Tuesday Forecast

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10:52AM

DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 21-25)
TODAY: Partly sunny. Highs 45-53. Wind W 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Isolated snow showers. Lows 25-30 north and west of Boston and 30-35 Boston southeast. Wind W 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 28-35 early then falling. Wind NW 15-30 MPH gusting 35-45 MPH.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Lows 5-15. Highs 32-40.
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Risk of sleet/rain. Lows 20-27. Highs 40-47.
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows 35-45. Highs 45-55.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 26-30)
Colder with episides of unsettled weather including rain and possible ice/snow. Temperatures below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 31-APRIL 4)
Additional episodes of unsettled weather. Temperatures variable, mainly below normal.

117 thoughts on “Tuesday Forecast”

  3. Good morning and thank you TK. I echo Tom’s words of HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETTER TODAY!

    You indicating rain/sleet Friday. What do you think of the NAM advertising a period
    of Snow prior to any changeover to sleet/rain?

    Thanks

  7. Don’t write off early next week’s threat yet. A pool of still cold air will be just north of us this weekend and early next week. All it takes is a relatively small buckle or adjustment to produce at least some snow in SNE. I do think ski country gets a healthy dose of snow over the coming 7 days. This will include some snow showers with the front coming in tonight and tomorrow. Western-facing slopes should do well.

    1. Agree. The models are in their wobble phase. We shall see. 12z gfs up a tad in snow. Let’s about the euro.

  9. Other than the day-after-drugs-that-slow-your-heart-rate-so-much-you-almost-can’t-detect-it-but-they-restore-normal-heartbeat headache, I am doing great. 🙂

    2. Great news – not the headache but that the meds worked!! It is absolutely no comparison but made me smile at the memory when you said your heart rate was slowed. I have just barely high BP. The first meds they gave me slowed by BP more than intended but I sure felt mellow. When I told Mac they were going to change the meds, he quietly asked if they would consider the “mellow” med every other day.

      1. They tried to measure my BP during a-fib and 2 machines were unable to detect anything so they had to switch to manual method. That worked. 😉

        2. Well that is not encouraging. I’m glad I didn’t know that before I laughed at SAK’s discussion with you.

          But you are mellow to begin with. Some (perhaps a few) might say I am not 😉

          1. Unfortunately, I am NEVER mellow. Character defect, I’m afraid. 😀

            And I don’t smoke, drink or gamble, so there is not much opportunity to get mellow.

            1. TK is mellow. I think Tom is mellow. Others as well. Tom just came quickly to mind. It is possible I either got a bit mellow with age or I just am more used to myself. I’ll go with the latter. I know my faults and happily admit to them because I (hopefully) have positives that counter them. I yams what I yams and dat’s all that I yams. I have the sense, JPD, you can say the same about yourself.

  10. Hi all – it’s the artist formerly known as GettingBetterAllTheTime – now that I’m officially an intermediate-level blogger I know to go short with the handle! So my new name is what my (non-Italian) 6 year old son calls me for some reason – Mama Mia. Anyhow we just got back in the country yesterday from a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas (for any parents of young kids it was so much fun and at age 6 Sammy was the perfect age to really enjoy and to “believe” everything). So glad/relieved/happy(!) that TK is ok!

    As a newer addition to the WHW gang who hasn’t even met TK in person I think I can say with complete assurance that any one of us – myself included – would do anything for you buddy. Please remember that any time you find yourself temporarily sidelined and need a hand with anything at all just let one of the WHW gang know – we have your back 100%.

    As for weather – it was so nice to get to Logan last night and not be freezing – I didn’t have internet so wasn’t sure until we landed if we would be greeted with wind, rain, snow, sleet, hail, sunshine or all of the above. Only in New England can you be away for 3 nights and come back with no idea what you might encounter as almost anything is possible in March here. But this benign welcome home is great!

  11. Interesting…

    Even though the GFS and CMC don’t exactly depict rip roaring snow storms down the road, the event are far enough out there that one or more “could” turn into something.

    Looks interesting ahead. April 1st for example. 😀

    1. We will not – I repeat will not – get another April fools storm. I don’t want to sit through people chin wagging about “the last April fools storm.”

      1. Sorry, but you have no control over that. Besides, you know what it is like looking that far ahead. 😀

  12. Spring in New England ….

    Days on end of surface flow coming from either the north, northeast or east … of which raw, chilly or cold rules.

    Practically 70% of the winter had a W or SW wind and now, it will be what seems like an eternity until we see that wind direction again.

    1. My main complaint about New England Springs. It seems that virtually every day from late march to about June 15th the wind has an easterly component to it.
      Of course it is NOT every day, but some Springs it sure seems like it.

      I kept tally one time it was so many consecutive days, I simply could NOT believe it.

        1. I can’t recall a Great Lakes Cutter ever going POOF, if anything they usually get even better closer to the event. 😀

          1. It seems that way, but honestly that is selective memory. Our storm last Tuesday was originally depicted as a Cutter and look what happened.

            So some cutters become coastals or close to it and some of course remain cutters.

            So some events down the road currently depicted as a cutter or inside runner, “could” still become a coastal.

            TETT.

  14. Thanks for the post TK. I hope by Friday you’re writing about how all snow threats have evaporated. 😉

    1. It once looked very promising and then it looks like no way it was happening and now once again, it looks promising. In short, I’ll believe it when I see it.
      Even as depicted, there may be a mix and rain and snow or sleet and snow or sleet or a combination of all of it. Who knows. It depends upon the thermal profile when it occurs. Better chance of snow N&W.

      From 8PM Sunday until 8AM Tuesday, the Euro has Boston under a MIX
      with 4.3 inches total accumulation. Pretty heavy mix, but more likely a period of straight snow and mix before and/or after.

      It shows Worcester with Snow, Freezing rain and rain with total accumulation of 12.2 inches

      Fitchburg, Snow then some rain. Total snow 12.5 inches

      North Adams. Mostly snow some mix 15.8 inches

      Not sure why I throw these out there, it is so far out there no way these
      are the final numbers.

      I guess just giving an idea of where the Euro is at the moment. 😀

        3. John, the one thing I can say is that you do not give up. You have been saying something along those lines since about October. Perhaps, a bit of an exaggeration re spring but certainly with regard to storms. Sooner or later, it will pan out because spring….she is a comin’

          Be warned, I may be your worst nightmare come summer 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉

          1. If we get another local snow storm I’ll buy you dinner when you come for a visit . I mean storm .

            1. I’ll take you up on that. Thanks!! Although, I was not saying we’d get a storm. Spring is also fine with me. I’m missing sitting on the deck and really want to get the new patio under way.

  17. If the 12z GFS has the right idea, the first week of April is going to be very interesting around these parts. Active pattern with multiple storm threats. Storm tracks near us or to our south and east, and with cold air nearby.

  18. Looking at those 12z runs for Sun night into Mon right on the edge of some accumulating snow.

  19. It’s not a guarantee, but I believe Boston has seen its last 1″+ snow event of this season. Any of the potentials on the models right now look like much more bark than bite to me. We’ll have to keep watching the next few weeks as always, but I think we’re done with the big stuff in SNE. Probably not so to the north.

    3. Until we get rid of the tendency to put high pressure in eastern Canada and over the Great Lakes and run low pressure south of or nearby to New England, I’m not counting out anything.

    4. I disagree with you WW. Persistent high pressure in eastern Canada sending shots of cold into New England coupled with what appears to be a pretty active storm track through early April is going to yield continued snow/mix threats for awhile. It’s not going to take much to pull an inch out in Boston and there’s a decent chance it may happen sometime Sun. into Mon.

  20. Even if there’s no snow, Spring isn’t necessarily here, especially at the coast. The coastal waters are quite cold. The east wind will wreak havoc at the coast for not just weeks but months to come. Even today, Boston is fighting a sea breeze. I bet we see some sharp backdoor fronts the next couple months as well.

  21. Definitely felt the sea breeze today. Oh, the more or less prevailing easterly in spring. Like clockwork. Happily, we tend to get westerlies from June to March, which means more influence from land than sea. But until June we’ll have to contend with some raw days, frequent showers, a few snow threats between now and mid April, some teases that put us in the mood for spring and summer, and even a few hot ones that make us forget winter entirely.

  22. I’m reposting this from 1:23PM in case some of you missed it. I just got to approve it now as this is the first time I’ve been able to sit at my laptop today.

    _____________________________________________________
    Mama Mia says:
    March 21, 2017 at 1:23 PM

    Hi all – it’s the artist formerly known as GettingBetterAllTheTime – now that I’m officially an intermediate-level blogger I know to go short with the handle! So my new name is what my (non-Italian) 6 year old son calls me for some reason – Mama Mia. Anyhow we just got back in the country yesterday from a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas (for any parents of young kids it was so much fun and at age 6 Sammy was the perfect age to really enjoy and to “believe” everything). So glad/relieved/happy(!) that TK is ok!

    As a newer addition to the WHW gang who hasn’t even met TK in person I think I can say with complete assurance that any one of us – myself included – would do anything for you buddy. Please remember that any time you find yourself temporarily sidelined and need a hand with anything at all just let one of the WHW gang know – we have your back 100%.

    As for weather – it was so nice to get to Logan last night and not be freezing – I didn’t have internet so wasn’t sure until we landed if we would be greeted with wind, rain, snow, sleet, hail, sunshine or all of the above. Only in New England can you be away for 3 nights and come back with no idea what you might encounter as almost anything is possible in March here. But this benign welcome home is great!

  23. Vicki, John…Regarding your dinner bet, just curious, how many inches have to accumulate in one storm for Boston? That should be settled as well.

    Good luck, Vicki! I am rooting for you! 🙂

    2. This one’s an easy one…
      We’re in the “zone” until we legitimately turn the pattern, and that is not happening soon.

  26. Even TK says it’s pretty much a given. John, check the limit on your credit card. Vicki, do you like Capital Grille?

    1. I’m not a capital grille fan….but if someone is buying…I’m not going to turn anything down

      1. To be fair to John, he said in his area when I’m there in July. I do know some VERY nice restaurants in that area 🙂

  28. Wow! I’m shocked at WWs prediction. Although he may prove correct in the end, I would have thought he’d know better than to say winter is over in Boston. Boston likely poops out an inch when all is said and done 😀

      1. Must be from my new puppy Piper who poops every time you look at her. 😀 I’m even dreaming of poops!

  29. Ya see what you all did….WW never said for certain. He said…..

    “It’s not a guarantee, but I believe Boston has seen its last 1″+ snow event of this season.”

    Note the first four words….4.5 if you count the contraction.

    1. LOL. You’re too much. I never said he made a guarantee. I said he made a prediction which as you know is never a guarantee :D. I should have made that more clear.

  31. I have a pretty good feeling Boston sees at least another 1 inch+ snow event this
    season, in fact it “could” come as early as Monday. We shall see. 😀

  32. Enjoyed the 87 degree weather in Columbia, South Carolina today. Possible thunderstorms later so I will be looking out the window frequently. Could. Or have asked for much better driving conditions for the trip. Rained a bit while on the NJ Turnpike but that is the norm for me. It has rained every single time I have drive on that road.

    1. I think we road with you a good portion of the way. What wonderful memories and how proud we all are of your step daughter. So happy for you, Sue

    2. Also dangerous on that road when it rains especially at night. Glad you made it through there safely.

  33. We had a total of 8.6″ of snow last year, April 3-5.

    Sox open their season at Fenway this year on Monday, April 3 against the Pirates. They usually open their season on the road.

    So glad you’re feeling better, TK!

    1. And someone here keeps saying the seasons are shifting. Darned if I can really who that would be. Was that 8.6 Boston? It isn’t so much the state but Logan that I wonder about.

      Me? Que sera sera 😉

      1. Was going to ask about this. The warning box is inching closer. Mama bear has been watching the radar. My bet is sue and family are zzzzzzz-ing

        2. I wish I was sleeping! I think I am too tired to sleep if that is possible! Boys just came flying into my room to tell me a warning came on their TV. Time open the shades and see what is happening!

    1. Thanks Dr. Stupid – these are incredible time savers for me as I usually try to DVR all the stations and watch WBZ live (my go to) – this saves me at least 20-30 min all in!

      1. I decided to do it this week to see how the Saturday forecast progressed through the week. A lot of people seem to enjoy it so I will keep it up. 🙂

  36. At least for my end of the “bet”, it has to be a single storm producing 1″+. I would expect additional flakes/sleet pellets before the season is out, but if I had to give a yes or no on whether Boston gets another 1″+ event, I would say no. All in good fun, and by no means certain 🙂

  37. All I will say is be very careful of snow maps, I have done some research and none of the major snow maps account for sleet when showing totals for snow.

    As for the bet, Boston will see an 1 inch in 1 storm but not a whole lot more.

  38. I think Boston (Logan will not see anything more than a 3 inch snowfall. North/west of the city could be a different story… Mother natures april fools??

  39. Good morning. Looks like I am the first one up!

    First, Chuck Berry; now, Chuck Barris…
    Chuck Barris has died at age 87.

    You’re good (or at least my age) if you know or remember who Chuck Barris is.

    Enjoy the day, everyone!

  40. On again/off again models now have gone back to NO snow for Sunday/Monday.

    CANNOT trust anything beyond a couple of days. Putrid. Oh well, will it be back with the 12Z runs???

    Its is now March 22nd. Time is marching on.

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