RI Weekend Weather for January 7/8, 2023 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Saturday 1/7/23:

The threat of rain having ended, we’ll still have some mid-level cloud cover due to an upper low swinging through, but this one is moisture-starved, so we’re not expecting any rain or snow out of the deal. Should be a decent day, with afternoon highs in the low 40’s and morning lows in the low 30’s with a light northwesterly breeze.

Sunday 1/8/23:

Cool high pressure settles in over the area keeping things calm and clear through the day, lot’s of low-angle early Winter sun and slightly cooler temps, low in the mid and upper 20’s warming to an afternoon high in the upper 30’s with nearly calm winds.

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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.