Posts Tagged ‘weather’
Your RI Weather Today, Feb. 27, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A weak cold front moves south and may trigger some flurries later in the day, but only after a fairly nice day, relatively speaking. Lows in the mid 20’s climb to afternoon highs in the low 40’s under partly cloudy skies and a brisk west-southwesterly breeze gusting towards 30 mph. _____…
Read MoreYour RI Weekend Weather Wrap – Feb. 26/27, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 2/26/22: Cool high pressure drives in from the north and keeps things fairly quiet through most of the weekend. Other than for a couple of hours in the middle of the day, we’ll sit on the underside of the freezing mark with a light shifting wind and mostly clear skies.…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 25, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist We’ll be on the razor’s edge of a snow/mixed precipitation line as the latest winter storm rages over the area. Given the relative warmth and high dew points, we’re looking for at least wet snow until 9am, then a mixed bag until around 2pm, then light snow from 2pm until 5pm…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 24, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Party’s over. We’ll get back to normal today with afternoon highs only reaching the mid 30’s from morning lows in the upper 20’s as cool air fills in with high pressure from the north on light northerly breezes. Scattered cloud cover prevails through the day, increasing in the evening in advance…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 23, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Another abnormally warm day thanks to the strong and persistent southwesterly flow over the last couple of days. This too shall end however, as a cold front that means it sweeps through in the afternoon and causes a significant drop in temperatures and change in wind direction. Balmy highs in the…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 22, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Tuesday 2/22/22: A frontal system has its sights set on us over the next couple of days, with cloud cover moving in initially through the morning ahead of the system’s extended warm front. First drops begin midday/early afternoon and carry on through the evening with warm air wafting in under…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 21, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure to our southeast will bring warmer air around from the southwest, so afternoon highs will crack the low 50’s from morning lows around freezing. The southwesterly breezes will weaken through the day, and any liquid weather will stay out of our hair. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah,…
Read MoreYour RI Weekend Weather Wrap, Feb. 19/20 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 2/19/22: Another quick moving cold front moves through in the evening with some extra mid-level energy injected into the system, which may lead to a snow squall event with a brief period of intense snowfall and high winds. Most likely timing would be between 2-5pm. Other than that, it…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 18, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High wind warnings remain in effect through the morning, northwesterly sustained winds to 25 mph gusting to 50 mph all over, up to 60 mph in some coastal locales Strap it down! Today’s high once again a midnight high in the mid 50’s and an evening low in the mid 20’s.…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb. 17, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure begins to relinquish it’s hold over our weather as a strong cold front moves through the midwest and heads our way. We’ll have plenty of abnormal warmth through the day with a strong breeze out of the southwest. Clouds will be thickening with rain eventually beginning in the evening…
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