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Your RI Weather Today – Aug. 23, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist What’s left of Henri will take another stab at us with rain likely all afternoon and into the evening beginning around noontime. High humidity will rule the day with dew points in the low 70’s, so we’re hanging onto the tropical air. Morning lows will floor in the low 70’s with…
Read MoreUpdated: Your RI Weekend Weather Wrap- Aug. 21/22, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 8/21/21: A near repeat of Friday with warm afternoon high’s in the mid 80’s after morning lows in the low 70’s. We’ll have to contend with some mist and fog along the coastal areas, but this should evaporate by mid morning. Light southeasterly breezes hint at what’s to come. Sunday…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today (Henri info) – August 20, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Some leftover ‘troughiness’ will keep us in the clouds after some early coastal fog. There may be a chance for some light passing showers mainly in the afternoon, but a drop or two may be felt from mid morning on. Morning lows in the low 70’s followed by highs in the…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – August 19, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred move through the area during the morning with rain likely by 5am continuing through 2pm. There could be some embedded thunderstorms lurking around the central area of low pressure kicked by scattered pockets of upper level energy. And since it’s a tropical system, we get the…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – Aug. 18, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred start to roll in, higher cloud cover gradually thickening with rain eventually, but not until Thursday morning. We’ll notice more humid air as low level moisture increases through the day on southerly breezes, with an afternoon high in the low 80’s from a morning low in…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Aug. 17, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure still in control, however, cloud cover aloft streams in from the south as low pressure and what’s left of Tropical Storm Fred churn about over the southeastern US. We shouldn’t see anything out of these systems until later in the week, just the cloud cover for a day or…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Aug. 16, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Monday 8/16/21: High pressure settles in over the area, keeping us dry and sunny. We’ll get a light southerly sea breeze, and that should be the only thing worth mentioning. Morning lows in the low 60’s climb to the upper 70’s by afternoon.
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Aug. 15, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist We’ve been waiting for this kind of day for quite some time now… fair-weather high and climbing wispy cirrus, warm but not blast furnace air ushered in nicely by a light and dry northerly breeze. Afternoon highs in the low 80’s followed by evening lows in the what-will-feel-chilly mid 60’s. Dew-point…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Aug. 14/15, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 8/14/21: As we slog through this latest heat wave, take heart, ironically, in the midday cloud cover that will roll through with perhaps a shower or two over the area, because this action signifies a break in the wave. It’s over, for now. Some overnight cloud cover and spotty light…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – August 12, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Day two of the latest Summer Heat Wave will be nearly a carbon copy of yesterday, with coastal fog and a sultry morning elsewhere followed by searing heat and, let’s face it, oppressive humidity. Morning lows in the mid 70’s and afternoon highs edging closer to the mid 90’s with a…
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