12:22AM<\/p>\n
As of this writing, it’s raining hard and thundering just around midnight at December 21 turns to December 22 and the Winter Solstice takes place (12:30AM). Not very common…<\/p>\n
All of the action is associated with a cold front pushing into an unseasonably mild and rather humid (for December) air mass. Things will quiet down overnight, and a fair and still mild day is expected Thursday.<\/p>\n
Colder air will filter in from the north Thursday night as a wave of low pressure moves in from the southwest. Precipitation is expected, probably starting as rain then turning to snow in the Boston area, continuing into Friday morning, with minor accumulation. This will move out by midday. A disturbance coming through on the back end of this wave will create scattered snow showers Friday night into the daylight hours of Christmas Eve (Saturday).\u00a0 A second surge of energy may be responsible for a few additional light snow showers Saturday night and part of Christmas morning. The storm threat for Christmas Day is pretty much gone. The computers had some trouble with this feature, bringing it too far north initially. We are entering a period of weather where a flatter-flow dominated by the northern jet stream means drier weather with just some temperature swings during the final week of 2011, though some southern stream moisture may try to get involved around the middle of the week for a brief time.<\/p>\n
Boston Area Forecast…<\/p>\n
OVERNIGHT: Thunderstorms ending west to east early followed by partial clearing. Temperature in the 50s early, cooling into the 40s later. Wind W up to 15 MPH.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. High 50-55. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY NIGHT: Clouding over. Rain arriving late, changing to snow from NW to SE. Low 30-35. Wind N 5-10 MPH.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Snow ending in the morning, accumulation of 1 inch or less in most areas, with a few isolated amounts over 1 inch possible north and west of Boston. High 35-40. Wind N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Low 25-30. Wind NNE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Scattered snow showers. High 35-40. Wind N 10-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY NIGHT – CHRISTMAS EVE: Partly cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Low 20-25. Wind NW 5-10 MPH.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY – CHRISTMAS DAY: Partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers through mid morning. High 35-40. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 22. High 44.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 26. High 45.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Low 28. High 42.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
12:22AM As of this writing, it’s raining hard and thundering just around midnight at December 21 turns to December 22 and the Winter Solstice takes place (12:30AM). Not very common… All of the action is associated with a cold front pushing into an unseasonably mild and rather humid (for December) air mass. Things will quiet … Continue reading Thundery Solstice<\/span>