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Wild winter ahead? Here's what the First Alert Weather Team thinks is coming
We have an odd relationship with winter forecasts. On one hand, we know that it’s impossible to pin down three months of howling winds, snowstorms, freakish warmups, bitter blasts and an early/late arrival to spring, but we still want something — anything — that could give us a hint at what’s to come. Perhaps it gives us something to think...
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Here's how the recent drought could impact our winter forecast
Our eyes are peeled looking for any drop of rain. We’re sitting in our ninth week of drought and chomping at the bit for it any sign of rain. And at this point, it will take rain of significance to break the drought. Which would mean more than six inches of a soaking rain that would need to span several...
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Dozens of brush fires smolder across Mass.: ‘Kind of scary'
Pockets of flames were popping up all around Salem, Peabody, and Lynn overnight, as more than 130 acres of brush have burned in this North Shore wildfire since Saturday. Right along Highland Avenue by the Walmart, the hillside was on fire on Monday morning. Firefighters pulled up and were able to quickly extinguish the flames. The problem is the brush...
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High temps for final week of summer; rain moves in midweek
We’re cruising through the final few days of summer – and Mother Nature offers up one final hurrah of high temperatures in the 80s. Underneath mostly sunny skies and a southeast wind Monday, temperatures will sit about 10° hotter than usual for mid-September, but it’s still enjoyable outside without the humidity. Monday night is mild, but again, we’re looking...
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Surge of late summer-warmth continues, ‘chance' of mid-week rain
While development into a named storm system isn’t guaranteed, it will have rain through the eastern seaboard.
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It sure feels like summer in Boston, which is in its driest stretch for 25 years
By all accounts, this September has been one to savor. At least through the middle of the month, there’s been no measurable rain, and the temperatures have been every bit of enjoyable. It’s no secret that our dry spell continues. We’ve made it 22 days without anything more than trace mounts of rain in Boston, which is the tenth-longest...
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Flakes are flying already in New England. But when will it snow for real?
Wax those snowboards and tune those skis, because the flakes are already flying in New England! We’re not looking to rush things, but while you’re busy sipping your pumpkin spice coffee and enjoying brisk fall days, Old Man Winter is busy reminding us of what lies ahead. Flurries were captured this week from the summit of Jay Peak in...
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A late-summer forecast full of perfection and pumpkin spice
Pumpkin spice is acceptable, the flannel, not as much yet as a taste of fall fills the air. High pressure is settling in through Friday, bringing calm conditions and clearing skies. Temperature are in the 60s and near 70 degrees for highs, with inland areas near 75 degrees. The pièce de resistance is the lowering humidity for the next 48…
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Late season scorcher before another chance for storms
It was a foggy and steamy start to the morning — that’s hinting and the humidity and heat in the air Tuesday. As fog breaks, temperatures will climb underneath a southerly wind Tuesday. Through Metrowest and the interior, high temperatures are near 82 to 85 degrees. In Boston and the South Shore, we’re in the upper 70s to near 80…
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Summer weather returns just in time for the weekend
After a mild start to Friday morning in the 50s, 80s are back for highs Friday. We’ll do it under a crisp, clean and blue sky with impending high pressure moving in. Friday night is even milder — in the upper 60s to mid 60s for overnight lows. Through the weekend dewpoints will fluctuate in the 50s, maintaining comfortable conditions…
