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Tropical Cyclone to Bring Rough Surf, Rip Currents to Coast
Northern New England, hit so hard by severe weather Wednesday, is enjoying the best weather on Thursday. High pressure in Canada pushed the storm-generating cold front to the South Coast of New England, where heavy weather Thursday morning caused some damage from Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod. Clouds and a few showers are lingering south, with beautiful blue skies and low humidity north....
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Mostly Dry Sunday, Showers and Storms Later in the Day
The high-pressure system that brought in the beautiful weather Saturday is pushing offshore. The next front from Canada is approaching from the northwest. This means a return flow from the southwest, with more humid weather developing Sunday and wind gusting past 25 mph at times. Plenty of sunshine Sunday morning, and increasing clouds from northwest to southeast this afternoon. The…
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Scattered Showers to End Labor Day Weekend for Some
It would be tough to match yesterday’s beautiful weather – with the sunshine and dry air, yesterday was one of the nicest days we’ve had in a while. Today we have a warm front overhead generating mixed layers of clouds with breaks of blue sky and sunshine at times. The brightest weather happens to be at the shoreline beaches,...
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Henri Heads Out, Sunshine and Humidity Move in
Henri is going to the record books with one of the most unique tracks of any tropical system to cross New England. Henri came ashore near Westerly Rhode Island at noon time Saturday, looped westward through Connecticut to New York, then came back across Connecticut for a second time. Finally at midnight Monday, 36 hours later, it crossed over the...
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Henri Downgraded to Tropical Depression, Heavy Rain and Flooding Expected Through Monday
Henri, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday morning, was downgraded again to a tropical depression about eight hours after making landfall in New England. The National Hurricane Center said Henri came ashore in the Rhode Island coastal town of Westerly around 12:30 p.m. It had earlier passed over Block Island, a small but popular tourist…
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Tropical Humidity Sets in, Marks Impending Rain and Storms for New England
That nice high-pressure system that we had since Sunday is gone too far out to sea now. The return flow is bringing back very humid weather with a chance of a few showers and thunderstorms today. The big ticket item though is tomorrow, when the remnant of tropical storm Fred will traverse New England. For now, it’s a weak...
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After Mostly Dry Tuesday, Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred to Hit New England
The high pressure system from Canada responsible for the last couple of nice days is slowly pushing to our east today. That means more of a return flow from the south, with slightly higher humidity and clouds becoming thicker, especially in southern and western New England. A warm front that’s been generating heavy rain to our south the last...
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Sunshine, Cooler Air Monday Before Mid-Week Showers Move in
The high-pressure system from Canada that moved in yesterday with this nice refreshing air remains in place for our Monday. That means another nice day with plenty of sunshine and relatively low humidity. There are some cirrus clouds dimming the sun a bit, especially in southern and western New England, but high temperatures get back to the 70s to near...
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Morning Showers to Clear Monday, Rain Returns Wednesday
Most of New England managed a pretty nice weekend, perhaps one of the nicest of the summer. But it was not the same for all. Another round of very heavy rain moved into Vermont late yesterday and then spread across New Hampshire into western Maine last night. The result was more flash flooding in areas that have been so hard…
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Pretty Nice Start to August, Showers Possible Late Sunday
It’s tough to match the beauty of Saturday, but we’re going to give it a go Sunday, especially in southern New England. There are two low pressure systems slowly moving in our direction, one from the Great Lakes states that’s moving in through New York into Vermont with a few showers by midday. The other low pressure system has...
