Wachy Wednesday

A strange Wednesday is on tap with showers and thunderstorms in the morning, followed by winds gusting to 45 MPH in the afternoon behind the storm. The gusty winds will dry out the area by mid afternoon, and some breaks of sun are likely. Winds will remain gusty through Wednesday evening, making it tough for my ultimate Frisbee game tomorrow.

Local alerts: Wind advisory in effect from 12-8 PM Wednesday for all of Mass. The winds will be the strongest between 12 and 3 pm. Also, some thunderstorms in the morning may produce gusty winds.

Local forecast:
Tonight: Partly cloudy, then a chance of showers after midnight. Low around 50.

Wednesday: Showers with thunderstorms until noon, then some sunny breaks in the afternoon. There is still a chance of a shower or 2 in the afternoon. High 65. South winds of 10-15 MPH in the morning, then shifting to West and increasing to 20-30 MPH with gusts to 45 MPH in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce frequent lightning and gusty winds in the morning.

Wednesday: Clearing out, lows mostly in the upper 40's to around 50 in Boston. Gusty West winds of 15-25 MPH until around 11 PM. Then the winds will gradually decrease.

Thursday: Sunny, high around 66. SW wind will once again increase to 15-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH, then decrease to 10-15 MPH in the afternoon.

Thursday night: Clear, lows ranging from 41 outside of 128 to around 50 in Boston.


Tropics: An organized area of thunderstorms is expected to become Tropical Storm Henri at 5PM AST tonight. It is located around 500 miles east of the Leeward islands. Tropical storm grace fizzled out near the Irish coast. Meanwhile, Typhoon Melor still has winds of 130 MPH as it bears down on Japan. It now looks like the storm will pass well to the west of the major city of Tokyo. That would spare the big city of the strongest winds, but it would still get some strong wind gusts. The rain would be the bigger issue, with up to 15 inches near Tokyo.