Todd Gross' Boston Weather and Southern New England Forecasts

Southern New England and Boston Weather

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A note about the audio forecast.

The 29th Annual New England Emmy Awards

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I am pleased to post on behalf of Todd that for the category

On-Camera Talent   Weather Anchor for the
29th Boston/New England Emmy® Awards, 
the winner is... Todd Gross.

Please join me in wishing him heartfelt congratulations for this well deserved honor.

June 4, 2006 - L Nash

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Weather Trivia Question - NEW!

Weather Trivia Question: Why are thunderstorms LESS likely on Cape Cod than in interior Massachusetts, especially at this time of year? Find out the answer later today.

ANSWER: POSTED FRIDAY NIGHT: Thunderstorms grow from warm air near the ground being significantly warmer than the air above. The cooling seabreezes on the Cape stabilize this scenario, so very often when storms move in the interior, they lose steam, so to speak, when entering southeastern Massachusetts.

LAST WEEK'S WEATHER TRIVIA QUESTION:
When and where was the biggest, fastest, temperature rise in the 48 states
In two minutes:  The rise was because of a "downslope" wind off the mountains ---> 49F, Spearfish, S.D., Jan. 22, 1943, from -4F at 7:30 A.M. to +45F at 7:32 A.M. Now that's a rise!

 

Previous week's weather trivia question was :
What year did we "skip" summer?
ANSWER: 1816

Volcanic ash prevented sunlight from reaching the Earth that year, and much of the world cooled, but it hit New England particularly hard, along with Europe.

From Wikipedia:
In May of 1816, however, frost killed off most of the crops that had been planted, and in June two large snowstorms in eastern Canada and New England  Nearly a foot of snow was observed in Quebec City in early June. In July and August, lake and river ice were observed as far south as Pennsylvania. Rapid, dramatic temperature swings were common, with temperatures sometimes reverting from normal or above-normal summer temperatures as high as 95°F (35°C) to near-freezing within hours. Even though farmers south of New England did succeed in bringing some crops to maturity, maize (corn) and other grain prices rose dramatically. Oats, for example, rose from 12¢ a bushel the previous year to 92¢ a bushel.

LOTS MORE LOCAL INFORMATION ON THIS ON RIC WERME'S WEBSITE

Could it happen again? YES! If a strong volcanic eruption spewed high into the atmosphere, we could skip summer all over again, even with all the Global Warming issues you have heard about time and time again.

NEW FEATURES: Weather Education, Lawn and Landscape, and World Weather Now!

CHECK OUT THE NEW SITES   

WEATHEREDUCATION.NET ----> Kind of the "best" education pieces from right here at ToddGross.com.

Latest addition: Weather for Astronomy: Its more than just clear skies ~ Todd's Astronomy Day (Clay Center, Brookline, MA) presentation.

WORLDWEATHERNOW.COM -----> My International weather website,
and

ToddGross.blogs.com/Lawn ----> The Lawn, Landscape and Weather Page!

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TODDWEATHER service for Contractors and DPWs

Quick reminder.. for the cell phone text and/or email constant, and maybe evena a little annoying (but accurate) forecast service, see ToddWeather.Com (PRIMARILY FOR CONTRACTORS but..)

WEATHER TRIVIA ANSWER

QUESTION POSTED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS THURSDAY/FRIDAY 2/23, 2/24:

Weather Trivia Question, 2/24/06:
"On Friday , 2/17, just as the newspaper was being delivered to your mailbox (some papers were delivered Thu.), a sudden storm blew in, as predicted in the newspaper in this column. However, hail fell during the storm, why is that so unusual?"

ANSWER: Hail usually falls in the "warm season", NOT in the "cold season" as it is produced from the updrafts within Thunderstorms. These storms bring rain drops UP and then back down many times over so a freeze-refreeze process takes place. The hail last week throughout most of Eastern Massachusetts was unusual. First, it more resembled sleet, but it WAS falling while it was 50-55, so it was PROBABLY hail (hail is larger), but to tell you the truth, it is hard to say for sure. So, if it WAS hail, it was larger hail that had melted down to sleet size in the 50-55 degree air. That is unusual for this time of year. If it was Sleet... then think about it, that means we had "winter precipitation" while it was in the 50s! Either one of the above is highly unusual!

TODDGROSS.COM and CapeandIslandsWeather.com officially unveiled

Joel Richman issued this press release  , which was picked up by google news, on my behalf was written on Wednesday evening, 4+ days before the storm, to officially unveil ToddGross.com and CapeandIslandsWeather.com during the storm

TODD's CAPE COD SITE

I have developed a Cape-specific website, capeandislandsweather.com, which covers Buzzards Bay communities, The Cape, and the Islands. Check it out!

NEW Email/Text "Todd in Your Pocket" Service

Whether it snows Saturday night or not, wouldn't you like to know right away what the "latest is", when you get up 4:30, at a lunch meeting, or while your are plowing snow? Well, unfortunately for my family, I have designed a system to be on top of the weather virtually 24/7. Their loss, your gain, especially if you are a DPW, landscaper, contractor, golfer Superintendent, or weather junkie) The new weather forecast service is delivered by email AND/OR by text, by me, which means instant updates when a new computer model comes out and shows a change, or when a rain-snow line moves along, or when precipitation is about to start and stop. It includes NWS "short fuse" county warnings as well.

This is unlike any other email or text delivery service, this is straight from me. The service is called ToddWeather and is like having a little uncontrollable weather freak in your pocket. Click the picture for a free "Todd in Your Pocket" try-out, before the possible weekend storm. Here is an excerpt from this morning's text and email from 4:30am before the "06z GFS model" had even come out confirming "possible" snow:

Click the picture left for a FREE TRIAL...

TEXT: 4:35AM Wed. 2/8/06:

TOD: P. Sun29  TON:Clr10   TOM: P.Sun25  TOMNT: Clr 10  
FRI: Cldy, flurries 30  SAT: Snow late day 25  SUN: Clrg 20s  
MON: P. Sun 32  TUE: Sun 20s               

FULL EMAIL - - - > I am becoming increasingly "wary" 
about Saturday afternoon. As first reported yesterday there is a 
suspicious area sitting offshore, and while just ONE of the computer models 
has now grasped onto the idea of making use of this vulnarable 
"temperature zone" and turning it into a coastal storm, it is still enough of a 
worry that you shouldn't let your guard down for the weekend. For the 
time being it is just cold and colder today, tonight into Thursday. Some 
spots in the single digits tonight, with highs in the 20s on Thursday 
w. Pt. Cloudy weather. Then Friday that first Gt. Lakes system comes 
flying our way starved for moisture, with mostly flurries or very light 
periods of snow, likely not plowable. Then a second system develops 
offshore on Saturday and probably stays south, but it IS looking more 
threatening Sat. PM/Night for snow