Saturday Forecast

1:21PM

DAYS 1-5 (JULY 29-AUGUST 2)
As we go through the last few days of July 2017, a pattern that has been fairly persistent will be on its last legs. But change does not come soon enough to save us from a weekend of below average temperatures, which may be great news to many people that don’t appreciate heat, and not so great news to others who were looking forward to some hot summer weather for the beach and pool time. This is the way of it. The fact remains, the weather is the weather, and no amount of wishing or superstitious behavior will alter what is to take place. However, all is not lost, because half of the weekend will be quite nice, when you consider the consensus of opinion, and that will be Sunday, which will feature more sun and less wind but still dry air. Today is a cloudier, cooler, and breezier day in response to a wave of low pressure moving out south of New England. As it departs, high pressure builds in for Sunday and Monday and July ends quite nicely. Pattern transition will be underway as August begins, starting with an increase in humidity and warm weather Tuesday and Wednesday…
THIS AFTERNOON: Clouds thickest over southeastern MA, RI, and eastern CT where spotty light showers are possible, and even a period of rain over Nantucket and possibly Martha’s Vineyard. Thinner clouds to the northwest. Slow clearing trend starting later in the day. Highs 65-70 immediate coast, 70-75 elsewhere. Wind NE 5-15 MPH except 15-25 MPH along the South Coast, shifting more to the N late.
TONIGHT: Clearing. Patchy fog in low-lying areas. Lows 48-53 interior areas, coolest over valleys/swamps/bogs, 53-58 coast. Wind light N.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 72-77 coast, 77-82 interior. Wind NE to N 5-15 MPH becoming variable.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 52-57 interior, 57-62 coast/urban areas. Wind light variable.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 77-82 coast, 82-87 interior. Wind light S with sea breezes.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Lows from the upper 50s to middle 60s. Highs in the 80s.
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Humid. Lows in the 60s. Highs in the 80s.

DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 3-7)
A pattern of high pressure off the East Coast and a trough of low pressure centered around the Great Lakes will result in humid weather with occasional opportunities for showers and thunderstorms during this period.

DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 8-12)
Similar pattern but stronger high pressure and weaker trough means warmer to hotter and more isolated shower/thunderstorm activity during this period.

27 thoughts on “Saturday Forecast”

    1. Very cool….perhaps literally 🙂 🙂

      When I said we’d had those temps fishing in Maine, we were at Parmacheene lake along the Canadian border but the western part of Maine. Estcourt is wayyyy up there.

  1. I’m going to be at Hampton 3 times next week, 2 daytimes and 1 evening. Looks like fabulous weather there pretty much all week but the t-storm threat will gradually increase with time.

  2. Thanks TK. With a robust Great Lakes trough and warmer air out ahead of it here, the latter half of next week will probably be quite active for showers and storms, especially for western New England and New York. Not sure about severe potential, localized heavy rain may be the biggest threat, but some strong storms could be possible as well. A few tranquil days to start with early this week though.

  3. Down here at Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota air temp 90° DP 75° heat index 100° Gulf temp 88° hopefully this pattern will follow me back to RI on Thursday. With this pattern setup hopefully nothing will get us from the south.

  4. Thanks TK.

    Not so bad out there today. Very comfortable, imho. 😀
    Of course if one is looking for a beach day, then not so much.

    1. If today’s synoptic set-up was 2 months ago though, you’d have been in SUPER SUCKTASTIC #!@$!%@%! WEATHER mode. 😉

      1. FOR SURE, because it would have been in the 50s or perhaps
        40s. 😀

        It got to 76 here today. I was watering the shrubs and I was damn hot.

  5. Absolutely perfect summer day. Windows wide open. Air moving through house. My favorite in a very long list of favorites

    1. I agree with that statement. I would take this all summer long. Another great summer day tomorrow.

  6. Very cloudy, rainy with winds probably around 25 to 30 here at the field station, waves look to be around 2 feet

  7. CCC last night. Probably bottomed out in the mid-upper 40s, wonderful.

    Yesterday actually was fairly sunny and in the mid-upper 70s up here in mid-coast Maine. Only high thin cirrus from time to time crossed the southern sky.

    Not a cloud this morning.

  8. On the ferry to Block Island right now. Absolutely gorgeous day! Not a cloud in the sky and temps in the low 70’s.

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