Posts Tagged ‘weather’
RI Weather for December 27, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Another bright and sunny day, with the added benefit of a couple of more degrees for afternoon highs, climbing all the way to 34 degrees, from a morning low in the mid 20’s and a light westerly breeze. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 26, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist We’re inching up as far as temperature goes, afternoon highs reaching the freezing mark from a morning low around 21. Breezes will be down, from the west around 5-10 mph. Lot’s of sun to start, with high cloud cover rolling in late well in advance of a mid-western low pressure system.…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 25, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A near carbon copy batch of weather for our Christmas Day, cold and a bit breezy, but plenty of sunshine. Maybe a touch warmer. Morning lows in the teens rising to the mid 20’s with westerlies blowing to 20-25 mph at times during the afternoon. Merry Christmas everyone! ___ John Donnelly…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 24, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A frigid day with wind chills down in the single digits. Afternoon highs reach only around 20 from morning lows in the low teens. The winds will be gusting still, blowing out of the west-northwest to 30 mph. It’ll be sunny though, so there’s that. ___ John Donnelly was born in…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 23, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Severe Winter storm continues to intensify through the morning with moderate to heavy wind driven rain. Gusts out of the southeast up to a limb-shredding range of 50-60 mph expected, so power outages are a near guarantee across most of the area. Thankfully, this will remain a rain event, because if…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 22, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure begins to give way and recede northward, maybe in fear of the beastly low pressure system developing over the southeastern US. Winds will remain mostly calm and out of the east less than 10 mph, still a good day for launching rockets. A chilly start with morning low temps…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 21, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure dominates today, keeping the skies clear, other than a short period of high thin clouds during the morning as a quick upper ‘twist’ in the atmosphere sails through. Winds will be nearly calm for a change, so no chill factor to deal with, allowing the seasonable high of 39…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 20, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Mostly clear as high pressure continues to control our weather for another day. Temperatures within normal range, maybe a couple of degrees off the average high of 42, but that’s the target, from a morning low in the upper 20’s. Winds shift slightly to north-northwesterly and will be weaker, gusting to…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 19, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure to our west keeps us in the clear for the day, with a steady northwesterly breeze gusting towards 30 mph at times through the afternoon. A morning low around 30 rises to an afternoon high in the upper 30’s. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved…
Read MoreRI Weather for Dec. 18, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A mostly clear day in store with a bit less wind and slightly cooler temps. Morning lows in the upper 20’s rise to the upper 30’s with winds out of the west-northwest still gusting 20 to 25 mph. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode…
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