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« Sovereign Bank moves into CVS with ATMs | Today | Grand jury indicts British man accused of killing wife and baby in Mass. » March 28, 2006Weather service: This March looks to be one of driest on recordThis March will probably wind up as one of southern New England's driest and least snowy in more than 100 years of recording keeping, according to the National Weather Service. With "a fabulous few days ahead," according to the weather service, the region is unlikely to get much, if any, more measurable precipitation. Providence has gotten just 0.57 inches of precipitation so far this month, which is likely to be the third-driest March on record here. The records go back 101 years.
Rain is forecast for Saturday, the first day of April. The storm could get here by Friday night, according to the weather service, but three-quarters of an inch would have to fall for this March to slip to fourth behind March of 1910, when the city had 1.32 inches. "We're locked in to Number 3, by the way I see it," said Walter Drag, a meteorologist for the weather service in Taunton, Mass. March is normally "reasonably wet," with Providence averaging 4.43 inches of rain for the month, Drag said. "It is considered a late winter transition month, so usually we get some pretty big storms up here," he said. Boston, with just 0.56 inches of precipitation, and Worcester with 0.57, are in line for their second-driest months of March on record. The dry weather has meteorologists concerned about an increased chance of brush fires, but for now, the weather service says a red flag warning is not necessary because of light winds. Posted by Jack Perry |
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