Posts Tagged ‘weather’
Your RI Weather, Today – June 30, 2021
by John Donnelly, meteorologist What should be the last day of our heat wave, expect more hot and humid conditions with afternoon highs peaking around 95 again, from morning lows in the upper 70’s. Dew points once again approaching the mid 70’s, so quite uncomfortable air. Winds will help just a bit, gusting towards 30…
Read MoreYour RI Weather TODAY – June 20, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our cold front passes through the night, and dew points will have fallen to the upper 50’s, so a better feel to the air despite highs still in the upper 80’s, rising from morning lows in the upper 60’s. Northwesterly winds shifts to southwesterly under the influence of the afternoon sea…
Read MoreYour RI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, March 6/7, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 3/6/21: A cool air mass will sit in place here for the weekend, but no exciting weather to worry about either. Plenty of Sun, on the cool side, afternoon highs in the mid 30’s and morning lows in the low 20’s with a northwesterly breeze. Sunday 3/7/21: Similar to Saturday,…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our cool snap continues. Morning lows in the mid teens followed by afternoon highs not quite reaching the freezing mark. We’ll not have much of anything in the way of a breeze, so chill temps will not be dreadfully lower than air temp, but teens are low enough. A higher sun…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Jan. 26, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure will move into the northeast US during the day, with light snow beginning around 3-4 pm and carrying into the night. High pressure currently in place will help to push the bulk of the system to our south, so we’re not expecting any major accumulations before midnight, between ½”…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Mon, Oct. 19, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure builds in still ahead of an advancing cold front approaching northwestern New England, giving us relatively mild conditions and partly cloudy skies with a light southerly breeze. Maybe some morning mist along the coasts and inland hidden valleys. Morning lows in the low 40’s followed by afternoon highs in…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Oct. 1, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure keeps our air dry and skies mostly clear through the day. Morning lows in the upper 50’s followed by afternoon highs in the low to mid 70’s with a southwesterly breeze, not enough to tear down trees, but we may see some fallen leaves blowing around. Not too bad.
Read MoreRI Weather Today – July 14, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Another wave of upper low pressure swings through during the day enhancing the chance for some scattered showers and possible thunderstorms mixed in from midday through the afternoon. A better chance of seeing some lightning through the middle of the state given the southward direction of the disturbance, negating some of…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Monday, July 6, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A weak frontal system moves through during the day with a widely scattered shower dotting the landscape amidst an otherwise pleasant day with decreasing humidity. Some patchy morning fog will be around with a low in the upper 60’s followed by an afternoon high in the low 80’s under partly cloudy…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, April 12, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure systems developing over the upper mid-west and the southern Mississippi valley gradually move eastward, with the first wave of cloud cover rolling in just after sunrise and sticking around through the day, however, no rain is expected until well after midnight into Monday morning. Morning lows will be quite…
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