7:56AM
DAYS 1-5 (JULY 6-10)
Typical summertime pattern for New England. Heat and humidity today, add an approaching cold front and create a threat of thunderstorms, some of which could be strong. Will be monitoring radar through the day. Threat diminishes northwest to southeast as the front passes this evening. The front will still be close enough for early clouds and a South Coast shower threat Sunday but the trend will be to clear as we will then have an air mass much cooler and drier than the one we’re in now. High pressure brings great summer weather Monday to Wednesday, starting out pleasantly warm and dry then turning a little hotter but only slightly more humid toward midweek.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Partly sunny. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms after 3PM west and north of Boston, mostly after 5PM to the south. Humid. Highs 81-88 Cape Cod and immediate South Coast, 88-95 elsewhere. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms with the threat diminishing from northwest to southeast. Any storms may be strong. Patchy fog overnight. Humid. Lows 66-73. Wind variable 5-15 MPH, higher gusts near storms, shifting to N.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny morning with a risk of a shower South Coast. Clearing midday-afternoon. Less humid. Highs 75-82. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH with higher gusts.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 55-62. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY: Sunny. Highs 77-84. Wind light variable with coastal sea breezes.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 56-63. Wind light variable.
TUESDAY: Sunny. Highs 82-89, cooler Cape Cod. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 58-65. Wind light W.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. Highs 85-92, cooler Cape Cod. Wind WSW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (JULY 11-15)
Overall west to east jet stream pattern. More humid with a risk of mainly afternoon showers/thunderstorms July 11 with an approaching cold front. Less humid with a risk of afternoon showers/thunderstorms July 12 with a secondary trough moving through. High pressure likely brings fair weather for July 13-14 before an approaching warm front brings cloudiness and a risk of showers back to the region to end the period.
DAYS 11-15 (JULY 16-20)
No significant changes to the generally west to east flow, typical summer pattern. Shower and thunderstorm threats early and again later in the period with otherwise mainly dry weather.