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Boston Heat Wave Official, Several Temperature Records Within Reach
There is an end in sight! A cold front will snap the heat wave on Thursday after a hot start.
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There is an end in sight! A cold front will snap the heat wave on Thursday after a hot start.
This is fairly unprecedented heat that we are experiencing this week and this summer.
Yet another scorching hot and oppressively humid week is on the way for our last week of meteorological summer.
The annual Perseid meteor shower will be peaking this Saturday and Sunday night.
It's one of our biggest fears as meteorologists - a tornado touchdown in the middle of the night with relatively little warning.
Mars is in the news this week with the discovery of a possible lake beneath its surface and a close approach to Earth.
We can expect some potentially severe thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Get ready for several rounds of rain and downpours Thursday.
This weekend we have some good news and some bad news in the forecast, so plan accordingly while you celebrate the mothers in your life.
Up to 20 meteors per hour are possible when the Lyrids peak Saturday night.
Marathon Monday will start off cloudy and drizzly, followed by scattered showers and heavier rain in the afternoon.
Only one thing is certain when planning to run Boston: Expect the unexpected.
Getting a case of deja vu? Does it seem like we were just talking about the rather rare "Blue Moon?" Well we were!
Forecast for this weekend: Partly sunny with a chance of falling space debris.
Obviously this storm was a significant under performer across New England. Or in meteorological terms, a big, fat forecast bust.
It doesn't appear this nor'easter will be nearly as impactful as our prior storms.
The heaviest snow and majority of the accumulation will occur between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
A fourth nor'easter - a four'easter - is set to deliver several inches of snow to New England and the Boston area.
It has been a wild first two weeks of March. So what is causing this?
Not only will this be Boston's biggest snowstorm of the season, but it could challenge the record books for the greatest snowstorm ever recorded in March!
The third nor'easter in 10 days is on the way.
Another nor'easter may be on the way for early next week. How much more can we take?
There are no big warm ups headed our way anytime soon and there could be another storm on Monday.
This will be a significant blow to all of southern New England.
The rain-snow line will have very large consequences and effects from town to town.
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