Posts Tagged ‘weather’
RI 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…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat & Sun – 2/1 & 2/2/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday, 2/1/20: We’ll get some early light rain out of this ‘so-called’ winter storm that will ease on down the road and be out over the open Atlantic by days’ end. Clouds will stick around in relatively moist air, low and mid-level stratus and stratocumulus thinning by afternoon with winds light…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Monday 1/27/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our oddly fair weather pattern continues, another decent day on tap. An upper level disturbance will swing through during the day, stirring up some mid-level stratocumulus clouds over a decent westerly breeze. Still warmer than normal, as afternoon highs collect around the mid 40’s from an early low in the mid…
Read MorePawtucket, other communities announce Warming Centers
The City of Pawtucket announced today that several sites will be available as warming centers to help cope with the extreme cold expected over the next few days. The following local buildings will be open to the public during the times listed below: · The Pawtucket Police Department Headquarters lobby at 121 Roosevelt Avenue is…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist We have a chance for a decent day Sunday as the cloud producer trough is well east, and clear skies fill the horizon. Morning lows sink to the mid 20’s and afternoon highs rebound nicely, climbing to the mid and upper 40’s. Winds light out of the west, generally less than…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Wednesday 12/4/19:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A small area of low pressure will cruise by south of the mainland, clipping the coastal islands during the afternoon. Some of the light rain could spread northward into the area, but it’s not a good bet. Just generally partly cloudy for us with a morning low in the upper 20’s…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Tuesday 12/3/19:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist The first Winter storm of the season wraps up with light snow and pockets of moderate snow in parts of southern New England on the back side of the main area of low pressure. We’re expecting an additional 2-4 inches of less dense snow than we had yesterday. North-northwesterly winds gusting…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Your Black Friday Weather The low pressure that gave us Wednesday’s rain will still be stuck in the Canadian Maritimes, and combined with the high pressure trying to set up shop over southern New England, northwesterly winds will still be up and gusting, but not quite as high as yesterday, gusts…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist We eek out another nice and sunny day before another frontal system comes through Wednesday. Early morning lows will get down the the upper 30’s while dewpoints sink to the mid 30’s, so there may be some windshield scraping to do. Southwest winds will increase during the afternoon and we’ll get…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist The nor’easter rains have ended and we can enjoy a day or two of pleasant and warmer than normal weather beginning with today. We’ll see lots of sunshine and some fair weather cumulus and high cirrus crossing paths with light westerly breezes keeping things fresh. We’ll have morning lows in the…
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