RI Weather for August 1, 2022 – John Donnelly

A map showing the weather for monday.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure skirts to our south coast with some light predawn and midday showers expected to open up the month of August.. Not a lot of big energy aloft, so nothing major. Dew points will be on the rise with the southerly breeze off the water, so humidity will be up.…

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RI Weather, July 31, 2022 – John Donnelly

A weather map showing the current weather conditions.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist A sunny start with lows in the mid 60’s begins to cloud over later in the afternoon ash highs once again hover in the mid 80’s with a southwesterly breeze. Any showers should pass to our south late in the night. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved…

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RI Weekend Weather Wrap – 7/30/31, 2022 – John Donnelly

A map showing the weather in new hampshire.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 7/30/22: Some overnight showers clear the area, with drier air filtering in with high pressure behind. Cloud cover will diminish through the day with northwesterly winds gusting to 25 mph. Morning low around 70 rises to the mid 80’s. Sunday 7/31/22: A sunny start with lows in the mid 60’s…

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RI Weather for Fri, July 29, 2022 – John Donnelly

A map showing the weather for friday in massachusetts.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Warm and a bit drier for the most part, until winds shift to southwesterly ahead of another front with low pressure squeezed out ahead. This low will trigger some rain showers and embedded thunderstorms later in the evening and overnight hours. Morning lows around 70 rise to around 90. ___ John…

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RI Weather for July 28, 2022 – John Donnelly

Tuesday weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Muggies return ahead of a warm front moving in from the west, with some light morning showers possible, and also a bout of late afternoon/evening showers, too, but confidence in either of these timeframes is low. We’ll stay out of the 90’s, but highs in the mid 80’s teamed up with…

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RI Weather for July 27, 2022 – John Donnelly

Wednesday weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Dry air remains in place with high cloud cover north of a frontal boundary well south of New England. High peak in the mid 80’s from morning lows in the low 60’s and a light westerly breeze ____ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island…

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RI Weather July 26, 2022 – John Donnelly

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by John Donnelly, meteorologist Tuesday 7/26/22: A much different airmass moves in for our enjoyment/relief, unless you like skin-stuck-to-leather mugginess. Dew points will be 20 degrees lower and afternoon highs will be 10 degrees lower, somewhere in the mid 80’s from morning lows in the mid 60’s with a light westerly breeze. High cloud cover…

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HHS Climate and Health Outlook tackles climate-related hazards – Herb Weiss

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 By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Over two and a half months ago, the Biden administration launched a new initiative, called the Climate and Health Outlook, to serve as a resource to help people, health professionals, and communities protect individual and community health impacted by climate events. On May 6, 2022, the U.S. Department…

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RI Weather Today, July 25, 2022 – John Donnelly

A map showing the weather in massachusetts.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Monday 7/25/22: A cold front tries to move through the area later in the day with a chance for showers and some embedded thunderstorms inland at least, perhaps making it to the coast. More cloud cover will help keep temps from skyrocketing, highs expected to reach only into the mid 80’s…

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RI Weather Today, July 24, 2022 – John Donnelly

A map showing the weather in massachusetts.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Another day with highs in the 90’s, after lows in the 70’s with today’s added insult of high humidity, dew points in the mid 70’s……oppressive. Southerly breeze gusting to 30 mph and increasing cloud cover, but still no rain. ___ * John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back…

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