Saturday, April 11, 2009

Go north for warmth?


While most of the region is under a canopy of clouds, southeastern New England is featuring the most unpleasant weather at the moment. In southwest NH, temperatures sit in the mid to upper 40's at the moment. Further north, up toward Lebanon, their skies arent quite as dense with clouds, and temperatures have reached the mid 50's. But if you head south toward Boston and Providence, bundle up because they're stuck in the 30's right now! In addition, a very strong band of precipitation has been rotating through southern New England. You'll see that there are some intense radar echoes over northern RI and eastern MA. The precipitation is not quite as heavy as you would expect because what is occuring is bright banding where sleet and snowflakes in the clouds give off a higher radar return. The sleet and snow are in some cases making it fairly close to the surface over interior southeastern New England.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Sam L said...

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