DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 13-17)
Today’s weather showcases the quick-moving nature of weather systems in our current weather pattern. Last night’s disturbance that produced some light mixed precipitation and snow departed and was followed by a push of colder air with gusty west to northwest winds, which are still blowing notably in higher elevations and exposed areas as we start the day today, but these will quickly diminish and the chill of early morning will be lost to lighter winds and several hours of strong sun as it rises into the sky. However, this afternoon, you’ll notice a wind, now shifted to southwest, picks up a little once again as we lose the sun to quickly-increasing cloud cover from the west, associated with the approach of a warm front. This front can bring a quick episode of light snow and mixed precipitation mainly north of the I-90 belt this evening, but other than a quick coating of snow on grassy / unpaved surfaces, impact will be negligible. During the overnight hours into Saturday morning, the low pressure area that parents the warm front will be passing to our north, and its cold front will follow, bringing some rain and snow showers to the region in the late evening / overnight hours. There may be brief clearing of the sky in some locations ahead of the front and again behind it. As we get into Saturday morning and through the day, the low pressure area now entering Atlantic Canada will intensify significantly, resulting in a windy day here. Upper level low pressure crossing our region will promote lots of clouds at times as well, but there will also be sunnier intervals. The wind will settle down Saturday night and the sky will clear out, resulting in a chilly overnight / early Sunday. During the day Sunday, similar to Friday we’ll see sun give way to clouds as another warm front approaches out region. The parent low for this one will be a large system and will be heading northeastward into the Great Lakes. I think any precipitation with the warm front later Sunday will be less widespread than the one moving through our region later today, and most of it will pass to the northwest of the WHW forecast area – maybe just clipping north central MA and southwestern NH. Our main impact from that storm system comes during Monday as the low pressure area moves through the Great Lakes and into southeastern Canada. Its cold front will be well to our west early Monday but a plume of tropical moisture drawn northward into our region will bring a healthy dose of showery rainfall. It won’t be until later that evening that the cold front finally makes its way through from west to east, itself bringing a band or two of showers and even the potential for thunderstorms. Heavier rainfall with this system falling on still partially frozen ground can lead to some stream and river flooding issues not only on that day but lingering toward the middle of next week even after the system is gone. Tuesday (St. Patrick’s Day) will feature dry, breezy, chilly weather in the storm’s wake.
TODAY: Sun followed by clouds. Evening mix / snow arrives west to east, favoring areas north of I-90. Highs 38-45. Wind NW to W 5-15 MPH with a few higher gusts early to mid morning, diminishing to under 10 MPH then shifting to SW and increasing to 5-15 MPH with a few higher gusts afternoon.
TONIGHT: Cloudy early with a period of snow / mix likely north of I-90 and a chance of mix / rain I-90 southward, then variably cloudy with passing rain / mix / snow showers late evening into overnight hours. Lows 32-39. Wind SW 5-15 MPH with higher gusts, shifting to W.
SATURDAY: Lots of clouds with intervals of sun. Highs 43-50. Wind W to NW 15-25 MPH, gusts 35-45 MPH except 45-55 MPH in higher elevations and exposed areas.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 25-32. Wind NW to W diminishing to under 10 MPH.
SUNDAY: Sun followed by clouds. Slight chance of brief late-day snow / mix north central MA and southwestern NH. Highs 42-49. Wind variable to SE up to 10 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain showers arrive and become widespread. Temperatures steady in 40s South Coast but rise to 50s elsewhere. Wind SE to S increasing to 10-20 MPH with higher gusts overnight.
MONDAY: Cloudy with widespread rain showers in the morning and scattered rain showers afternoon. Highs 57-64 except 50-57 South Coast. Wind S 15-25 MPH, higher gusts.
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain showers and possible thunderstorms during the evening hours. Clearing west to east overnight. Lows 32-39. Wind S 10-20 MPH, higher gusts, shifting to W.
TUESDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 40-47. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 18-22)
Fair weather and below normal temperatures March 18-19. Unsettled episodes March 20-22 with some rain / mix / snow, but no major storminess indicated. Spring arrives with the occurrence of the vernal equinox at 10:46 a.m. EDT on March 20.
DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 23-27)
Up and down temps but averaging near to below normal for the period with at least one and possibly two late-season bouts of rain / mix / snow possible (March 24 & 27 dates to watch).
Thanks, TK.
I don’t think I can digest this all at once! Glad I don’t need to…
Thanks TK
Good morning and thank you TK
29 here and that was the low
Ocean: 38
Had some flakes last evening ans a brief period of light snow. No accumulation.
Wordle: 3
After yesterday’s discussion, finally figured out how to paste in results directly, I think.
Wordle 1,728 3/6
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Before I post’ it is showing. Let’s see what happens when posted.
Ah’ now I see what happens. Sneaky. I know what to do.
My Wordle today. AS stated yesterday’s had to use Imggb
https://ibb.co/7dBfp4fx
My Wordle history shows my skill level to be less than many or most here.
https://ibb.co/CpXDyp40
My impression anyway.
Wow – that was quite a third guess there!
I just made it on board with a 6.
You Made it. Easy 3rd guess for me. the letters were such that there was only one logical choice.
Nice Wordle, JPD. Wordle 5 for me
Good 5. Always better to get the word.
Thank you, TK. We are at our low of 26
Happy birthday, TJammer.
And happy 42nd birthday to my son Also.
Happy birthdays
My son’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks. He’ll be 48
Daughter will be 54. Getting to be very OLD.
My youngest will be 40 this year. I forget I’m getting older till I remember how old my three are
Exactly
Thanks! Wow….
Thanks Tk
Thanks TK !
I noticed last night, low level dry air (dps were crashing) dried out the precip in most areas.
Not here, our dp hung near 32F through most of the precip, but it got cold enough, and so, in the shady, colder spots, there was a light coating of new snow. Yay, not !!!!
Yay! NOT here. NOTHING! I mean there was snow in the air, but ZIPPO accumulation. Snow was falling at 38 to 37 degrees, so no wonder. 🙂
Kind of weather related. Latest map of trout stocking locations. Pinkish square denotes NOT STOCKED. Black denotes STOCKED. It is now Match 13th and NOTHING stocked yet.
https://ibb.co/vvRDPW5h
I can only deduce that this is weather related due to the Above average snowfall season. The last 3 years were next to Nothing, so 1/2 the locations were stocked by this date.
I am closely monitoring this as I want to partake of some of this fine fishing. Can’t wait!!!
Nice !
I wouldn’t have really thought of/appreciated this until about 25 years ago, when my wife first took me to Myles Standish Forest.
Then, I saw how they stock the various ponds in the forest.
Hopefully soon, JpDave !!
The Massachusetts Dept. of Fish and Game do a wondeful job and provides for hours and hours of fun and relaxation for Massachuetts residents. In the past few years they have increased the size of the fish substantially.
450 lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams in 264 towns across Massachusetts will be stocked with over 400,000 trout
82% of trout will be over 12 inches
45% will be over 14 inches
600 18”+ retired brood brown trout and 400 retired brood brook trout will be stocked
2,500 14”+ tiger trout will be stocked
In past years most all fish were 8 or 9 inches with only a few scattered larger ones.
Last year I caught a bunch of the 14 inch trout. That was tons of fun!!!!
One of our favorite places to go on the Cape when the kids were younger was the fisheries in Sandwich.
Any Chimney experts out there?
Our house is very old, approaching 200 years and I presume the chimney is as old as the house. We had it recapped about 10-15 years ago and had a stainless steel liner installed for our furnaces about 8 years ago. Recently parts of bricks came down and very recently it sounded like a whole brick came down.
The chimney has the main walls and divider walls to provide for 4 flues. Our liner is in 1 flue, 2 of the flues for 1st and 2nd floor fireplaces (not used) and the other unused.
We are having a level 2 chimney inspection this afternoon (with camera)
I know the integrity of the divider walls is a shambles.
I don’t care IF the divider walls totally collapse as long as the main walls are solid AND the liner is not damaged, Thus the inspection.
Anyone with any experience with this kind of thing?
I absolutely CANNOT afford to have the chimney rebuilt from the ground up. That is the basement and 3 floors worth, at least 50-60 feet. Walls would have to be breached all up and down the chimney length. Incredibly expensive!!!!
I am hoping the current liner is fully intact. If not, not sure what to do??? I have heard that a new cement tube could be poured into the flue, providing a safe and effective flue while at the same time shoring up the integrity of the flue and chimney in general.
Sorry for so much, just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing.
Many thanks all.
No experience, good luck, hope it works out !
Thanks Tom.
We had To have a liner in our Framingham home but moved too soon after to know if there were further problems. No chimney in this house.
Wishing you luck.
Thanks
Our chimney was build in about 1800. It has six flues. Two of them have liners for the wood stove and the oil furnace. In 2012, we had just what you describe happen. One night a brick fell into our bedroom fireplace knocking down the tin damper. That was quite a way to wake up!
The flue dividers were bricks, some set on the long edge They were starting to come loose. Here’s what it looked like:
https://ibb.co/93TkbjWS
We ended up having the chimney rebuilt, but only from the attic floor up. The part in the attic used cement blocks rather than bricks to greatly reduce the cost of both labor and materials. Here’s that part being done:
https://ibb.co/RTQhR0Y7
Here’s the final step of the new cap being installed:
https://ibb.co/pV18wSf
It was not cheap, but Jeremy Brown did a wonderful job. His company is now called Wachusett Chimney:
https://www.wachusettchimney.com
Thanks SClarke. Some of those photos like just exactly like our situation. Years ago, I got talked into recapping the chimney,m which needed to be done, but that did not address the real issue.
Your house is a tad older than mine. Mine was built in
1846.
We are living on Social Security and my part time job. We absolutely absolutely CANNOT afford to have the chimney rebuilt from ground up. Just cannot do it.
So, I await the inspection and weigh our options.
IF the liner is intact, I’ll just leave it for now.
We are both almost 80. We won’t be around forever, so I’ll leave that issue to the next owner, of course unless we are
forced to do something.
THANK YOU for sharing your experience. Nice to know others have gone through this. I don’t hear ANY talk about this situation, but I can telling you walking the neighborhood, I see many chimneys in rough shape.
Living very comfortably I might add, but incurring the expense of rebuilding the chimney from the ground up would break us for sure.
Wordle: Phew !
I had the last 4 letters, in the right spot after 3 guesses and just didn’t see the missing first letter until the last guess.
It was a pronunciation thing with what I could see and I was looking for something that kept that pronunciation I assigned, but the missing letter changed it.
I keep making this mistake of assigning a pronunciation based on what I have and it really throws me off sometimes.
So was it a 4 Phew, 5 Phew or 6 Phew? enlighten us please. 🙂
Isn’t 6 the only real phew?
Well, I figured that, but didn’t see a number. 🙂 🙂 🙂
6 phew 🙂
Thought so, Thank you for the confirmation.
I have seen several others do the exact same thing Good you got it
Thanks TK
Thanks, TK!
Sitting at 35 degrees.
Thank you TK and happy Friday!
Wordle: 4
Seems like we are occupying many different cars today. I say we all meet in the middle for Happy Hour!
Nice and I agree!!!
Love that idea. Very nice 4
Wordle 3
I knew it after 1 but went with a different guess to clear more letters, should’ve trusted my instincts.
Nice 3. Welcom aboard the 3 car!!!
ALWAYS trust your instincts when it comes to Wordle.
Awesome birthday 3!!
SLOW recovery total in this COLD air mass.
ONLY up to 36 so far.
My Guess at the Over/under today: 42
Thanks for this idea longshot. 🙂
total => today!!!
My fingers just won’t type what my mind wants!!!
Up to 38. C’mon sun, do your job.
I know it is fighting a very chilly air mass!!!
Indeed !
Very active/stormy northern US today.
Atmospheric River coming ashore in the Pacific NW with very heavy precip. Its precip extends eastward all the way to South Dakota.
Then, there’s a pretty dynamic system in the Great Lakes with some heavy precip and strong winds.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G19&band=10&length=24
A series of GL Cutters for awhile ahead. No east coast storms for now.
ONE Great Lakes Cutter during the next 14 days. That’s not a series. 🙂
I bottomed out 30F and now 38F. Should get past 40, maybe 42.
We’re up to 41. Was thinking 42 for high, now thinking MAYBE 44. C’Mon 44!!!!
42F
43 now.
Average high is 44 or 45
It is actually 45 for the average high.
51 by March 31st.
39 here. Was 40 briefly
Solid clouds here
Just made 44 here! YAY!!! 45 anyone, anyone, anyone?
42 here. Was just outside for a brief walk. Feels it too. If we had a storm coming up the coast tonight it would surely be in the form of snow.
Not necessarily true. And we do have low pressure coming our way tonight. Rain, mix, and snow depending on location.
Still 44 here. Just walked down the center. MOST comfortable out. A BEAUTIFUL day imho. This weather doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
Temperature 42 here, with dp 18. IF it is still cold enough aloft, it could snow for a bit before any kind of changeover.
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
I guess this stuff will NOT reach the ground. NOT one model has any precipitation in the Boston area at this time. UNLESS they are dead wrong????
The immediate Boston area’s best chance to see rain and snow showers will be from midnight to sunrise, in the warm sector of the passing low. Most of the warm frontal precipitation will occur northwest of Boston by quite a distance.
We maxed at 40