Boston Weather
Synopsis For Massachusetts And Rhode Island Coastal Waters
Forecast as of 1:17 am EST on February 11, 2012 - Low pres will develop off the mid Atlc coast and intensify as it moves NE overnight...passing se of the benchmark early Sat evening. This low will lift NE into the Maritimes by early sun. An Arctic cold front will move through the waters early sun...which will be followed by a period of gale force wind gusts and some freezing spray into early Mon. High pres follow later Mon into Tue. Weak low pres passes near tues night into Wed followed by high pres. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period...please visit www.Weather.Gov/Boston and follow the hazardous outlooks link at the top of the blue bar on the left.
Narragansett Bay-
Forecast as of 1:17 am EST on February 11, 2012
Rest Of Tonight
W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Sat
N winds around 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Rain and snow. Vsby 1 nm or less.
Sat Night
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of snow showers.
Sun
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 1 foot or less.
Sun Night
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Mon
W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Mon Night
W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt... diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
Tue
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 foot or less.
Tue Night
W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers.
Wed
N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less.
Wed Night
N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less. Seas are reported as significant wave height...which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.




Melissa Mack
Todd Gutner
Elliot Abrams
Joe Joyce
Barry Burbank
Weather Team