Boston Area Weather

• Forecasts [wbF]
  • NWS Forecasts [wbFn]
  • Commercial Forecasts and Current Conditions [wbFo]
• Images [wbI]
  • Radar [wbIr]
  • Satellite [wbIs]
• Conditions [wbc]
• Forecast Model Output [wbm]
• Special Weather Events [wbs]
  • Severe Weather [wbsS]
  • Flooding and Hydrologic Statements [wbsf]
• Sources of these Statements [wbv]

This page contains links to forecasts, warnings, and other information served by other sites for the Boston Metropolitan Area. I am not responsible for maintaining any of the actual weather information. These forecasts are from a number of different sites. All of the statements on this page, except the commercial ones, were issued by the National Weather Service (mostly from their office in Taunton, MA). - L. David Baron

Status of servers:

• UIUC is no longer serving text data, and has been removed
• OSU is fine
• NHC is no longer serving text data, and has been removed
• UNCC seems to have disappeared, and is being removed
• NWS is fine

See also National Statements.

Forecasts

NWS Forecasts

• Southern New England State Forecast: OSU, NWS - for all of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
• Zone Forecasts:
  • Combined Zone and Extended Forecast for Boston, Cambridge, Berkshire Co.
  • Massachusetts (except Berkshire Co.), Southwest New Hampshire, Rhode Island, North-central and Northeast Connecticut: OSU, NWS
  • Massachusetts: UCD, Universal Weather
  • New Hampshire: NWS, UCD, Universal Weather
  • Rhode Island: UCD, Universal Weather
  • Berkshire County: OSU, UCD, Universal Weather
• Southern New England Forecast Discussion - with archives
• Forecast Discussion: OSU, PSU
• Short Term Forecast: OSU
• Northeast Travelers Forecast: OSU
• Coded City Forecast (5 Temperature/5 Precipitation): OSU
• Coastal Waters Marine Forecast: OSU
• State Forecast Discussion: OSU, NWS

Commercial Forecasts and Current Conditions

• Intellicast Boston Weather
• Boston, Massachusetts Weather Forecast from the Weather Underground
• LookSmart Forecast for Boston, MA
• Millenium Weather Northeast Winter Storm Page
• Weather Channel - Forecast and Current Conditions

Images

Radar

• see also National Radar and the WeatherNet Travel Cities Page
• Intellicast Nexrad Radar
• Intellicast NEXRAD Storm Relative Velocity
• Intellicast Regional Radar (Animation)
• Intellicast Precipitation Totals
• Intellicast Radar Summary
• The Weather Channel - Doppler Radar - U.S. Regional - Northeast U.S.
• The Weather Channel - Boston, MA
• CNN - Weather U.S. Northeast Radars
• CNN Northeast and Midwest US Radar
• AccuWeather Northeast and Midwest Radar
• Yahoo Northeast US Radar Summary
• Yahoo Northeast US Radar Loop
• Personal AccuWeather(tm)- kBOS
• AccuWeather Boston NEXRAD
• Boston.com - Weather - New England - Radar
• Universal Weather - Northeast U.S. Radar w-Tops and Movement
• Boston Radar Image, from weatherpoint
• WTNH News Channel 8 - StormTeam 8 - Storm Doppler LIVE - updated every 90 seconds

Satellite

• see also The International Weather Satellite Imagery Center
• Intellicast Satellite

Conditions

• Current Conditions: from Albany
• Climatological Summary: OSU, NWS
• Monthly Climatological Summary: OSU, NWS
• Regional Weather Roundup: OSU
• Public Information Statement:
• Surface Reports: OSU All MA, Boston
• UIUC Surface Summary: undecoded, with exact times, with names, ASCII Maps
• Past 24 Hours Surface Meteogram
• Meteograms (UNIDATA) (Raw)
• Normal climate data for Boston, MA
• Massachusetts State Max/Min Table

Forecast Model Output

Don't even think about using these statements unless you completely understand what you are reading and are fully aware of the difficulties of making your own weather forecasts and are willing to take responsibility for any errors you make, since these data are not provided by the NWS for public consumption.

• Millenium Weather Northeast Winter Storm Page
• OSU Massachusetts Model Guidance Directory
• All Metropolitan Quick-Looks for the U.S. & Canada
• Boston Model QuickLook
  • MRF: Surface, Aloft
  • ETA
• MRF (area): OSU
• AVN (area): OSU
• ETA FOUS: OSU
• NGM FOUS (area): OSU
• NGM MOS Boston: OSU, OSU 2
• NGM MOS Help Page
• NCEP Model Time-Series Forecasts for Northeast US Cities

Special Weather Events

• Record Reports: OSU
• Public Information Statement: OSU Archive

Severe Weather

• OSU Severe Weather Bulletins

Flooding and Hydrologic Statements

• Hydrometeorological Discussion (River Forecast Center)
• Daily River Statement: NWS, OSU
• Flood Potential Outlook: NWS
• Flash Flood Warning: NWS
• River Flood Warning: NWS
• Flash Flood Watch: NWS
• River Flood Statement: <-- RWUS42.KBOS --> NWS
• Flash Flood Statement: NWS
• Coastal Flood Statement: NWS
• Hydrologic Observations I
• Hydrologic Observations II
• Water Supply Outlook: OSU
• Flash Flood Guidance (Northeast River Forecast Center)
• Water Resources Summary:
• Area Hydrologic Summary (Including Snow): OSU
• More hydro statements should go here

Sources of these Statements

• National Weather Service, Taunton, MA
• UIUC Massachusetts
• UC Davis: Massachusetts Weather
• OSU Massachusetts
• Texas A&M
• Massachusetts Data from IWIN

(Back to Weather, L. David Baron)

LDB, dbaron@fas.harvard.edu