From NWS Boston:
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
634 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO THE REGION.
THIS FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLC COAST THU NIGHT AND TRACK ALONG THE FRONT PASSING SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO SOUTHEAST NEW ENG LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
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Originally Posted by nei
Is there high pressure along the Atlantic that makes it stall? Due to the temperature difference between ocean and land, I'd guess there's a semi-permanent pressure system on the ocean..
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I think its a combo of things like Atlantic Ridge/HP/Coastal Water Temps
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Originally Posted by nei
West coasts have completely different weather and climate patterns, but are prone to stalled fronts and drizzle in the cooler season.
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I wouldn't think fronts stall on the West coast given the rotation of Earth and the West-East flow of things onto land but guess would make sense especially with the high peaks blocking it.
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Originally Posted by BullochResident
1- Wedge fronts are a big thing down here during winter
2- I'm currently getting the same stalled out front you're getting. It's been raining here nonstop for the last 14 hours.
3- I'm starting to think that the warming Atlantic is making it harder and harder for colder air to make it east during the late fall/early winter season.
4- Summers here haven't really changed all that much
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Nice post. Yeah, The warmer waters aren't helping for sure. We are definitely under the same front.
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Originally Posted by nei
It's partly cloudy here, pretty sky to the west.
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I see the clearing, and we're "supposed" to be sunny here tomorrow, but it's funny how the front is slowing and stalling as I usually see happen. Also winds matter. When winds are from the SE, I get that mist and you wouldn't as you're too far inland most of the time.
The precip really is broken up and dried out North of the Virginia coast but a new storm is about to form and make the front moist again, that's why snow tonight for the coast only.