Rhode Island Weekend Weather for March 18/19, 2023 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Saturday 3/18/23:

Another nice day to start the weekend, with more sun after a weak cold front cruises through the area. Afternoon highs in the low 50’s and evening lows in the upper 30’s with a light northwesterly breeze.

Sunday 3/19/23:

Cooler air presses in behind a secondary boundary, with winds accelerating to a range of 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph, dragging wind chills down into the 20’s. Actual highs will be in the upper 30’s after a morning low around 30. There may be a flake or three in the early waking hours, but only lasting a few minutes, according to model data.

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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.