Sydney Welch is a meteorologist who joined the NBC10 Boston and NECN's First Alert weather team in October 2023. You can catch her on NBC during the weekend evening newscasts.
She joins us from Lynchburg, Virginia, where she was the Good Morning Virginia meteorologist for three years. During those three years, she earned the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval and her master’s degree in applied meteorology from Mississippi State University. Before that, Sydney got her Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Florida State University and began her career in Bristol, Virginia.
Sydney also built strong relations with the Central and Southwest Virginia communities. There, she worked with the Lynchburg Humane Society fostering cats. She also did many school and Girl Scout troop visits to peak young girls' interest in STEM careers.
Sydney is no stranger to snow and snow forecasting — she is from Upstate New York. Her interest in meteorology came at a young age from the many snow and ice storms she witnessed.
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Icy drive possible Saturday AM before warm-up; several rain chances in coming days
We are tracking the potential for freezing rain to develop in parts of our area, including Boston, Saturday morning. Keep tabs on the precipitation with interactive weather radar below. Dry weather continued through Friday thanks to high pressure, with partly cloudy skies and mild afternoon highs around 35-40 degrees. On Saturday morning, freezing rain is possible in parts of interior…
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Enjoy the sunny skies while they're around, Boston — here's when rain's expected
There’ll be noticeably warmer temperatures in the Boston area this weekend as a pattern change in the weather takes hold.
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Clear and dry weather on Thursday in New England
A pattern change this weekend will bring an unsettled stretch with more clouds and rain, but warmer temperatures.
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Here's your updated Christmas Day forecast for Boston
Expect a gradual warm-up over the next several days, bringing a more comfortable feel to southern New England. Highs climbed into the mid-30s on Christmas Eve and will be back there Christmas Day; a slow warming trend will hold through the rest of the week. Sunshine dominates into the early weekend, with temperatures steadily rising, likely reaching the 40s...
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Will we have a white Christmas? Tracking our next chances for rain and snow
Temperature swings continue, with Tuesday afternoon being the highest point and highs close to 60 with a breeze. The rest of the week turns more seasonable. Wednesday will start calm and dry, but clouds will increase with a line of rain and wind approaching by the evening. Parts of northern New England could see a wintry mix and light snow, anywhere…
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Chilly and clear Sunday before possible overnight sprinkles
By late Sunday, clouds will start to roll in, bringing a slight chance of light sprinkles or flurries, mainly in Central Massachusetts and interior New England early Monday morning.
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Prepare for coldest air of the season
A chilly stretch continues through the weekend following Wednesday’s unseasonably warm high in the low 60s, which was overshadowed by all day rain. Thanks to high pressure, Boston will stay mostly sunny and dry through Sunday. However, breezy conditions Friday, with gusts up to 25 mph, will make already cold temperatures feel about 10 degrees colder. Expect morning lows in…
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More snow in the forecast this weekend ahead of a rainy stretch next week
Friday afternoon and evening will be cold, dry, and windy, with high temperatures only reaching the low 30s. Gusty winds of 25-35 mph will make it feel even colder, like the upper teens to low 20s. While sunshine is expected, it won’t do much to warm things up. Winds will gradually lighten up into Saturday morning, but lows will...
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Two-day storm to drop up to 5 inches of snow in parts of Mass. & NH
We’re staying cold and mainly dry for Tuesday evening through Wednesday. Wind chills will have temperatures feeling 5-10 degrees cooler than the actual temperature overnight, with lows in the upper 20s. Wednesday, highs rise into the low 40s with winds shifting in from the southeast ahead of our next system, which enters by the evening. This wind shift is...
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Wild winter ahead? Here's what the First Alert Weather Team thinks is coming
We have an odd relationship with winter forecasts. On one hand, we know that it’s impossible to pin down three months of howling winds, snowstorms, freakish warmups, bitter blasts and an early/late arrival to spring, but we still want something — anything — that could give us a hint at what’s to come. Perhaps it gives us something to...
