RI Weather for Fri, August 26, 2022 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

A mid level disturbance will threaten the area during the afternoon with some showers and thunderstorms developing. As with any thunderstorms, the heavy rains can be tough to pinpoint, but someone will get it pretty good.

All models indicating the best time for rain will be between 4pm and 7pm. Morning lows in the upper 60’s and afternoon highs in the upper 80’s with a gusty southwesterly breeze.

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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 where the McCabe’s, Donnelly’s, Walker’s and Callan’s have been since after the Civil War.