Significant Weather Blog: Saturday, January 17, 2026 1 PM

Weekend Weather Update  This is an update on this weekend’s winter weather.  The Sunday afternoon/night snowfall has become a little clearer, although uncertainty remains in how far west plowable snow may fall as well as the accumulation over the outer Cape and Nantucket.   This Afternoon A tightening mid-level thermal gradient and associated strengthening of… Read More »

Saturday, January 17, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0710E SUNSET:  1639E OVERCAST SKIES, SEASONABLE TEMPS AS SNOW MOVES NEAR…. A brilliant sunrise was witnessed today, with beautiful reds and oranges and peaks of blue sky… Read More »

Significant Weather Blog: Friday, January 16, 2026 2 PM

Weekly Significant Weather Outlook – This Weekend Update  A couple of winter weather systems will affect southern New England this holiday weekend.  The first one will produce generally light snow across much of interior southern New England on Saturday.  The second one is a coastal system with greater uncertainty than usual for a potential event… Read More »

Friday, January 16, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0710E SUNSET:  1638E BRIGHT SUNNY SKIES, BLUSTERY AND COLD TODAY…. With the passing of the front yesterday evening, we were left with sharp temperature drops and continued… Read More »

Thursday, January 15, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0711E SUNSET:  1637E LAST DAY OF THE JANUARY THAW AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY…. Clouds have been the main theme since yesterday with even some very light… Read More »

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0711E SUNSET:  1636E DESPITE THE CLOUDY DAY, TEMPERATURES ARE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TODAY…. Today is the warmest day of the thaw, and likely to be the last… Read More »

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0712E SUNSET:  1635E MAINLY SUNNY THIS MORNING, CLOUDS MOVING IN THIS AFTERNOON…. Today has been a decent day with plenty of sunshine this morning save for a… Read More »

Significant Weather Outlook: Monday, January 12, 2026 5 PM

Weekly Significant Weather Outlook  The large scale mid tropospheric weather pattern for the week ahead favors the evolution of a fairly high amplitude ridge in western North America and a fairly high amplitude trough in eastern North America by later in the week.  This is sometimes referred to as a positive Pacific North America (+PNA)… Read More »

Monday, January 12, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0712E SUNSET:  1634E A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TODAY…. A cold front pushed through last evening with strong cold air advection taking place… Read More »

Sunday, January 11, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0712E SUNSET:  1632E OVERNIGHT RAIN AND LINGERING FOG THIS MORNING IMPROVES WITH AFTERNOON CLEARING AND SUNSHINE…. We received 0.42″ of rain from last night’s system, starting with… Read More »