Significant Weather Weekly Outlook Main Focus: Risk of Strong Winds and Heavy Rain/Flooding Today and Tonight A strong surface low pressure center will cross the Great Lakes today in connection with a high amplitude sharp upper trough. Southern New England will be in the warm sector with strong southerly winds and pulses of heavy downpours.… Read More »
Risk of Strong Winds and Heavy Rain/Flooding Monday into Monday Night A high amplitude sharp upper trough will spawn an associated strong surface low pressure center that will track across the Great Lakes region late in the weekend into early next week. Southern New England will be in the warm sector with strong southerly winds… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook The big meltdown continues at least for the first half of this week. From a significant weather perspective, the main issue is likely to be the risk of river and small stream flooding. High temperatures through Tuesday are expected to reach well into the 60s and perhaps even near 70 degrees… Read More »
Wintry Mix Thursday Evening/Night into Friday Morning This looks to be an especially interesting and challenging forecast with a variety of precipitation types expected across southern New England late this afternoon through Friday morning. Yesterday’s discussion and forecast remain reasonably on track, but there remains much higher uncertainty than usual in the details for this… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory Winter (Dec-Feb) 2025-2026 Summary: Winter 2025-2026 was much colder and snowier than average with less total precipitation and more sunshine than expected. The approximated 24-hour mean temperature for winter of 26.5 deg F was 1.0 degrees colder than the 1891-2020 130-year average for the season, and it was 3.2 degrees colder than… Read More »
Wintry Mix Thursday Evening/Night into Friday Morning Low level cold air intruding southward from Canada and northern New England will set the stage for precipitation to change from rain to freezing rain/sleet and then possibly to snow Thursday night into Friday morning for a large part of southern New England. This scenario could cause especially… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory February 2026 Summary: February 2026 was generally cold with much more snowfall than normal and average sunshine. The approximated 24-hour mean temperature for the month of 26.1 deg F was 0.5 degrees colder than the 1891-2020 130-year average for February, and it was 3.1 degrees colder than the 1991-2020 30-year average. The… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook Looks like a weather regime change lies ahead for this week as an upper-level ridge of high pressure over the southeastern U.S. becomes stronger and attempts to shunt storms to pass west and north of southern New England. Complicating this picture somewhat is a series of surface high pressure areas that… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook Update This message provides a brief update to the significant weather outlook issued earlier in the week. Arctic Front Passage Sunday An arctic front will pass through southern New England on Sunday. Snow showers will accompany the front, which will move rather quickly west to east across southern New England… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook Will begin this outlook with a few thoughts on the major nor’easter that will wind down this evening and then look briefly at a couple of weather systems (one minor and the other possibly more significant) that may affect us this week. Major Nor’easter for Monday February 23 Today’s nor’easter… Read More »
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