RI Weather Today, August 22, 2022 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

High pressure breaks down, finally, and allows for the advance of a low pressure system towards the area with the chance for some morning to mid afternoon rain showers. Yes, I’m saying there’s a chance. Low level moisture will be moving in ahead of the showers, so saturated air will lead to some morning mist and fog over portions of the area, mainly coastal areas. Morning lows in the upper 60’s in the mist rising to the mid 70’s in the afternoon with light east-southeasterly breezes and extensive cloud cover.

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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.