Significant Snow and Cold this Weekend Update The factors noted below on yesterday’s message appear to be in play and have increased confidence of a general 4 to 6-inch snowfall (of the fluffy variety) across RI as well as east central and eastern MA. Within this area expect a few areas of still higher amounts… Read More »
Significant Snow and Cold this Weekend The extreme cold remains on track for late Saturday through Sunday as long advertised. An Extreme Cold Warning is now in effect for western and central portions of southern New England and Cold Weather Advisories elsewhere. In addition, several factors appear to be coming together for a more significant… Read More »
Dangerous Cold Saturday Night and Sunday Preceded by Some Snow on Saturday An Extreme Cold Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon for western and central Massachusetts and all of Connecticut. Very cold temperatures will be accompanied by relatively strong winds to produce dangerous wind chills. Leading… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory January 2026 Summary: January 2026 was generally cold with much more snowfall and more sunshine than average. The approximated 24-hour mean temperature for the month of 24.6 deg F was 1.3 degrees colder than the 1891-2020 130-year average for January, and it was 2.6 degrees colder than the 1991-2020 30-year average. The… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook for Southern New England Most of the coming week looks to be rather tranquil with some moderation in temperature and dry except for perhaps a few flurries Tuesday night into Wednesday. A quick moving clipper system may produce some snow Friday night (probably a few inches at most) and then usher… Read More »
Storm Projected to Pass Farther Offshore Latest trends in model guidance (initiated with data from 7 AM EST (1200 UTC or 12Z) this morning) continue to show a trend toward a more offshore track. The forecast snow amounts in this message reflects that trend. Much of the snow that does fall across southeast MA including… Read More »
Coastal Storm to Impact the Cape and Islands Sunday and Sunday Night Minimal to No Impacts Along and Northwest of the I-95 Boston to Providence Corridor Latest trends in model guidance (initiated with data from 7 AM EST [1200 UTC or 12Z] this morning) suggest that a large and intense coastal storm will form off… Read More »
Potential Still for High Impact Storm for the Cape and Islands Sunday and Sunday Night Latest trends in model guidance (initiated with 7 AM data) have been to shift the track of the coastal storm to form off the Carolina coast further offshore from southern New England. It still may track close enough, however, for… Read More »
Potential for High Impact Storm for the Cape and Islands Sunday and Sunday Night There is high confidence of an intense coastal storm forming off the Carolina coast this weekend. There is still low confidence, however, on the track as this storm moves toward the northeast. The main impetus for the start of this blog… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook for Southern New England Last week was certainly interesting building up to the major snow storm that will finally wind down this evening! It’s possible that later this coming week could turn out interesting as well. It looks like fairly tranquil weather, albeit colder than average, for Tuesday through Friday or… Read More »
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