

  17. lots of time indeed. It’s nice to see the 3 major models showing a storm around the same time period consistently. Would even have the potential to tap some gulf moisture and good be our first widespread significant snowfall

  18. 12Z EURO for our projected 2/6 system. Euro is different than the others.
    It has the main center well to the South which hugh pressure falls and copious
    precipitation our ahead of the system. Plenty of cold in New England. Could this
    be the one?????? 10 Days out, so much can and likely will change, but clearly it
    will be potentially loaded wherever it ends up.

    Here are a few charts: A snow map, showing 24 hour snows to our Southwest
    prior to it getting up here, 6 Hour pressure falls that really highlights where
    the action will be, and the surface map with precipitation. (click on image to enlarge)

    http://imgur.com/a/jNDKB

    1. Cool. Too bad we can NEVER get an ocean effect event like that.

      The most I can remember in Boston is something like 4-8 inches and that
      is very RARE. Normal is nuisance coating to a couple of inches. There have been occasions of a foot or more on areas of the South Shore in the “snow belts”.

      But we just don’t get to experience an event like the Eastern Shores
      of the Great lakes.

    2. Maybe I’ve said it before, but if I could choose a place to live outside of SNE, that region would be it.

  20. glad it’s not snowing tonight. Headed into Celtics game. Daughter and her dance team dance on the parquet before the game.

  22. Boston’s snowfall so far is 14.2 inches. That is 7.4 inches below the 21.6 inches that is the average for winter-to-date, but 3.8 inches ahead of last year’s total of 10.4 inches through January 27.

  23. Mannix died today. He was 91. He always got knocked out every week with the butt of a .38 pistol.
    RIP Mike Conners.

    1. Sigh. I loved Mannix and had a bit of a crush on him. Our losses continue. So sad

      I picked up first season of Mary Tyler Moore show and am watching now. Beautifully gracious lady….great cast….awesome message….and timeless laughs

  24. 18z GFS shows a nice coastal for the 6th….TK mentioned a while back that we might have one or two big storms that are well telegraphed in advance….could this be one of them?

    1. And the 0Z Euro has an OTS system, so go figure. The models haven’t a clue at this point. Just continue to monitor. There is a threat at that time period, but could be a miss, could be an inside runner/cutter and it could be a direct hit.
      Who knows. Could go poof as well.

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