Sunday Forecast Update

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8:15AM

DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 3)…
Essentially no changes from yesterday other than to add the slight risk of a shower today as a disturbance passes, and remove the thunderstorm threat from late Monday.
TODAY: Partly sunny. Slight chance of a passing shower. Highs 79-87, coolest immediate coast. Wind SW up to 10 MPH but coastal sea breezes.
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 60s. Wind light SW.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 84-93, coolest coast. Wind SW to W 5-15 MPH but some coastal sea breezes.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Lows in the 60s. Highs 82-91, coolest coast.
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 60s. Highs 83-92, coolest coast.
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Slight risk of isolated thunderstorms late-day or night. Lows in the 60s. Highs 83-92, coolest coast.

DAYS 6-10 (SEPTEMBER 4-8)…
Dry September 4-6. Slight risk of showers September 7-8. Temperatures above normal.

DAYS 11-15 (SEPTEMBER 9-13)…
A continuation of mainly above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall.

119 thoughts on “Sunday Forecast Update”

  4. Thanks TK! Looks like another day of watching people jump out of a plane. Skydive South Boston is right near us and they jump right over our house. I can actually hear them screaming.

    1. Sue how you liking the new place, have the boys been to John the barber I was there on Friday .

  5. Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quizzes.

    What do stratus clouds look like?
    A. Cotton balls
    B. Fathers
    C. Layers of sheets
    D. An anvil

    How long do lightening strikes usually last?

    A. 1 or 2 microseconds
    B. 2 to 3 seconds
    C. 1 to 2 minutes
    D. 2 to 3 milliseconds

    Answers later today. (I m not sure that AccuWeather got #2 right today.)

    2. I’ll say C for stratus cause I always tell grandson they look like a grey blanket

      No clue for #2 so will say B

    1. That’s a regular low. Some of the models have hinted at a weak feature being out there. Similar thing happened August 17-19.

      1. I was just Wondering. Where it developed this time of year,
        it easily “could” have been Sub-tropical or tropical.

        Thanks for the info.

    1. Although they all vary on exactly where, All models dissipate Fred somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. A genuine POOFORAMA! Most intense in the
      vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands.

      1. This was a situation that conditions were favorable for quick development right after the wave got off of Africa, but the conditions remain very poor for sustaining and development of any tropical systems as you head west. If this were a favorable year out there we’d have a monster developing… Not this time.

  11. I don’t doubt there are pockets of early color. This happens every August. What I am not seeing are some of the usual pockets of early color in my area. Nothing yet.

    1. Same thing here,,TK. They are the trees that are struggling for the most part. I looked at the Japanese maple in my yard I mentioned yesterday. There is a small branch with brilliant red leaves. It is an offshoot of a branch we cut so it didn’t interfere with the swingset. As such it is struggling to live.

  12. I don’t know how it feels Boston, points north and west, but it’s quite steamy down here, a decidedly notable change from the past 3 days.

    1. Indeed it is Tom. We are sitting on the back deck and my wife just went in because she was hot. Off to market than pool. Does marshfield start Tuesday as well Tom , good luck I hope it goes by fast for you.

  15. Today was the day we expected the humidity to come up, and it has. Dew points generally over 60 everywhere now. It’s humid, but not oppressive. I’m not sure we ever get dew points beyond or even up to 70 during the warm to hot stretch getting underway.

    1. If those dewpoints can stay no higher than 65 that would be fine with me. Of course I would ultimately prefer them 55 and under. 😀

  17. C and C for trivia.
    Just reading how the Maine based Farmers’ Almanac predicting another rough winter just like the New Hampshire based Old Farmers’ Almanac.
    We all know will get the opposite as is usually the case with the Almanac. If they happen to be right a lot of snow lovers here in New England will be very happy including myself. If they are right lucky guess.

    1. Who on BZ? That is the question.

      After Eric and Barry, there is a precipitous drop off in Talent, imho.

      1. I actually think they were showing a graphic from 1 or 2 days before, when perhaps it looked like it wouldn’t get as humid as quickly, but I still felt that the humidity would be back today even a few days ago. There was no N wind, no really dry air to the N, marginal air in place, and high slipping offshore with light SW wind. That’s an open door for humidity to increase.

    2. I’m not sure why they had them forecast to be that low today…
      Yesterday, yes. Today, over 60 easily and by early in the day. 64-68 tops.

  19. Noon Boston DP has dropped off to 61.

    I can take that. As Philip said, keep it under 65 and we’ll be ok.

    NO 70s pleeeeeeeeeze!!!!!

    1. Closing windows here now as she wants the a/c on which is fine with me. Sitting by pool and if hot next weekend will go back in, I don’t use it as much as you would think. I usually close it Labor Day week but will leave open as my wife and I have a very big night on 9/12 so will leave open for Joe and his aunt and cousins.

    2. Anytime the house get above 76 the A/C comes on regardless of humidity. Too uncomfortable in a small space for us.

      1. I think we would do the same but we have a ceiling fan in most rooms and they make a huge difference. The front of the house with the height of sun gets hot but mac and I are in the back.

      2. Was reading 80 the house temp ace.Not as hot as this morning as the clouds seem to be winning out.

  22. 2Pm 87 at Logan with dp 61

    I just walked to the store and back and about died of the heat.
    Thankfully, the humidity is not off the charts.

    Now I waited so long, I have to mow the lawn. So NOT wanting to do that!!!!

  23. 90 degree days at Logan so far = 9

    Average in a season = 14

    It appears that the month of September will have a lot to say.

    1. I don’t think Logan itself will hit 90 that many times in September. Let’s say 2 to 4 times. Lots of 80s though.

  24. Already seeing hype-fueled weather sites run by non-mets talking about how “interesting” Fred looks and it will make it to the US as a major hurricane etc. etc. blah blah blah. These people have a minor interest in weather and a major interest in attention-seeking. Go away and leave weather to the meteorologists and true enthusiasts who actually want to learn. Please.

  25. Certainly won’t make it to the US, but Fred is a pretty impressive and frankly unprecedented storm. First hurricane warning ever for the Cape Verde islands, it looks like it’ll become a hurricane tonight. But yeah, like you say TK, plenty of fear mongering “weather enthusiasts” out there who will hype anything up for attention.

    Move in day for me today, getting started on year two. It’s very nice outside here in Plymouth, NH, temperature just under 80 and dew point only around 60 🙂

    1. There were several systems in the 1990s that came off Africa spinning and were pretty much instantly tropical storms. I’m sure if today’s tech was around 20+ years ago the Cape Verde’s would have had several hurricane warnings before as well. Been watching these storms for a long time. 🙂

      Best of luck with year 2!

    1. Ah yes, a flashback to my days doing the tropical update for the newswire. A bunch of systems already had spin before they even left the coast. They essentially came off West Africa as a TD or TS.

      1. Going straight for the Cape Verde Islands. Not good as they aren’t too prepared for hurricanes as they usually develop more after they pass.

  27. I see the CMC is still doing whatever it can to hang onto making what was once Erika into a decent tropical off the US East Coast.

      1. Sorry Vicki, I didn’t watch the game. I’ve only watched a few
        innings all year long. I picked up this video on the red sox
        website, which I do check to watch the stats of the young
        players.

      1. I have not watched a redsox game in years, I take that back, we went to a game in June until the 3rd inning, and then we left and went to dinner, very blah sport IMO 🙂

        1. Also has hosted some of the best athletes in the world. But you have to be able to appreciate sports other than what specifically interests you to understand that. I can say the same for all sports as there is specific and very specialized talent for each.

  31. Answer to Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quizzes.

    What do stratus clouds look like?
    A. Cotton balls
    B. Feathers
    C. Layers of sheets
    D. An anvil

    How long do lightening strikes usually last?

    A. 1 or 2 microseconds
    B. 2 to 3 seconds
    C. 1 to 2 minutes
    D. 2 to 3 milliseconds

    The answers are C & A, though I personally believe the answer to the second question is not exactly right.

  33. I don’t get into baseball until after the All Star Break. I do think the baseball season is too long. I would like to see a 100 game season 50 against teams in your own league 50 against teams in the other league. Have baseball start in May where the weather is a little warmer in the northern areas and have baseball end around mid October before the weather gets too cool.
    This year games 5 6 7 of World Series will be played in November which to me is way too late for baseball to end.

    1. I would like to see it back to where two best teams feom each division play in World Series. This playoff thing for all sports drives me nuts

    2. I agree somewhat jj, I think they should end it earlier than mid October, they should be crowning a champion by the 1st week of October as the NFL is in full swing and they have already lost the casual fan. 🙂

    3. Go back to the 154 (pre 1961/62 expansion). Go back to playing at least one doubleheader a month (back to back or split admission). Doing that would shorten the season by 15-17 days. The season could end in mid September. Then you could do away with the dual wild card game and then cut down the first round of the playoffs to the best 2 out 3. League Championship series could then be just 3 out 5. Do that and the World Series would end sometime around Oct 15-18th. But like in any sport $$$ speaks. For instance most NFL teams charge full price for preseason games.

    1. 2014 Attendance… Of these I would say that St Louis, NY, SF, Boston and Detroit are true baseball cities. LA has high numbers but their fans (at least Dodger fans) traditionally arrive late and leave early at a game. Chicago used to be a good baseball town but not so much anymore. What is amazing (Charlie take note) is that 30 years ago those numbers were all about 25-30 % LOWER. In fact MLB attendance in 1984 was 44.7 mil (with 28 teams). 2001 attendance was 72.6 mil (with 32 teams) and 2014 attendance was 73.7 mil (32 teams). So MLB has had a dramatic jump in the past 30 years while slowing down recently but still growing.

      RK TEAM GMS TOTAL AVG
      1 LA Dodgers 81 3,782,337 46,695
      2 St. Louis 81 3,540,649 43,711
      3 NY Yankees 80 3,401,624 42,520
      4 San Fran 81 3,368,697 41,588
      5 LA Angels 81 3,095,935 38,221
      6 Boston 81 2,956,089 36,494
      7 Detroit 81 2,917,209 36,014
      8 Milwaukee 81 2,797,384 34,535
      9 Texas 81 2,718,733 33,564
      10 Colorado 81 2,680,329 33,090

        1. Agreed on some levels. Depends on the demographics. The Hispanic population follows baseball now more than ever. Also it’s becoming much more popular in colleges across the board. Also look at the interest in the Little League WS. The interest is still there but has dropped a little.

        2. Also I go to a lot of baseball games and I can tell you that there are more families and people under 30 in the stands now compared to the mid 60s when everyone looked like my grandfather and were smoking cigars and stinking up the park 🙂

        3. The increase in the last 30 years doesn’t support your theory. The younger generation 18-30 are spending more $$ Seniors can’t afford the prices today. Like I said in later post…if baseball is hurting it’s in TV ratings.

      2. Charlie is right in one way about baseball’s popularity in that the TV #numbers can’t compare to football’s. Part of that is the number of games played, part of it is that the game is a little too slow for TV and it’s played during the summer when most people want to be outside.

  36. I think all of the major sports have seasons that are too long and the champions are crowned way too late.

    There is no need to hand out a Stanley Cup in late June, an NBA title just before July 4, a World Series title while people are eating Halloween candy, and the Vince Lombardi trophy while people are preparing to dig out from a February snowstorm. Let’s get them all back about 1 month.

    2. Yep my point too. Except golf which mac keeps telling me is over for the season but he somehow finds a match to watch every weekend all year. Anyone want to take golf away…please feel free to take that up with me 😈 😆

      1. Yep…I hate the two week thing…too much hype. Also please don’t increase the schedule to 18 games. If they do that then 10 years from now it will be 2o games. The average ticket price in the NFL is something like $450. If they keep increasing the number of games they will start to price themselves out of having fans in the seats.

        1. I do hate how money rules everything, but then again if that doesn’t, what would rule, I wouldn’t want to know 🙂

  37. I think in baseball, hockey, and basketball all series should be best of 5 with the exception of the championship series which should be best of 7 which would end these seasons earlier.
    I do like the second wild card in baseball as it brings more teams into it.

      1. I guess so 🙂

        Got to see a rather reddish sun peaking up over the eastern horizon with the nearly full moon a little bit further above the western horizon.

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