Temperatures are winter cold this morning with most places under the 30F mark and several towns in the 20s. Temperatures this cold in late April while not typical are not record breaking. It is unusual enough for a frost warning to be put into effect for much of Cape Cod and the islands. It was a bright and clear day yesterday, but spring has been very slow to arrive this year. Sunday was one of only a handful of sunny days since early March.

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The juxtaposition of a beautiful day and what happened in Boston yesterday is always so strange to me. Last evening I was sitting outside watching the birds have a last feeding before they went to sleep. I kept thinking how fortunate I am to live in such a great part of the world during a fantastic time of year and yet keenly aware many families were living in utter dismay as their own lives had been turned upside down in an instant. I often say that I can tell you how everyone’s story ultimately ends, but the manner and timing of that ending are what we don’t know.

It's quite chilly this morning across the region with a few spots in the 20s and most others in the 30s. The sun is very strong this time of year, similar to mid-August, so temperatures will rise rapidly through the morning. High pressure continues to build into region and this will be the first full week that you will really feel spring has arrived. A coastal sea-breeze will prevent Boston from hitting 60F today, but most areas away from the coast will be at or above that mark the entire week!

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Spring is a time of transition and when the weather transitions from winter to summer crazy things can happen. I just check the weather in Denver and it's 20F with snow. Further east, Washington, DC will be in the 80s the next couple of days and some areas will make a run at 90!
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This week, back in 1993, I was hiking through Big Bend National Park in Texas with Outward Bound. I had no internet, no phone, no computer, and certainly no weather maps. However, on the last night of the trip it became very windy and very cold after being close to 90 earlier in the day. I told our guide that something very big was going on in the weather; little did I know how big it would be. I'll be updating my weather forecast for this week on Twitter at @growingwisdom please follow me there. Feel free to comment or ask questions too.

This morning we continue to see a big storm spinning off the east coast. This storm is causing strong winds and high seas, and will continue to influence our area through Friday morning. While there will be snow with this system, the waves and wind continue to be the major effects from this storm. I'll be updating my weather forecasts on Twitter at @growingwisdom please follow me there. Some snow is accumulating this morning, but after about 9AM the snow will be harder to stick. During the past few hours the bands of heavier snow have been south of Boston. Throughout the day winds can be strong enough to take down tree limbs and cause scattered power outages. The storm is hundreds of miles away, yet the wind field is very large and intense between the storm and high pressure well to the north.

A weak storm system will affect the region beginning Saturday night and continuing until Sunday morning. This storm will not become very large so snowfall will not be heavy at any time, therefore snow amounts will be minimal. Temperatures are going to be within a few degrees of 32F during the storm and at times snow will change to rain and then back to snow. This flip-flop of precipitation type will continue much of the storm, before a final change to snow as the precipitation ends later Sunday. These kinds of storm produce very different amounts over short distances. For example, cities and towns such as Newton, Brookline, Somerville, and Milton could have different amounts of snow across their own borders. There is a winter storm watch up for areas most prone to reach 4 or more inches of snow, but I suspect this will be dropped overnight as the storm looks quite minimal. I'll be updating the forecast all day on Twitter at @growingwisdom I'd love your help tomorrow and Sunday. Tweet me your temperature and whether it's rain or snow.

Here we go again. For the third weekend in a row another coastal storm is poised to affect the area. There are some differences between this storm and the past two. Prior to this storm warm air will try to flow north and will impact the position of the rain/snow line. As the storm moves up the coast snow this weekend, snow and rain will break out across the area later in the afternoon Saturday. If you have errands to run, it should remain dry most of the daylight hours. Saturday night and Sunday morning will be the worst of the storm. Power outages and coastal flooding are both possible from this upcoming storm. I'll be updating the forecast all day on Twitter at @growingwisdom please send me your reports there.

After a spectacular winter day Sunday, our weather turns downhill for the morning commute. Warmer air will move north today and cause a period of mixed precipitation. There could be a coating to 2 inches of this "stuff", mostly north of the Mass Pike and west of Boston. Since this is possible, a winter weather advisory has been issued.
The good news is that the air quickly be warming, so any road issues will not last all day. I'll be updating the forecast throughout the week on Twitter at @growingwisdom have a great day.

This will be my last blog posting of the night. I will be back again in the morning as the storm is ending. Snow will continue to pile up for the rest of the overnight. The storm is now located to our south off the coast of Nantucket and continues to move northward. The map above shows the axis of the heaviest bands of snow as predicted through 4 AM. I still expect the heaviest snow to occur from now until about that time. Until then, 6 to 12 inches of additional snow should fall across much of southern New England with isolated higher amounts . Winds will continue to be strong and there will be power issues through the night and continuing into the first part of Saturday morning. After 7AM, I expect much lighter snow with an additional 1 to 3 inches of snow by noon. When all is said and done the state will be blanketed by as much as 30 inches of snow in those areas that saw the heaviest bands and thunderstorms. Most total amounts will fall in the 14-22 inch range statewide. In storms like this, there are always spots that fall out of the range either too high or too low. I'll continue to send out updated on Twitter at @growingwisdom and please send me your snow reports there.