Thunderstorms are on the way, with a chance of hail. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for "urban areas and small streams in Norfolk County, including the cities of Weymouth, Quincy, and Franklin," reports the Globe. Plymouth County has a flood warning as well, and Norfolk and northwestern Bristol County have severe thunderstorm warnings.......

Today's scary thunderstorms also produced quite a flood in Somerville's Union Square. No word on whether any cars actually floated away on Lake Street, which certainly lived up to its name today. The flood apparently went down after the rain ceased. Video from AC.......

--Snow? Tomorrow morning? Surely you jest. We were hoping this long winter was over. Silly us. [WBZ] --The Globe notices female mayors, hears them roar, is surprised. [Boston Globe] --The body of the man who fell in the Sudbury River has been recovered. [WHDH] --An update on the attempt to limit the number of students to an apartment to four. [Brighton Centered] --Is Harvard trying to shake up its ultra-liberal reputation? They've invited Karl......

--Heavy winds and rain hammered the state last night. Revere was hit particularly hard. [Fox 25] --A Good Samaritan died in Randolph when his car rolled back on him. He had stopped to help another car that was stalled on the road. [WCVB] --Beatlejuice, the band former Boston frontman Brad Delp sang for, is looking for a new singer a year after Delp killed himself. But finding someone else who comes close to Delp's......

--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist] --While it's good that the mayor is throwing his efforts behind saving Hendry Street from the foreclosure crisis, the housing problems in Dorchester aren't limited to......

--With this winter's especially foul weather, we have entered a new level of pothole hell. [Boston Globe] --Although some local figures might be gearing up to run against Mayor Menino, the mayor might be earning votes by working to help Hendry Street residents floored by the mortgage foreclosure crisis. [Boston Herald] --Despite all that planning, construction on the new Harvard Allston Science Complex has already pissed off Allston residents. Neighbors had been told construction......

--The Coast Guard reined in a 933-foot tanker that broke down off the coast of Cape Cod. The tanker held liquefied natural gas, but the Coast Guard said it didn't leak any. [Boston Globe] --Soon after an accident in which an elderly driver struck a child while he was on his way to vote in Randolph, State Sen. Steve Baddour is campaigning to boost tests for all drivers "throughout their driving careers." [Boston Herald]......

--Local news outlets were especially good at stating the obvious today. The weather is windy, as in 70 mph, and the snot will freeze in your nose once you step outside. [Boston Globe, Uh, everyone] --Ten people were forced out into the cold after a fire broke out in their house this morning in Everett. [Boston Herald] --Sometimes justice has a laugh at our expense. A convicted Level 3 sex offender from Uxbridge won......

--Yet another explanation for why you should have a sinking feeling in your tummy any time you go over a bridge in Massachusetts. [Boston Herald] --Another storm is expected for Friday, but it's not prompting the mass freakout that the last storm did. [WBZ] --The city of Boston will build a statue that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King. [AP/Boston Globe] --The Committee on Children, Families, and Individuals With......

--This week, legislators will consider banning all hand-held gadgets while driving. [Boston Globe] --You may have noticed that Cape Wind received good news today, but don't expect a wind turbine at City Hall. The idea of the turbine blowing over on the plaza effectively ended the mayor's plan. [Boston Globe] --How to build an igloo in eight easy steps. Was the weather today really that bad? [Boston Globe] --One of NESN's most familiar faces......

Update to the Update: Green C is back to normal. (12:30 pm) Update: Just received a T alert about a problem on the Green C Line: "Subway Green "C" Line - is being diverted due to weather related problem - tree fallen on overhead at Fairbanks/Beacon street. A Shuttle bus will run in both directions between Coolidge Corner and Cleveland Circle." Drivers are already spinning out on the roads this morning, and pedestrians are walking......

--Pants not here, pants not there, pants not anywhere! [Boston Globe, WCVB] --Good thing No Pants 2K8 was yesterday because a nasty snowstorm is coming in overnight, with the worst of it tomorrow morning. We're talking a foot during the commute. Find a way to stay home tomorrow. [WCVB] --Tips on parking, shoveling, etc., in a snow emergency. [Bostonist] --Are you a state employee? Your insurance premiums might be going up soon. [Boston Globe]......

--After such nice weather, a Nor'easter? You're kidding, right? Oh, no. You're not. At least it's scheduled to arrive Sunday, which will make the Pantsless T Ride much more pleasant. [WBZ] --A report indicates that a terrorist attack on Everett LNG would be a bad thing. Gee, ya think so? [Boston Globe] --Alex Jimenez, the soldier from Lawrence who went missing in Iraq last May and who still has not been found, has been......

The New England Confectionary Company (NECCO) has announced the new phrases that will be printed on its hearts. This year's themes include weather ("Melt My Heart" and "Get My Drift") and animals ("Wild Life" and "Nature Lover"). Regarding the animal theme, we dare them to put "Doggy Style" on a heart! You know that someone at Team NECCO thought it and then swiftly pushed it out of his or her mind. Weather also gave rise......

Cold, cold, holy crap it is cold! Bloody well everyone can agree that a high of 14 is cold. Barry Burbank at WBZ says "this weekend temperatures will get into the 40's and then the 50's on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week." Barry, we're holding you to that. You may as well have fun in the cold, though. Miss Von Schtoop notes that one of her neighbors has a fondness for making pissicles.......

In snowy weather like this, complaints about icy roads or snowpiles are normal. But you know the weather is bad when the snow is so heavy that it collapses the roof of a Rite-Aid. Last night, in Brighton at Market and Surrey, the roof of a Rite-Aid buckled under the weight of snow. According to WCVB, four employees and a customer escaped. Falling debris hit the customer in the head, but the injuries were......

People are taking the incoming snow seriously. Bostonist heard word that state employees are leaving work early, at 1:00 pm, because of the weather. Adam's French Toast Alert is on high. And he's selling T shirts. The weather guy on NECN said several times that he wasn't messing around and that people should stay off the roads. The National Weather Service advises: "It is recommended that if possible all travel be completed by 1:00 pm......

To the left is a picture of what was facing Chicago at about 4:00 Eastern (3 Central) yesterday, and as you might expect, the wave of massive thunderstorms and punishing wind meant that the Sox/Sox game at Comiskey* would be definitely cancelled delayed for three hours, then cancelled. So they'll try to play two today, but conditions in the Windy City are scheduled to still be a little windy. Josh Beckett will now face Jon......

--Yesterday's rain caused some trouble when the streets began to fill with water. The Herald estimates that the city received 2.16 inches of water in three hours. A part of Orient Avenue in East Boston began to collapse and took a car belonging to Matt Houle with it. Houle tried to drive the car out before it got swallowed up, but Mother Nature won. Eventually, it took a tow truck to rescue the car. If......

Not all clouds are cute little cotton puffs. Here's a photo of low-hanging clouds that made Boston look like a winter night – at about 3:30 pm this afternoon. We just went to the National Weather Service website, which provides the latest updates. As of 3:41, "the severe thunderstorm warning for central Middlesex county has been cancelled … wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour and heavy rains can be expected through 4:30 pm."......

Emerge Spa and Salon opened its doors on Newbury street about a year ago and recently Bostonist had the opportunity to experience the best the Spa has to offer. Having once been to its sister salon, G20, Bostonist expected nothing but the best and Emerge didn't disappoint. Immediately, Bostonist was whisked up to the third floor while the representative explained such offerings as the roof garden, and the fireside lounge, juice bar and cafe. Weather......

The April rain is seemingly behind us, the flowers are springing, but we're not yet upon summer festival season. Soon enough we won't be able to go a weekend without a sleepless night with ringing in our ears as we spent too many hours in the heat a little too close to a bank of speakers broadcasting to the masses. Well, that or a sweet show at Harbor Lights The Pavilion. Tuesday, 5/8 Grant-Lee......

As if running a marathon weren't tough enough, the participants in this Monday's Boston Marathon might have to cope with rain and cold. No one's going to be canceling the marathon. Runners have had to race in unusually cold and unusually hot Boston weather before. That's just part of the marathon's charm. WBZ lists past incidents of inclement weather during the marathon: "Runners slogged through cold torrential rains in 1970, five miles of snow......

When you see a city employee driving a street sweeper or a snowplow, you might want to give that person a wide berth. Either that, or run like hell. The Globe reported yesterday, "Of 178 Boston Public Works employees licensed to drive commercial vehicles in 2006, about one-fifth had drug or alcohol violations on their personal driving records." We're all for giving people second chances. Maybe even a third chance. This is liberal Boston! But......

Jane Smiley will be reading from Ten Days in the Hills at the Brattle Theatre at 6:00 pm tomorrow night. Tickets are $3 and are available from Harvard Book Store. UPDATE: Ah, well. Weather is a bitch. Smiley won't be coming tonight. If you got tickets, Harvard Book Store has promised to refund them. Don't spend the 3 bucks all in one place, and cross your fingers that Smiley will be back. When we......

After the groper and the shouter from yesterday, it seems that everything settled down a little bit last night. The big news is the potentially large blotter that might result if people don't start shoveling their sidewalks. According to Fox 25, you'll get fined if you don't shovel, and 4,000 citations have been given since Wednesday. If you are a business or homeowner reading this, and you haven't been shoveling - then start! Not only......

At first it seemed like it was just a ploy for sweeps. Deemed the first big snow storm of the season initial reports had upwards of eight inches falling on Boston. Local TV news stations have fired up the severe weather graphics, pulled in their storm teams, and gone to almost all weather all the time. The National Weather Service even issued a winter storm warning for the next 24 hours:... Winter Storm Warning......

After losing the WHDH Chief Meteorologist seat to Pete Bouchard just over a year ago, Todd Gross bounced off to the internets rather quickly. Todd has continued to update his weather blog, but has quietly (for those of us inside 128) has also taken up residence at the Western Mass NBC affiliate WWLP out of Springfield. He reminds us today that it has been 29 years to the day since the blizzard of '78.......

The mercury hit 70 three weeks ago, didn't it? Overnight tonight forecasters are calling for single digit temperatures, tomorrow they'll barely break into the double digits. Wind chill temps will make it seem like the temps are actually below freezing. These bitter cold temperatures will combine with sustained northwest winds of 15 to 20 mph to produce below zero wind chills. Wind chills will drop to between 5 and 15 below zero late tonight... and......

Yesterday, the hotness of Boston was all the rage in the local media. Residents wandered around dazed and confused in their cargo shorts, wondering if they were still in Boston or if they'd been transported to California overnight. The temperature yesterday hit 69 degrees in the city. Those who enjoyed An Inconvenient Truth have more ammunition in the debate over global warming. But those who remain unconvinced about all that global warming jazz will......