RI Weekend Weather Wrap for Dec. 10/11, 2022 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Saturday 12/10/22:

Low pressure continues to sneak in from the sea, giving us some lower clou cover, but we’re not expecting any precipitation, frozen or otherwise. Too dry. Winds will remain fairly gusty out of the north, keeping chill temps down into the 20’s, actual afternoon highs in the mid to upper 30’s bookended by morning and evening sub-freezing lows in the upper 20’s.

Sunday 12/11/22:

An Alberta Clipper sweeps across the Great Lakes and knocks on our western doorway later on in the evening, Some light snow could be coating the ground to greet us Monday morning, but less than ½” if anything. A similar temperature setup as Saturday, Lows in the upper 20’s and highs in the upper 30’s with a lighter northerly breeze.

John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst where the McCabe’s, Donnelly’s, Walker’s and Callan’s have been since after the Civil War.