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Significant Weather Blog

This blog contains forecast discussions of pending significant weather events prepared by Robert Thompson, retired Meteorologist-in-Charge of the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office in Norton, MA and former Board Chairman and current Board member of the Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center (BHOSC). The discussions are not a substitute for the official forecasts and warnings issued by the NWS Norton Forecast Office. They are intended as a complementary, educational resource for visitors to this web site. The forecast discussions provided here are the opinions of Mr. Thompson, and BHOSC accepts no liability associated with this information.

Significant Weather Blog Jan 26, 2026
Significant Weather Outlook: Monday, January 26, 2026 3 PM

Weekly Significant Weather Outlook for Southern New England Last week was certainly interesting building up to the major snow storm that will…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 24, 2026
Significant Weather Blog: Saturday, January 24, 2026 3 PM

Major Snow Storm for Southern New England Nearly all of southern New England will receive between 1 and 2 feet of snow. …

Significant Weather Blog Jan 23, 2026
Significant Weather Blog: Friday, January 23, 2026, 12 PM

Major Snow Storm Expected for Southern New England Same Storm System Will Impact Much of the Eastern United States with Snow and…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 22, 2026
Significant Weather Blog: Thursday, January 22, 2026 6 PM

Major Winter Storm Likely for All of Southern New England Same Storm System Will Impact Much of Eastern United States with Snow…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 21, 2026
Significant Weather Blog: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 4 PM

Very Large Winter Storm Will Impact Most of the Eastern United States This Weekend and Probably Including Southern New England Late in…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 19, 2026
Significant Weather Outlook: Monday, January 19, 2026 10 AM

Weekly Significant Weather Outlook for Southern New England  For the week ahead, looks like very cold temperatures Tuesday and Tuesday night followed…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 18, 2026
Significant Weather Blog: Sunday, January 18, 2026 9 AM

Snow Today and Tonight No major change in the forecast reasoning.  The trend has been to expand precipitation amounts some further west…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 17, 2026
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…

Significant Weather Blog Jan 16, 2026
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. …

Significant Weather Blog Jan 12, 2026
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…