RI Weekend Weather Wrap, January 14/15, 2023 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Saturday 1/14/23:

Colder air rushes in behind the vigorous cold front that is reluctant to make much progress out to sea. We’ll have some morning breezy drizzle followed by increasing winds with gusts to 25 mph under a fairly persistent overcast sky. Temperature range will be tight, daytime highs in the mid 30’s and evening lows around 30.

Sunday 1/15/23:

The Low pressure system and associated frontal boundary remains close to the New England coastline, with an impulse of low pressure driving an intensification of rainfall potential with some offshore thunderstorms that may be heard in the far distance. Additionally, winds will be stronger in response to the stronger pressure gradient, northerly winds gusting into the mid 30 mph range. Still we’ll have a tight temperature range, morning and evening lows around 30 bookending a daytime high in the mid 30’s.

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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.