DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 3-7)
We will be impacted today and tonight by a warm front / cold front combo parented by low pressure passing to our north. This low is part of the same large scale system giving a severe weather outbreak to portions of the South and Southeast to southern Midwest as well as some major flooding. We see a much less potent version of its weather with showers and a few thunderstorms around at times today and tonight. This comes along with a shot of much milder air after yesterday’s chill. And as the cold front sags and slows just south of our region through Friday, it will remain mild. The idea is still the same for lingering clouds and some showers favoring the South Coast for a part of Friday, but a clearing trend will develop as the day goes on, and it will be a mild day – pretty much the easy pick of this week – and as previously mentioned, nice for the Red Sox home opener, especially compared to how it can be this time of year. Enjoy Friday, baseball game or not, because more unsettled weather is ours for the coming weekend into Monday with a low pressure area tracking to our north and sending its frontal boundaries our way. A warm front approaches Saturday with a wet afternoon and evening. Sunday may be similar to today – briefly into the warm sector and showery, and while cooler air returns some showers can linger into Monday.
TODAY: Cloudy through midday with areas of fog and drizzle – rain showers most likely mid morning through midday with a slight chance of thunder. Mostly cloudy mid afternoon on with breaks of sun possible. Highs 50-57 South Coast, 58-65 elsewhere. Wind variable under 10 MPH becoming SW and increasing to 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Patchy fog in lower elevation locations. A passing shower or thunderstorm possible during the mid to late evening. Lows 47-54. Wind W diminishing to under 10 MPH.
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy in the morning with a chance of rain showers south of I-90. Clouds thin for more sun northwest to southeast in the afternoon. Highs 55-62 Cape Cod and other water-modified areas, 63-70 elsewhere. Wind W to NW 5-15 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear evening. Increasing cloudiness overnight. Lows 36-43. Wind NW to N up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY: Thickening overcast. Rain arrives west to east midday on, may start as sleet southern NH. Highs 43-50. Wind N shifting to E up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of rain. Areas of fog. Temperatures steady in 40s. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers most likely in the morning including patchy fog. An additional rain shower possible during the afternoon. Highs 58-65 except cooler South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Chance of a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Lows 50-57. Wind SW to variable 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. A possible rain shower. Temperatures steady in the 50s. Wind variable to NW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 8-12)
Dry early in the period. Unsettled weather mid to late period. Temperatures below normal.
DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 12-16)
Additional unsettled weather most likely mid to late period once again. Temperatures variable – a brief warmer interlude possible in overall cool pattern.