Your RI Weather Today, March 28, 2022 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

A steep pressure gradient remains in place, and for us that means more wind, northwesterly winds gusting to 30 mph and higher in spots. Cold air driven in by this wind will keep temps from getting above freezing from morning lows in the mid 20’s, chill temps down in the single digits. A cold pool of air aloft will move in as well, so cloud cover will only let brief glimpses of the sun through the day.

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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.