How Tropical Storm Hermine could impact your weekend
September has arrived, and it’s bringing with it peak tropical activity. A tropical storm named Hermine could impact many of your holiday weekend plans, though there are still numerous questions about...
View ArticleWhat we know about how Hermine will impact the Greater Boston area
As of Saturday afternoon, there were still tropical storm watches posted for the south coast of New England, including the islands. A tropical storm is a warm core (the center of the system is warm),...
View ArticleWhat we know about how Hermine will impact the Greater Boston area
As of Saturday afternoon, there were still tropical storm watches posted for the south coast of New England, including the islands. A tropical storm is a warm core (the center of the system is warm),...
View ArticleHermine will bring some showers and wind to parts of the region
Rachel and James Whelen, of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, were led by their 4-month-old puppy Indy off the ferry at Woods Hole on Sunday. They were returning a day early from Martha’s Vineyard because of...
View ArticleHermine will bring some showers and wind to parts of the region
Rachel and James Whelen, of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, were led by their 4-month-old puppy Indy off the ferry at Woods Hole on Sunday. They were returning a day early from Martha’s Vineyard because of...
View ArticleThis summer was hot and dry. What does the start of fall look like?
With Labor Day weekend behind us and meteorological fall now underway, it’s worth a look back at the summer of 2016’s record drought and abundance of sunshine. Starting on Memorial Day weekend and...
View ArticleThis morning’s tornado in Concord, explained
A cold front — and an associated line of showers and storms — swept through the area early Monday morning, bringing briefly torrential rain to many areas in Massachusetts. This severe weather did spawn...
View ArticleIt felt like fall this morning, but summer weather isn’t over by a long shot
Most of us awoke Tuesday morning to temperatures in the 50s, with readings in the upper 40s in the coldest spots. Even Boston’s low temperatures fell to around 60 degrees, giving us that feeling of...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
For thousands of students this is the final weekend of the year before school begins next week, and the weather looks fantastic. A cold front is passing through the area this morning. This is important...
View ArticleHere’s what the weather will be like for Allston Christmas
When you’re moving your stuff into a new building—double-parked with a couch sitting on the sidewalk and trying to lug a mattress up three flights of stairs—you don’t want it to be miserably hot and...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
This past week’s weather has been influenced by that storm known as Hermine. She’s gone now. This is the final weekend of the year with a 7 p.m. hour sunset. We’re losing daylight at just about the...
View ArticleThe peak of hurricane season has arrived. But why is it in September?
By most calculations, September 10 marks the peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic. The tropics are typically most active around the second week of September. —NOAA Of course, this doesn’t mean that...
View ArticleThe full harvest moon is just one of many sights in the sky this month
September means sunny, warm days and crisp, clear nights. The latter is perfect for checking out the night sky and the many sights within it this month. Mars and Saturn are still close together in the...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
Mid-September offers some of the nicest weather of the entire year: abundant sunshine and pleasantly warm, dry air. That will certainly be the case at the start of this weekend, but clouds and showers...
View ArticleWill it rain during the Patriots’ Sunday home opener?
The Patriots’ home opener is Sunday, and given the weekend forecast, you’re probably wondering about rain. Well, neither the game nor the day will be a washout—far from it. The more I study the charts,...
View ArticleFall foliage season is coming. Here’s what you can expect this year.
It happens every year at this time. At first it starts slowly: a branch or two, an isolated tree. And then, finally, swaths of color cover the landscape. I’m talking, of course, about the leaves on the...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about today’s autumnal equinox
On the east coast, fall arrives at 10:21 this morning. It will mark the second time this year that the Earth is neither tilted toward nor away from the sun. The first was the vernal equinox on March...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
The first full weekend of autumn will bring a change to the air, with much cooler temperatures and crisp, fall mornings. Friday will mark the last day it’s going to feel like summer for a while. Of...
View ArticleHere’s a fall foliage map for all your New England leaf peeping adventures
The foliage is continuing to change across the region, with far northern New England transforming rapidly after a few frosty mornings. The color will continue to spread south each day, and each weekend...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
A weather system will slowly move through New England this weekend, bringing a period of rain, especially in the south and mostly on Saturday. That said, sunshine will be hard to find on both days....
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