Chilly winds bring on the big chill!
Posted by Joe Joyce November 16, 2008 at 11:37 am
I hope you had a chance to enjoy the mild air yesterday because the temperatures are already starting to fall. Our cold front is pushing to the coast , and behind this front active west winds sometimes gusting over 30 mph, will prevent our temperatures from warming today. In fact, our highs were reached around midnight…and have been falling ever since! Look for the sunshine to increase this afternoon, especially south. Most areas will be in the 40’s this afternoon by sunset as the cooler air moves in for the night. Many areas dip down to near freezing overnight, with clouds increasing after midnight
Monday and Tuesday will feature the push of the REAL cold air. Another cold front approaches late Monday with Clouds or even a sprinkle or flurry. This energy center will turn into an ocean storm off the coast of New England. It will wrap in strong North winds by Tuesday and will be just close enough to keep some clouds around as well as the chance for some ocean effect snow showers on the Cape.
The cold punches in for the midweek…as highs will remain in the 30’s. Get your heavier fall coat ready.
It will be a thermal shock. A trough in place in the northeast will act as a bowl for pieces of energy to spill into reinforcing the cold air for week’s end .
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JJ,
All I can say about the weather last night is - what a joke! All that warmth and humidity and only 0.51 rain to show for it. 0.44 on the 15th. Talk about a weak cold front. Not a sharp trough , temperature structure /profiles weak. Last night the rain fell moderate to briefly heavy yet it only cooled the air a little. Like a summer shower! and of course there was no lightning. That subsidence off the Berkshires is a real damper. It’s hard to get thunderstorms on the east coast of MA when the wind is mostly sw behind and ahead of trough(s) The only thermal shock will be to those tomatos couped up in their homes that go outside mid-week. This is not an abrupt change in air mass at least not by the old standards. “Thermal shock”?..looks like you made a boo-boo.
I felt quite the thermal shock going on my 5 mile run this morning - it was so mild yesterday (wore a t-shirt and shorts) while today I had to bundle up and wear the sweatshirt and long pants. If it’s going to be cold, it might as well snow…the only thing I’m looking forward to with all this cold weather is the skiing!
Ryan,
I know from what you stated that you run very fast manufacturing your own thermal shock. It’s your personal windchill.