Cold to stick around
Conrad Straden
Ice formed on the Charles river Tuesday. Might be the earliest in a long time. After a brief warmup yesterday, we are plunging back into below average temperatures. Today, campus will be blasted by strong westerly winds as a clipper system pulls out of New England. Temperatures will be steadily falling with windchills in the teens. Strong winds continue overnight into Friday morning with temperatures bottoming out in the low 20s with windchills in the single digits. Slightly better on Friday but still windy with feels like temperatures in the 20s. Saturday feels much better with temperatures in the mid 30s and little wind. Saturday night a system moves across the mid-Atlantic potentially turning into a Miller B nor’easter. If the timing of the energies is correct, Sunday will feature light to moderate snowfall. Regardless, another burst of Arctic air hits Sunday night, taking temperatures into the low teens. The Charles will probably freeze over entirely Monday, and temperatures remain quite cold early next week. In other news, we’ve reached the earliest sunset of 4:11pm so sunsets are getting later now!
Today: Windy. Partly cloudy. High around 36°F (2°C). West winds 15-25 mph, gusting to 45 mph.
Tonight: Windy. Clear. Low around 22°F (-6°C). West winds 15-20 mph, gusting to 40 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High around 34°F (1°C) and overnight low around 22°F (-6°C). West winds 13-18 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Saturday: Cloudy. High around 38°F (3°C) and overnight low around 29°F (-2°C). Southwest winds 5-10 mph, gusting to 15 mph.
Sunday: Chance for a winter storm. High around 31°F (-1°C) and overnight low around 13°F (-11°C). North winds 10-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph.