Posts Tagged ‘weather’
RI Weather Today, July 3, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The cold front finally clears out, scouring away what morning cloud cover will be hanging around, so the afternoon should be quite nice with lowering dew points for more pleasant air that’s not so cloying and heavy. Morning lows in the mid 60’s warming to the mid 80’s with a light…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, July 2/3, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 7/2/22: A cold front approaches and tries to make it all the way through the area, but not before meeting some oceanic resistance that will hold up total frontal passage until Sunday. We should see some morning rain with embedded tstms dotted through the rain zone, and then a muggy…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, July 1, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist We open July with more humidity, as winds become southwesterly and drive in more mid-Atlantic moisture. As a trough of low pressure attempts to swing in from the northwest, we could see the outside chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm somewhere away from the bay influence, which usually kills…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 30, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Nearly a carbon copy of yesterday, with the exception of 4 or 5 more degrees on the high side and a shift in the light breeze to northwesterly to close out the month of June. Plenty of sun with morning lows in the low to mid 60’s and afternoon highs in…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 29, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Squeezed by systems distant to our southeast and northwest, we will sit in a good situation for the day with excellent air. Warm and dry with a light southwesterly breeze, morning lows in the low 60’s followed by afternoon highs in the low 80’s, totally normal for this time of year.…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Thurs, June 28, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Our cold front, having moved out to sea and weakened to a surface trough, will allow dry air to seep into the area with cooler than normal temps, afternoon highs topping out in the low 70’s from morning lows in the low 60’s with a light northwesterly breeze. Plenty of late…
Read MoreRI Weather, Monday, June 27, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A classic first weekend with heat and summer muggies has come to an end. A cold front sweeping through during the day will see to that, plus give us some showers, light rain, and maybe a thunderstorm or two if we’re lucky, or unlucky, depending on your perspective. We should see…
Read MoreRI Weather, Sunday, June 26, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The high pressure strengthens and drives more heat and humidity our way on stronger southwesterly breezes gusting to 25 mph, which will make the heat slightly more tolerable. Morning lows in the mid 60’s rise to 90 and above here and there. _____ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, June 25/26, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 6/25/22: Something like the Bermuda High settles in for a weekend stop in New England, which will mean gradual heating and increasing humidity through Sunday. It is Summer, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. Morning lows around 60 rise to the upper 80’s with a light southerly breeze and some…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 24, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The stalled out front finally moves a bit, but not before breaking up under shear exhaustion. We may get a sprinkle here or there later on in the day, but nothing to get into a twist over. Overall a decent day, morning lows in the upper 50’s and afternoon highs in…
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