Lets get right to it. This stretch of weather we've had the past 4 days has been magnificent, topped off by a glorious Saturday where the temperature reached 72 in Boston and Providence. We have not seen this type of extended warm weather in March since 1998! So what does this tell us? Unfortunately it means that this is simply not normal for us and it has to end soon.
Despite today being the first official day of spring, the sun is still not strong enough to warm us up on a consistent basis. Our excellent weather for the past few days was due to us being on the beneficial side of a strong High Pressure system to our south, keeping us locked into a warm southwesterly flow of air and a strong flow at that. Typically areas close to the coast really feel the effects of the sea breeze during these abnormal warmups but not so this week. I was amazed at the amount of people who seemingly emerged from their winter slumbers these past few days. I think this stretch of weather really did a lot of good for peoples mental state, especially after our ridiculous rainfall the previous weekend.
Ok. I have given you all two full paragraphs about our warm weather. You know the dagger is coming and that dagger is a pesky cold front that looked like it might stay away from us earlier in the week but no such luck. With that passing front comes the end to our party and winds should shift around to a northerly flow keeping us noticeably cooler tomorrow. Boston may not even get out of the upper 40's.
From there it only gets worse. Another rain storm moves in from the midwest on Monday night into Tuesday. Certainly nothing like last weekends storm, but as I mentioned before, any rain at this point is bad news. We are way over our normal values for precipitation and with this storm looking to bring at least another inch of rainfall to the area, expect more flooding to occur. This will especially be the case for our swollen rivers and low lying areas.
Want more bad news? Long term forecasts show us getting a pretty good shot of cold air from Canada just in time for next weekend. I am talking about high temps in the upper 30's with lows in the 20's. Think of it as old man winter's last parting shot. Take my advice. Do not put away your winter coats yet.
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