atmospheric energy

Wednesday: Showers expand, ramp up to rain. Becoming windy. Highs in the 50s. Overnight Wednesday Night: Windswept, torrential rain. Lows around 50. Thursday: Windswept, heavy rain. Some power outages with northeast gusts to 45 mph, higher Cape. Highs in the 50s.

The much anticipated nor’easter has developed over the waters south of New England and will continue strengthening over the next 24 hours. This storm center is fueled by all the classic ingredients for storm development: atmospheric energy provided by the jet stream winds aloft, cool air surging south from Canada and warmth over the Gulf Stream waters of the Western...

Although we’ve declared a First Alert for Friday through Sunday, we’re in the midst of a one-day reprieve from the heat in New England. This short break follows Wednesday’s late thunderstorms, as a northeast wind sweeps cooler and less humid air in for all but the South Coast. In the change of air, and with some atmospheric energy lingering aloft,...

Warm and sunny weather continues to rule across New England this week, just in time for July 4. For fireworks Wednesday night, expect warm and mostly clear skies. Winds will be light, with temperatures in the 70s. By Thursday morning, we’ll wake up to lows in the 60s to around 70 degrees. It will be a bit humid, but not...

Absolutely perfect weather is in store for fireworks regionwide in New England both Wednesday and for Independence Day. While nearly everyone stays dry both days, a weak disturbance aloft yields a less than 10% chance of an isolated shower popping up each afternoon. But none of this is expected to be all that impactful, and the vast majority of us...

Our First Alert continues on NBC10 Boston and necn ahead of an impactful snow forecast to arrive Tuesday and depart for many by early Wednesday, lingering longer in the mountains. This quick-hitting system includes a piece of the same atmospheric energy that socked California with heavy mountain snow and will pick up Gulf of Mexico moisture on its trip across...

Our First Alert continues on NBC10 Boston and necn ahead of an impactful snow forecast to arrive Tuesday and depart for many by early Wednesday, lingering longer in the mountains. This quick-hitting system includes a piece of the same atmospheric energy that socked California with heavy mountain snow and will pick up Gulf of Mexico moisture on its trip across...

The term “polar vortex” has become a viral buzzword again this year after its spotlight back in 2014 – but, what exactly is the polar vortex, how does it affect our weather and why is it such a big deal only in certain years? The fact is, the polar vortex has been studied in meteorology since the middle 1800s! This...

Although rain started Thursday for many New Englanders, emerging sun and a busy westerly breeze are both drying our communities out and warming us up — at least for all except the North Country, where showers continue.

Today’s high temperatures climb into the 40s for many of us, nearing 50 from Hartford, Connecticut, to Providence, Rhode Island, but the storm that buzzed by New England yesterday after slamming the Mid-Atlantic and New York City is still sitting over Atlantic Canada, and it’s large enough and strong enough to continue having an impact on our region.

For most of New England, Friday is the day with the most clouds building and blotting out the sun and scattered snow showers with heavier snow bursts developing.

Mild and breezy weather today is short-lived ahead of a cold front already slicing across New England, ready to return cool autumn air to the region.

Heat and humidity stick as strong southwest flow dominants hot weather through the start of the weekend.