Major earthquake

World weather: A 8.3 magnitude earthquake has hit about 125 miles southwest of American Somoa, which is east of Australlia, at around 130 PM EDT. This is classified as a major earthquake. A tsunami warning has been issued for the islands of New Zealand, Fiji, and some other small pacific islands. A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii. However, there is NO tsunami warning for the Australian coastline. In American Somoa, there are reports that a 10 FT Tsunami wave is already heading towards the island. Evacuations are underway in American Somoa as the earthquake has shook the buildings. The tsunami is not expected to reach the United States west coast.

As for our weather in Boston it is another breezy day as more cool air gets drawn down from Canada. The cold front that has started the cool down brought a squall line of thunderstorms last night. Some wind damage was recorded, as a gust to 45 MPH (according to Weatherbug )was recorded here in JP! Each day will be cooler then the day before, as high temps fall to in to the upper 50's and low 60's by the end of the week. More windswept rain is expected for at least part of the weekend.


Tonight: Partly cloudy with a chance risk of an early shower. Low around 52 in the city, to 40's elsewhere. West wind around 10-20 MPH in the city, and 5-10 MPH elsewhere.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high around 63. A chance of a shower in the afternoon. West wind of 10-15 MPH.

Wedensday: A chance of a shower early, then clearing. Low around 45 in downtown Boston, 42 in JP and mid to upper 30's in most other areas outside of 128.

Thursday: Cool and partly to mostly sunny. High around 60.

Thursday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, low around 45 in the city to the upper 30's outside of 128.


Note: Weather bug is a area of local weather stations that I use to keep track of current conditions and forecasts. It also tracks rainfall, peak wind gusts, and high and low temps for the day. Currently, the closest weather station to JP is on Columbia road by Franklin Park.

Cooler week

A cold front is on our doorstep this afternoon. Gusty winds out of the SW has pushed temps into the mid and upper 70's, except along the south coast. The cold front will bring a chance of showers and maybe a rumble of thunder tonight. Behind the front it will bring temps in the 60's, and some clouds each afternoon.


Tonight: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then clearing. SW winds of 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH. Low around 50.

Tuesday: Parly sunny and breezy, high around 69. A chance of a passing shower in the afternoon. SW winds of 10-20 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH.

Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy with a passing shower in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 50. SW winds of 10-15 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH.

Wednesday: As winds shift to the west, it will draw in cooler air. Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy with a passing shower. High 64.

Wednesday night: Becoming cooler, low 45. A risk of a passing shower.


Tropical update: The tropical atlantic is quiet.

Sunday Washout

A storm centered over the Ohio valley will intensify as it travels east. The current track would take it directly over Providence, then over Plymouth, MA on Sunday afternoon. South of the system winds could gust to 40 MPH out of the SE. However, north of the low pressure center there will be just light East to Northeast winds. A slight shift in this track may bring stronger winds to the Boston area. This system is NOT a tropical system, just a very strong regular low pressure center. Rain will overspread the area around dawn and continue, heavy at times, throughout the day. Most places should pick up around 1 inch of rain.

Tonight: Clouds gathering during the night. Light rain by dawn. Lows around 53 in Boston, and mid to upper 40's outside the city.

Sunday: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times, and thunder is also possible. Breezy with SE winds of 15-25 MPH with gusts to 40 mph for areas south of Plymouth, including the Cape and Islands. NE/E winds of 5-15 MPH for the Boston area points north. Highs will be range from around 58 northwest of Boston, to 65 in the city, and about 70 on the cape.

Sunday night: Rain ending, then clearing. Low around 54. Still breezy along the coast.

Monday: A strong cold front will aproach in the evening hours. Before the front arrives, partly to mostly sunny with highs around 80. Ahead of the front, SW of 10-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5 PM.

Monday night: Showers and some thunderstorms likely in the evening, Then clearing after midnight. Low 54.

Tropics: As of 11 am on Saturday, tropical depression 8 is moving NW at 14 MPH. Maximum winds are only 35 MPH. It is currently around 725 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, off the coast of Africa. It may become Grace before turning to the north and falling apart over the open Atlantic.

Windswept Rain

It now appears that the storm will last all day on Sunday, with heavy rain until around 2 pm. Then it will remain cloudy with showers for the remainder of the day. Winds will gust past 30 MPH out of southeast. Saturday will be great with sunny skies and temps in the low to mid 60's. Anyone who is doing the Rodman ride for kids will have a great day for a bike ride. Some frost is possible outside of 495, and sheltered locations outside of 128. No frost is expected in the immidate Boston area (inside of 128).

Local Alerts: Frost advisory for Berkshires, and Southern NH. Freeze warning in effect for Franklin County in western Mass.

Tonight: Clear, low around 50 on the cape where it will remain cloudy. Otherwise, 47 in downtown Boston, 42 in JP, and in the mid 30's in most other locations. Little to no wind in most locations, NE wind of 5-10 mph from Plymouth points south. Frost is possible anywhere outside of 128, so i would bring your plants if you live in those locations.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with high clouds arriving in the afternoon. High 64. SE wind around 10 MPH.

Saturday night: Increasing clouds with rain arriving in between 3 and 5 AM. Low around 50.

Sunday: Rain. The rain may be may heavy at times in the morning. Breezy. SE wind 10-15 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH.

Sunday night: Rain ending, then clearing. Low 53.

Tropics: A tropical wave near the coast of Africa just became a tropical depression. Winds are up to 35 MPH. The storm will likely become Grace over the next 24 hours, before falling apart over the open waters.

Breezy days

I am home sick today, so i have decided to update the weekend forecast. It will be warm today, but also becoming less humid as a cold front comes through. It will be cool and quite windy tomorrow with some cloudy periods. Satuday will be the pick of the weekend with sunny skies and temps in the 60's. Rain may impact the sox game on saturday in New York, as a storm approaches. As the rain arrives from the southwest, it will be rainy for the early part of the pats game which starts at 1 PM.

Local alerts: Frost is once again possible on friday night outside the city. Make sure to bring your plants indoors.

Boston, ma Forecast
Today: Turning out sunny and becoming less humid. High 79. There is still a slight chance of a brief shower. NW wind shifting to N at 10-15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, lows around 50 in Boston, and 40's elsewhere. N wind 10-15 MPH.

Friday: Partly cloudy. Except some overcast periods along the coast south of the city. Cool and breezy, high 65. N wind 15-20 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH.

Friday night: Clear with wind diminishing. Low around 47 downtown, 30's outside the city, and about 42 in JP. Frost possible outside the city.

Saturday: Sunny, high 65. Light wind.

Saturday night: Increasing clouds with rain arriving from west to east. Rain will arrive in Boston just after midnight. Becoming breezy. Low 57.

Sunday: Rain until about 1 or 2 pm. The rain may be heavy at times. The sun will come out rather quickly during the mid afternoon after the rain ends. Wnds increasing to South/ SW at 15-25 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH. Higher gusts may occur along south coast.

Sunday night: Clearing out, remaining windy. Low around 60.

Extended outlook: Monday could be extremely windy ahead of a strong cold front, which will bring some showers. It will be in the 60's for the early part of next week.

Weather news: The storm that will bring the rain here on sunday, has brought up to 20 inches of rain in the Atlanta area. It has caused major flood damage for the area, as many rivers overflowed their banks. It has been stalled over the SE for 2 weeks now, first causing major flooding in Alabama and Tenessee.

Happy Fall!

Fall has begun, and the leaves are beggining to turn on some trees. There has been vibrant foliage already in Northern New Enlgand. However, tomorrow will not like feel like fall. A cold front will come through on Thursday morning. Temps will be in the 60's on friday and over the weekend. as a cool high pressure follows for Friday. As the High slips to the east, showers may come in on Saturday night and Sunday from the Southwest.

Boston, MA forecast:

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Some fog by morning. Low 62. SW wind 5-10 MPH.

Wednesday: Mostly Cloudy and warm. High 82. It will be muggy. Cooler on south facing beaches. SW wind around 10 MPH. There is a chance of a passing shower in the afternoon.

Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of a few passing showers. Low 61.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy in the morning with a chance of showers in the before 10 AM. Then turning partly sunny. High 80.

Thursday night: Clearing out, cooler. Low 51, 40's outside of the city. Wind turns north.

Fall?

An amazing week of weather is ahead. Most days will have no rain and temps over 70 and sometimes over 80. Even though the first day of fall is Tuesday. A costal storm which is centered of the Carolina coast will be watched, but it will most stay to the south of our area for most of the week. e

Local news: Norwood fell to 32 degrees on Saturday night. Other local lows include: 

Taunton: 33, Oak bluffs (vineyard) : 34, Bedford: 35, Jamaica plain: 42, Logan airport : 48. 

Boston, MA forecast: 

Tonight: Mostly clear, temps will drop in to the low to mid 50's.  

Tuesday:  Partly cloudy, high 78. South wind 5-15 MPH. It will be cooler on the cape. Fall begins at 5:18 PM.

Tuesday night: Becoming mostly cloudy, low around 58. 

Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, high 82. Becoming humid.  Slight risk of an afternoon shower. Gusty south wind. 

Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy with a slight risk of a shower. Low 62. 

Tropics: The tropical atlantic is quiet, except we need to watch the storm off the coast of the Carolinas for possible development. 

ALERT!

FROST ADVISORY ISSUED for the following counties: Middlesex (outside of 128), Essex, Norfolk(also outside of 128), Bristol, and portions of Plymouth county. These include all of the suburbs of Boston outside of 128. Cities like Bedford, Concord, Norwood, Medfield, Lowell, Brockton are included in the warning area. Although a warning was not issued, frost may also occur on portions of the cape and the Vineyard.  As for now, this alert excludes Worcester County.  Please cover up your plants, as they may be damaged by frost. 

A frost advisory means frost is expected to occur as temp drops between 32 and 35. A freeze warning would be issued if temps were expected to drop below the freezing mark. A freeze warning has been issued for most of Northern New England. 

Frost Possible

High pressure has come down from Canada and will provide sunny skies for the next couple days. However, the wind will drop off tonight allowing for the temps to drop very quickly. Temps in the suburbs will drop into the mid and upper 30's, allowing for some isolated frost. Temps in major urban centers will stay in the 40's. 

Local alerts: Frost advisory for western mass, southern NH, VT and ME, excluding big cities.  Freeze warning for Northern New England. Please bring your plants indoors. 

Boston area forecast: 

Tonight: Clear. Low 47 downtown, 43 in JP, and as low as 35 in Norwood and other sheltered locations. Frost possible. 

Sunday: Sunny and nice. High 76. SW wind 5-10 MPH. 

Sunday night: Clear, low 48 in Boston and upper 30's to around 40 in most suburbs. 

Monday: Sunny, high 74. A bit warmer inland. Light SW wind turning to SE in the afternoon. 

Tropics: Still watching the remains of Fred, which is now about 500 miles North of the Bahamas. There is a low chance that it would re-develop in a Tropical Storm.  A storm centered way out in the Eastern Atlantic (1200 miles east of the Windward Islands)  has better chance of developing over the next couple of days. 

Taste of fall

A couple of cool days are in store for New england, as a high pressure comes down from Canada. However, the winds around the high pressure is creating a NE flow here in Boston, creating cloudy conditions. The high will be over us by the weekend.

Boston forecast:

Today: Cloudy and breezy. Cool. High 61. Temp falling to 57 in the afternoon. Some drizzle and fog, with a slight risk of a shower. NE wind 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH. . Sunny and cool over northern New England.

Tonight: Cloudy, low 50. Some drizzle and fog. NE wind 10-15 MPH. Frost over northern New England where skies clear out.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with some sunny breaks esspecially over northern Mass. High 63. Some drizzle. NE wind 10-15 MPH with some gusts over 20 MPH.

Thursday night: Becoming partly cloudy, low 48.

Friday: Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny with a chance of an evening shower. Warmer. High 73. W(west) wind around 15 MPH.

Tropics: Watching what is left of Hurricane Fred for re-developmment. The area of thunderstorms is about 700 Miles NE of the Leeward Islands in the atlantic. Also watching some showers off the cosat of Africa.

One Last Day

Today will be the last warm day for the next week. Expect temps to reach in the mid and upper 70's with a breeze. However, the wind will shift to the NE tonight, ushering in cool and cloudy conditions to southern portions of New England as a cold front goes past us, then stalls to the south However, at the same time high pressure will try to come down from Canada behind the cold front.  It will never really make it to the Boston area until the weekend, but there will be a sharp cutoff between clouds to the south and sun across northern New England. 

Boston, MA area forecast: 

Today: Mostly sunny, high 77. West wind 10-15 MPH, shifting to NE late in the day. Temps may drop after 5 Pm. 

Tonight: Becoming cloudy. Low 53. Slight chance of a shower. NE wind 10-15 MPH.

Wednesday and Thursday: Cloudy from Boston area points south with patchy drizzle, and a slight risk of a shower. Mostly cloudy with some breaks of sun possible Northwest (NW) of route 495 .  Sunny in northern New England. High around 60 in Boston area, a bit warmer NW of route 495.  NE wind 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH along the coast. 

Wednesday night and Thursday night: Cloudy with drizzle, and a slight chance of a shower on Wednesday night, a better chance on Thursday night. Low 56. NE wind 10-15 MPH.

Friday: Cloudy over all areas with a periodic showers possible. High 65. NE wind 10-15 MPH. 

Tropics: No storms in Atlantic. Major typhoon just north of Guam in pacific, winds of 155 MPH. 

Cool and Dreary

Wow! The storm really intensified last night. It started looking like a tropical system, and not real sure why it was not named. Steady winds of close to 50 MPH with gusts over 60 were reported in the southern New Jersey area. It dumped close to 5 inches of rain near Philly as it slowly moved onshore early this morning along the Jersey coast. The storm has slowly drifted northward, and is directly over New York City. The storm is expected to move back over the open waters of the Atlantic, and move just south of Nantucket. The storm is expected to lose strength during the day tomorrow, but still spread rain northwards into southern New England. The wind will continue to gust to around 30 MPH on Cape and islands, and possibly close to 25 in the Boston area. However, the wind will not be a huge issue.  Because of an east flow it will stay showery and breezy here through early Sunday. 

Red Sox forecast: Showers tonight, windy. Make sure to bring the rain gear. Temps around 60.  Expect at least a delay. Tomorrow-the field will still be wet, but the rain should be over. 

Expect some rains for soccer practice, and the field will be wet. Maybe some heavy pockets of rain, especially over SE mass. However, it depends on your towns exact rules if it is cancelled or not. 

Weekend forecast: 

Tonight: Showers, Breezy. NE wind 10-20 MPH with gusts to around 30 MPH. Low 59. Patchy fog. 

Saturday: Showers, Breezy. NE wind 10-20 MPH with gusts to 30 mph. High 62. Patchy fog. 

Saturday night: Raw. Cloudy with mist and drizzle, low 58. NE wind 10-15 MPH. 

Sunday: Foggy and drizzly in the morning, then slow clearing. High 71. NE, shifting to SW 5-10 MPH. 

Tropical Update: Fred was a major hurricane, and now has fizzled to a tropical storm with 70 MPH winds. The storm is still about 800 miles off  the cost of Africa, not expected to threaten any land. Watching thunderstorms off the coast of Texas for possible development. 

Major nor'easter- in Jersey

The storm has gathered strength again off the coast of New Jersey, and has started to drift west.  It will produce heavy rainfall and wind gusts to around 55 MPH or so along the New Jersey and Maryland coast. Then the storm will be pushed by a SW flow towards Nantucket, but at the same time be falling apart by early Saturday. Expect some showers and wind here, but not a huge storm. 

Local alerts/news: High surf advisory in effect from 10AM to 8PM  tomorrow for the islands. Rip currents can be expected. Be sure to stay out of the water along the south coast. There was frost  in parts of New Hampshire (NH), Maine (ME), and Vermont (VT) last night. Locally, temps dropped to 39 in Norwood, MA last night, and 42 in Taunton and Bedford. In JP (Jamaica Plain) temps dropped to 50. 

Boston area forecast: 

Tonight: Clouds coming in, low 54 in Boston, and 50 in suburbs. NE wind 10-15 MPH. 

Friday: Becoming cloudy and breezy. Showers arrive on the cape and SW New England  by mid morning, then push into Boston around 3PM. Cool. High 64. NE winds 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH in Boston, and 35 MPH on cape. 

Friday night: Showers likely. Low 56. NE wind 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH in the evening, decreasing to around 15 MPH after midnight  

Saturday: Cloudy, breezy, and cool with some showers and mist around. High 64. NE wind 10-20 MPH. 

Saturday night: Clearing is expected after midnight, low dropping to 56. 

Nor'easter?

The major storm as of yesterday at this time has fallen apart. There are some light showers around the mid-atlantic states, but that is it for the rain. The storm has also not moved at all over the last day and so the rain for the Boston area is pushed back a day, if it all.  However, the wind is still gusty. A wind gust of 31 MPH from the Northeast (NE)  was recored earlier this afternoon at Logan. Even stronger winds are being recorded on the New Jersey shoreline. The gusty winds are expected to continue through Friday.  The low pressure may regather strength as it heads towards land. The models are still not agreeing. Some models have the storm gaining strength, (a tropical cyclone is highly unlikely) and slowly churning northwards towards the Boston area. That would produce heavy rain and wind gusts to 35 MPH on the coast.  Other models have the storm not ganging strength much, and slowly brushing past the cape.  That outcome would produce some light showers, and winds gusting to around 25 MPH. There is even a 3rd possibility.  This model has the storm gathering strength tonight, and moving West and then Northwest towards Philly and producing heavy rains there. The storm would eventually get pushed here by another weak system, but it would be just some showers late friday. The most likely outcome at this point is somewhere in between the first and second possibility. Either way, it will be cool and cloudy. Expect temps to only reach the low 60's the next 2 days. 

Local forecast:

Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 54 in Boston and 46 in suburbs. NE wind 10-20 MPH

Thursday: Some sun in the morning, becoming cloudy by 2 pm.  Cool. High 62. Gusty NE wind of 15-25 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH, and gusting to 35 MPH on Cape. 

Thursday night: Cloudy until 3am, then a chance of showers. NE wind of 10-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH. Low 57. 

Friday: Showers likely, some of the rainfall could be heavy. Cool. High 61. NE wind of 15-25 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH, decreasing to 10-20 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH. The wind may stay gusty on the Cape. 

Saturday: Some rain is possible in the morning, otherwise expect slow clearing by mid afternoon. High closing in on 70. The winds will die down. 

Nor'easter

Hey, I am back in Boston after a trip to the Vineyard, and then to my neighbors wedding. I start my senior year of High School at Another Course To College in Brighton on Thursday. My blogs may become a bit less frequent, as I need to focus on my studies.  

A major storm is centered just off the coast of North Carolina. It has brought close to 10 inches of rain over the last couple of days to parts of  costal Carolina and Virginia. It is also bringing very strong winds and rough surf. At this point, it is not tropical. However, it may become a Tropical Storm(its name would be Grace)  as it drifts over the open waters tonight and tomorrow. Either way the effect is going to be the same. There is a high pressure stalled to the north of us, and the big pressure difference will create strong wind gusts starting tomorrow. The wind will become strong out of the East and Northeast starting Tomorrow , gusting to around 30 MPH along the coast around the Boston area, and 40 MPH on the cape and islands. The strongest winds will be on Thursday and Thursday night, ahead of the approaching storm. However, the high pressure will keep the rain away for at least one more day. The rain is expected to begin in the form of showers on Thursday afternoon, and become more frequent and heavy overnight. The showers will last through Friday and maybe into the early morning hours on Saturday.  However, the models are in disagreement. Some models have the storm strengthening into a major Tropical system and making landfall on Friday. Other models have it being blocked by the high, and moving well to the south of the Cape and falling apart.  At this point, somewhere in between seems the most likely outcome. 

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, low around 58.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, becoming windy. Cool, high 67. NE winds of 10-15 mph in the morning becoming 15-20 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. 

Wednesday night: Cloudy. Low 54. NE winds 15-20 mph with gusts to around 30 MPH. 

Thursday: Cloudy in the morning, then showers likely after 3pm. High 64. Very windy. E/NE winds 15-25 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH in Boston area, and 40 MPH  on the cape. Winds may gust close to 50 for a brief time on the outer cape and Nantucket. 

Thursday night: Showers, some showers may produce heavy rainfall. Low 58. Windy. E winds 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH, and 40 MPH on the cape. 

Cool

Today was cool with temps only reaching 64 at Logan. However, the sun will continue to shine until at least Wednesday. There is a a storm forming off the South Carolina coast. It may try to form into a Tropical Storm later this week as it spins and spins in the very warm water. At this point, it is not very organized at all. Either way, it will crawl up the coast towards Nantucket by the end of the week. Something to keep an eye on for this week. Otherwise, expect great conditions. 

Local Forecast

Tonight: Clear and cool- low 53 in downtown Boston , about 49 in JP and about 45 outside the main urban centers.

Labor day: Sunny, light Sea breeze. High 67 at the coast and about 74 west of route 495. 

Monday night: Clear, low 57 downtown, and around 50 outside the city. 

Tuesday: Sunny, warmer with a high around 79. Except around 72 on the cape. 

Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, low around 60. 

Great weather is ahead, including for Labor day weekend. ! Low humidity and temps in the 70's can be expected. However, there is a storm system to the south and heavy rain is falling just south of Long Island. Some sprinkles may try to sneak on to the Cape and Islands over the next few days. The big High pressure system (means good weather)  over us should protect us from any big storms for at least the next week. 

Local news: The low this morning on the Vineyard was 41. We are now back in JP. 

Local forecast: 

Today: Partly to mostly sunny, high 77. Light sea breeze. It may become cloudy for a time in SE Mass. 

Tonight: Clearing, low 54.

Friday: Partly to mostly sunny. High 79. Light SE wind. Some sprinkles are possible over the Cape, and especially the Islands. 

Friday night: Clearing, low 56. 

Saturday and Sunday: Sunny, high around 75.