Good Sunday all!
A major rainstorm is beginning right now (That's right, it will rain harder today than it ever did yesterday!). After some areas saw 1" of rain yesterday, I think many areas will pick up an additional 2-4" of rain today before the storm finally crawls out of New England. Now don't complain everyone- if this was even one week ago and was snow, well, multiply numbers by 10 if you want to know how much this would have been. I think most of us would take the rain! (Not me, though). Anyway, tonight we play a game of Russian Roulette with temperatures- if they drop below freezing, the roads are in serious trouble. The forecasted low for tonight is exactly 32 degrees- one degree either way would be crucial! If the flash freeze does occur, then schools could be delayed tomorrow morning as the roads could be extremely icy! I think there is a medium chance...40 percent...of a 2-hour delay tomorrow morning. Moving forward, however, the week looks to feature sunny conditions and beautiful warm temperatures! Also, some bad news...that storm for Friday? It's moved to Saturday and Sunday, so next weekend has the potential of being another complete washout...we'll have to wait and see!
Today in weather history- March 30, 1823- The lone 'snowicane' in New England history occurs, as hurricane force winds are experienced throughout the area accompanied by one to two feet of snow. Note that this is not a true hurricane- and having a literal 'snowicane' in New England is very nearly impossible- the definition of a hurricane includes having a warm core....the closest we are ever likely to come is Hurricane Sandy, which could have posed a big problem if it tracked about 300 miles further East and made it's left turn into, say, Boston.
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