Weather

Weather updates, focusing on warnings, watches, and unusual conditions.

Solar Aurora Possible Mon Night: Flares and CME likely to cause G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm

At Providence, solar aurora may be visible overnight Mon into Tue, although fairly unlikely. Aurora is unusual at latitudes this far south, but it typically happens a few times every year. Weather at Providence during the potential aurora will be partly cloudy with about 50% cloud cover, temperature about 60°F and near-zero chance of rain. […]

Read More

Hurricane Erin Now Category 2: No immediate threat to New England but keep alert and updated

Hurricane Erin is currently at Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson wind speed scale with maximum sustained winds of 110 MPH, and further increase in strength is likely. H. Erin briefly on Sat reached Category 5 with maximum sustained winds of 160 MPH, a significant rarity. Remember that this scale accounts only for wind speed and […]

Read More

Heat Advisory Through Wed 8pm: Uncomfortably hot with heat index values near 100°F expected

Heat Advisory in effect from July 28, 11:00 AM EDT until July 30, 08:00 PM EDT At Providence, a Heat Advisory is in effect through Wed 8pm with temperatures/heat indices reaching 94°F/99°F (Wed). Temperature/heat index will decline after the advisory period, remaining comfortably warm, 76°F/76°F (Thu), 67°F/67°F (Fri). Chance of rain Thu morning through Fri […]

Read More

Heat Advisory Through Fri 8pm: Uncomfortably hot with heat index values exceeding 100°F expected

Heat Advisory until July 25, 08:00 PM EDT At Providence, a Heat Advisory is in effect through Fri 8pm with temperatures/heat indices reaching 93°F/102°F (Fri). Temperature/heat index will decline after the advisory period, remaining comfortably hot, 83°F/83°F (Sat) and 80°F/82°F (Sun). Chance of rain Fri, with possibly severe thunderstorms, will exceed 20% between 1pm and […]

Read More

Heat Advisory Tue 11am – Thu 7pm: Uncomfortably hot with heat index values up to 100°F expected

Heat Advisory in effect from July 15, 11:00 AM EDT until July 17, 07:00 PM EDT At Providence, a Heat Advisory is in effect Tue 11am through Thu 7pm, likely to be extended into Fri, with temperatures/heat indices reaching 85°F/94°F (Tue), 88°F/98°F (Wed), 86°F/97°F (Thu), and 87°F/94°F (Fri). Temperature/heat index will decline somewhat after the […]

Read More

Extreme Heat Warning Through Tue 8pm: Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 expected

Extreme Heat Warning until June 24, 08:00 PM EDT At Providence, an Extreme Heat Warning is in effect through Tue 8pm, with temperatures/heat indices reaching 93°F/103°F (Mon) and 98°F/104°F (Tue). Temperature/heat index will decline somewhat after the warning period, remaining oppressively but not dangerously hot, 84°F/87°F (Wed), then back to the comfortable range 78°F/78°F (Thu). […]

Read More

Significant Storm Likely Sat Evening to Sun Night: Snow 3 – 5 inches before changing to rain

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from February 15, 01:00 PM EST until February 16, 07:00 PM EST High Wind Watch in effect from February 16, 07:00 PM EST until February 17, 07:00 PM EST At Providence, precipitation will begin as snow Sat 5pm and change to sleet, freezing rain, and finally rain Sun 2am – […]

Read More

Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain, Rain Thu early morning to midday: Total accumulation a fraction of an inch expected.

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from February 12, 10:00 PM EST until February 13, 10:00 AM EST At Providence, snow likely after Thu 12am, changing to sleet, freezing rain, and rain by 4am, becoming all rain by 7am, ending around 12pm. Thu afternoon high temperature 45°F. In the metropolitan area, expect a fraction of an […]

Read More

Snow ending by Sun 8am: Total accumulation 3 – 5 inches expected.

Winter Storm Warning in effect from February 8, 07:00 PM EST until February 9, 01:00 PM EST At Providence, Winter Storm Warning cancelled as of 3:41am EST: “Significant accumulating snowfall has ended.” All precipitation will end by 8am. In the metropolitan area, expect 3 – 5 inches with accumulation probabilities: at least 0.1in near 100%, […]

Read More