The National Weather Service reports we could be smacked upside the head around 2 p.m. by some severe weather:
Cannot rule out isolated strong to severe storms with the risk of damaging winds & large hail. Have a way to receive weather info if outdoors today.
Lee Toma navigated through pollen so thick it seemed like wildfire haze, only yellowish/greenish, this morning on the turnpike in Framingham. A cold front that pushed everything down towards the ground could have been responsible.
Thebostonlol looked inbound on Comm. Ave. after the storm had passed this afternoon.
Looking towards Boston Light. See it larger.
Michael Spicher couldn't help but notice the ominous clouds from the ferry from Hingham back to Boston this afternoon. Read more.
It didn't last long, but a wind-heavy storm brought down trees and power lines in Hyde Park and Roslindale and turned Truman Parkway by the Hyde Park Stop & Shop into a lake.
But after it was all done, Pleasure Bay in South Boston got a double rainbow, as photographed by David Geller. Read more.
The city's out with a list of city parks that will have "water features" turned on this weekend, a week earlier than usual, because of the predicted high temperatures.
Boston normally doesn't turn on spray tables and the like in its parks until Memorial Day, but the Parks and Recreation Department reports it's had plumbers out this week seeing which tot sprays can get turned on for this weekend, what with potentially record-breaking temperatures in the forecast. The department says it hopes to have a list available by Friday afternoon.
The National Weather Service reports Boston hit 86 degrees today, tying the record for May 14 set in 1879.
Christopher Haley looked up at a rainbow from Boston Common late this afternoon. Read more.
Aegon Targaryen VI watched the post-storm rainbow over Boston Harbor from Christopher Columbus Park. Read more.
Rachel Anne Miller watched the hail come down near Porter Square in Cambridge as the storm moved through around 2:45 p.m. Read more.
John Magee walked along Jamaica Pond this morning, before the fog burned off.
Mary Ellen went for a walk along the Charles in Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning before the storm hit.
On a walk in Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning, Mary Ellen looked across the Charles at reeds covered in snow that would soon melt.
Napoleon Blownaparte went for a walk along Malibu Beach in Dorchester last night.
All trial courts in Massachusetts will be closed tomorrow due to the forecast storm. This includes any hearings that were scheduled to be held remotely. People affected by this should contact their court on Monday to reschedule.
In Dorchester, Jay Kenney watched the snow squall that quickly moved through Boston around 5:45 p.m. Read more.
Chris in 02134 captured the scene on Commonwealth Avenue this morning.
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