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Weather related: a weaker polar vortex = colder air in New England. Yeah that's good, but as a weenie, I didn't know if we want a weak or strong polar vortex. Now, my question: wouldn't that upper level flow also be conducive to surface low pressure riding up the East Coast? I.e., storm track? Thanks! https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/21/polar-vortex-what-to-know-new-england-boston-december?utm_source=npr.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local_headlines&utm_content=homepage

Now 17F/15F, clear as a bell. We'll have to let it warm up a few degrees before our house-painting contract begins today...brrr!

Yup...

Thank you for bringing me on topic!

Roommate is from there, born and raised. I have seen some really nice photos from that area. And it's always the cold spot (SLK).

Saw a link on NPR, NOAA site with Aurora info/forecast. Most is over my head, but it shows strong activity continuing in the Northern Hemisphere. Also, I am a sucker for nice visuals... Haha. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

Nice! I lay down to read and fell asleep before 9pm. I have seen the glowing white curtain type, but never bright colors. Thanks!

Flakes were in the air a couple of hours ago here, first snow of the year! If the spine of the Green Mountains doesn't block all of what is showing now on radar, we're in for some more proper snow showers.

Now, 31/25. We got about a half inch of rain for the duration. Came down in buckets for about a half hour yesterday evening. Good to see some snow high up and up North! Mountains are also blowing snow like crazy. My favorite time of year--first snow to end of March.

It's 25/24, up from 24/22 an hour ago. That's KEEN. T minus 23 days until I mount my very own outdoor thermometer at my new apartment, just like the good ol' days. I will no longer be a poor excuse for a weather nerd!!!

It's true. I have not seen a water spout with my own eyes either. Someone had posted the photo from Narragansett Bay on my local surfing forum. It is a cool image. I also have not seen with my own eyes a funnel cloud over land.

I think this is it.

I lived in Providence for ten years, 2000 - 2010. I have a great photo of a perfect, thin funnel shaped water spout over Narragansett Bay. Not my photo, but I can probably find it on my FB or online. Not a tornado, of which I saw none down there. Narragansett area has been my home away from home also from Boston since the mid- to late 1990s. Not as much lately from up here, but I am remedying that situation.

Now 25/25, KEEN, just down the road. High Wind Watch scaled back here, but up to 47mph tonight will be nice and breezy!

We are forecast, after missing out on the fun, to get some wind on Wednesday night. Hazardous Weather Conditions High Wind Watch in effect from November 5, 04:00 PM EST Click here for hazard details and duration High Wind Watch Wednesday Night Showers, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Low around 36. Windy, with a south wind 7 to 12 mph becoming west 21 to 26 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.