December 28th
Our major storm has moved into the Maritimes,bright sunny morning,chilly and fairly icy with the left over water that froze,had to spread some ice melt on the driveway this morning.
Eyes on next storm,but at this point doesn't look major as storm gets its act together farther east of us,but still something to watch.Snow starting tomorrow afternoon tapering off after midnight.Possible 2-4 inches,the heaviest amounts south of Boston in Conn.,RI,and SE Mass,but off course this depends on track and when the system does its deepening.Cold air moving in for the New Year's eve and day,but nothing terribly cold,more normal for winter.
December 27th
The storm that has battered almost 60 percent of the country is moving through New England right now,and depending on where you live in New England you are getting either heavy snow,mixture,or heavy rain.In my area in eastern Mass,a brief period of light snow in the evening quickly changed to rain and heavy rains and strong winds most of the night.Coming to work this morning alot of road flooding.Rain is expected to taper toward late morning as a dry slot lifts north.Currently around 50 degrees on the cape and the islands to lower 30's north of Mass.Once the storm system swings by early afternoon,wind shift will bring in colder weather and may even see a brief period of light snow.Then we get a break until late Saturday when another coastal storm theatenes us with possible plowable snow.Models have been shifting back and forth the last couple of days,and most are trending closer to the coast now.One model creates a monstor snowstorm,but for now we'll just watch this.Another possibility is it doesn't get going until its east of us.We'll see.
December 26th
Loved the Christmas break,and enjoyed wonderful times with th family,but tired now.Ate too much drank too much,and after all the work,it is quickly gone.I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas.
The weather is certainly not taking any holiday break.Large very strong storm system moved through the central part of the country and now has turned the corner and heading NE toward us along the east coast. Many tornadoes reported in the south as a strong cold front swept through the area.These storms will sweep into the SE today.Meanwhile on the west and NW side of this storm there are blizzard conditions.
As far as we here in New England we will see just about every kind of weather you can see in the winter,from deep snow to ice/sleet to heavy rain.
Most of the snow will be well inland and more north where they could see up to 2 feet of snow in the higher elevations.For my area it will start as snow and tranfer to rain after a few inches of snow.Strong wind will accompany this storm,especially along the coast.
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EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-BRISTOL RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...
QUINCY...BRISTOL
504 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE
LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. NUMEROUS POWER
OUTAGES AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
ROADWAYS.
Glad to learn that you had a most enjoyable Christmas holiday vacation of eating and drinking your fill, while surrounded by loved ones or close friends, plus relaxing a bit. Hubby and I had a pleasant day, ourselves, by eating a fine meal at dinnertime, then mostly relaxing and/or just plain conking out. It's been the gift that keeps on giving! LOL!
Keeping a close eye on this nasty approaching storm system, as well, since it could affect tomorrow's travel plans for a certain family member. Hopefully, it'll remain warm enough, our way, for mostly heavy downpours rather than inches or feet of snow. Would be nice if we could all get through this holiday week intact, without further incidents (like those horrific tornadoes in the South) or, in our case, potential power outages!!
I leave you with an infinitely full pot of caffeinated java to help keep you alert through your post holiday blues, fatigue and hectic work week. Bottoms up!
Yes this storm will be a nasty one,but for us closer to the coast we should escape most of the snow.
Glad you had a quiet day to relax on Christmas.
P.S thanks for cup of java,much needed this morning.
Even though I have a short commute,there were very few cars on the road this morning.Just the way I like it.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
438 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012
...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING...
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WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...
BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON
438 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING...
* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD DOWN TREES AND TREE
LIMBS...POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. NUMEROUS POWER
OUTAGES AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
ROADWAYS.
Looking,wind woke me up a couple of times shaking the house,but no damage anywhere,that I could see,but roads were really flooded coming to work this morning.
East coast has really had some strong systems so far this year.
Hope you can get home with no troubles.
Stay safe New England peeps!
???storm,are you talking about this weekend's storm?This is going to be more out to sea,only place that might see rain,would be south coast and cape and the islands.Totally depends on track.
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
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SNOWFALL PROJECTIONS ARE FOR A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IF IT REMAINS COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...THERE IS A LOW
RISK /20-40 PERCENT PROBABILITY/ OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THIS
REGION. HOWEVER SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH RAIN IN THIS AREA
LIMITING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. ANOTHER LIMITING
FACTOR FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS THAT THIS WILL BE A FAST MOVING
SYSTEM WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
Yeh,whatever!!!!!
I'm so thankful we received, all 'n all, just an overnight coating of snow on the ground! A close friend of ours, who lives in Arkansas, called us on his cell last night to report that his area got whalloped with historical amounts of snow and large power outages. Thankfully, he has a safe heating source inside his home and plenty of candles, etc., as he's been recovering from a recent bout of pneumonia. What a strange climatological world we're living in these days! Seems like many, once normally warm, southern states will now have to dig further into their financial resources for snow preparedness if they want to survive these winter changes.
Like you, I don't believe we'll be seeing much snow, if any, over the weekend. The majority of models show this storm remaining mostly out to sea. Any white stuff should remain further south of us (towards the Cape). Nevertheless, seems we'll have to prepare ourselves for next week's Canadian arctic blast. Hopefully, we don't end up being permanently displayed as one of Boston's "First Night" ice sculptures. LOL!
Have a decent TGIF and weekend ahead! If you're not around here on Monday, New Year's Eve, have yourself A SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to boot!!! May any "Fiscal Cliff" end up being just a very shortened slope. ARGH!
So much tougher for people to our south to deal with a lot of snow.
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