Your RI Weather Today, Feb. 4, 2020 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Rain and fog will continue through the morning as a cold front inches towards the sea. A cold influx of air drives in and will cause freezing of ground moisture and a mixing of rain and sleet in the afternoon, recipe for a disastrous drive time, unless you’re into total loss of control.

Early morning highs in the mid 40’s will fall steadily through the afternoon, crossing the freezing mark by 4pm, and settling in the mid 20’s by midnight Saturday with a steady 10-15 mph wind.

We’ll likely see ice accumulations of around ¼ to ½ inch by the time it’s all said and done in the evening hours.

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John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst where the McCabe’s, Donnelly’s, Walker’s and Callan’s have been since after the Civil War.