DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 13-17)
A small area of high pressure brings fair weather today with light wind. This will result in coastal areas being cooler than inland as light sea breezes develop. A batch of clouds and a few scattered rain showers will move across the region from west to east tonight in association with a warm front. This sets up the warmest day of 2024 so far for many areas Thursday, but again coastal areas will be noticeably cooler due to onshore winds. A cold front will sag southward through the region Thursday night and bring rain showers into the region, along with a cooler air mass by Friday morning. Friday itself will be a cool and damp day with low pressure moving along the frontal boundary, passing just to our south, with wet weather. The outlook for the weekend is dry and cool Saturday with lots of clouds and breaks of sun as a little drier air works in behind Friday’s unsettled weather system. Sunday looks milder but mainly cloudy as we get a warm front / cold front combo coming through. It will be the cold front that produces most of the wet weather, in the form of rain showers Sunday afternoon, along with a gusty south to southwest wind. This air flow will keep the South Coast cooler.
TODAY: Sun followed by clouds. Highs 46-53 coast, 53-60 inland. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes developing.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a passing rain shower possible evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Lows 33-40. Wind variable under 10 MPH.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 55-62 coast, 63-70 inland. Wind SW to SE up to 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy evening. Mostly cloudy with passing rain showers overnight. Lows 42-49. Wind shifting to N up to 10 MPH, a few higher gusts.
FRIDAY: Cloudy. Periods of rain, especially midday on. Temperatures steady 42-49, may even fall slowly during the afternoon. Wind N up to 10 MPH shifting to E.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening. Lows 35-42. Wind E up to 10 MPH shifting to N.
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Highs 42-49. Wind N up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Patchy drizzle. Areas of fog, especially South Coast. Lows 35-42 evening, rising slowly overnight. Wind variable up to 10 MPH, then S increasing to 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely during the afternoon. Highs 48-55 South Coast, 55-62 elsewhere. Wind S to SW 10-20 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 18-22)
Windy, colder, sprinkles of rain possibly mixed with snowflakes March 18 as low pressure intensifies in Atlantic Canada while high pressure approaches. High pressure brings dry weather with below to near normal temperatures during the middle of next week to welcome spring (vernal equinox 11:06 p.m. March 19). Unsettled weather may arrive before next week is over.
DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 23-27)
A colder pattern with high pressure to the north and a series of low pressure areas passing nearby or just to the south, bringing the chance of unsettled weather which may include some frozen precipitation late month.