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Clear, cool start to the new year threatened by upcoming storm
It’s a new year, but a familiar weather pattern for New England as quiet conditions and seasonable conditions start the week, not just for our New Year’s Day but also for the return to work and school Tuesday. Admittedly, this year even a seasonable chill has been somewhat uncommon, so even temperatures just shy of 40 degrees south and...
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Here's what you should know about this weekend's forecast
In the coming days, we’re in for some notable weather changes. Friday, scattered (east) to numerous (west) showers are expected as a strengthening jet stream disturbance moves through the Great Lakes and approaches New England. Most of the showers will be concentrated in western Massachusetts and Connecticut, where an embedded thunderstorm can’t be ruled out, producing locally heavy rain,...
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Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen expected to impact Massachusetts this weekend
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday classified Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen, a tropical storm that will likely become Tropical Storm Ophelia on Friday if it develops as predicted. New England and much of the Eastern Seaboard is currently in the cone of probability for this storm, which is predicted to weaken to a tropical depression by the time it gets…
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Hurricane Lee, explained: What you need to know right now
While the National Hurricane Center is keeping close tabs on Hurricane Lee’s path, there are things that people in the Boston area and across New England need to know no matter how close the storm comes to shore. Where will Hurricane Lee make landfall? As of Wednesday morning, the hurricane looks to be making a run up somewhere between...
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Tracking Hurricane Lee and its potential impacts on Massachusetts, Maine
Hurricane Lee began to spin away from the northern Caribbean on Wednesday as the Category 3 storm aimed for Atlantic Canada and coastal New England, leaving big waves in its wake. The storm was located about 475 miles south-southwest of Bermuda in the morning. It had winds of up to 115 miles per hour and was moving northwest at 6…
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FIRST ALERT: Heat, humidity to blast New England, most intensely on Thu.-Fri.
New England is on the cusp of our foray into the deep heat that’s been making headlines across the country over the past few weeks, though we’ll see only a brief spell of intense heat. In fact, Tuesday afternoon’s thunderstorms represented a wind shift that has trickled less humid air into New England, so the air Wednesday really isn’t all...
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FIRST ALERT: Latest Snowfall Maps, Anticipated Timing Ahead of Incoming Winter Storm
Sunshine fades behind increasing clouds Monday, but cold air is well in place as high temperatures struggle to get to the mid 30s, even in the warmer spots of southern New England. Unlike previous storms, the approaching storm on Monday will be coming into plenty of cold air, so it really is not a question of rain or snow: Snow…
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Unsettled Pattern Brings More Opportunities for Snow and Rain
New England has entered a more unsettled pattern that will extend through the exclusive First Alert 10-day forecast and brings a chance of rain and snow every other day or so in the days ahead. Tuesday morning’s snow stayed fairly light, but succeeded in dropping mild air and pavement temperatures close to freezing for a few spots of slushy...
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Yo-Yo Weather: Wintry Mix Tonight Before Temps Warm Up to Feel Like Spring
A powerful and large ocean storm southeast of New England is getting a push east and farther away from the region by another incoming disturbance from the west, moving over the Great Lakes. The departure of the ocean storm meant sharp clearing overnight Monday night for sunshine Tuesday morning and gusts to 30 mph from the north that started the…
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Mild Temps and Emerging Sun as Rain Clears in Southern New England
Precipitation with our latest storm was slow to organize, which meant the heaviest of it came after the atmosphere had warmed enough to significantly limit any snowfall in the southern half of New England. The precipitation surely came, though, with a widespread inch to inch and a half of rainfall for many, with locally higher amounts, and immediate coastal gusts…
