Tuesday June 8 2021 Forecast (7:48AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (JUNE 8-12)

“The heat goes on” as the well-used phrase goes, and it does here for another two days, but we are beyond the hottest and entering the most humid part of the stretch. As mentioned on yesterday’s discussion, moisture associated with a well-traveled disturbance is arriving from the southwest and will bump up our dew point today while the temperature aloft drops just so slightly, and this will allow for pop up showers and thunderstorms to form this afternoon and linger until this evening. Not everywhere will see one of these, and there may be a few locations that get tagged by one or two of them, which can produce torrential downpours and of course some lightning, so be on the look-out if you have outdoor plans. And as a reminder, if you are outside or working in a hot environment, stay hydrated! It doesn’t take much to dehydrate in weather like this and sometimes you don’t even feel it coming on. Our mugginess will be hanging around into Wednesday but a cold front will coming along from the north late in the day and at night. We’ll see a few more showers and storms ahead of and along this front, though it doesn’t look like super-well-organized or widespread severe activity. Can’t really ever rule out a briefly stronger storm though in a few locations. Behind this front comes a dew point crash and a temperature decline for Thursday, which will feel very refreshing thanks to high pressure from Canada. One adjustment I am making to this forecast is taking the rain threat for later Friday that I had in yesterday’s update out of today’s update, as the trend is to keep any additional moisture to the south and a cooler maritime polar air mass in place late this week, including into the start of the weekend. One more reminder: Keeping an eye on the sky conditions for sunrise Thursday when we’ll have a partial solar eclipse ongoing, peaking about 5:30 a.m., less than a half hour after sunrise. If it is clear enough to view it, remember to use solar eclipse eye protection if you plan to view it.

TODAY: Partly sunny. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible mainly mid to afternoon to about sunset, with any of these possibly producing torrential downpours and quick localized street flooding. Highs 88-95 except cooler South Coast and Cape Cod. Very humid – dew point near 70. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, can be briefly variable and gusty around any showers/storms.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Areas of fog especially South Coast and interior lower elevations. Lows 68-75. Very humid – dew point near 70. Wind WSW under 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms midday and afternoon. Highs 85-92, cooler South Coast / Cape Cod. Very humid – dew point near 70. Wind WSW 5-15 MPH, a few higher gusts possible.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy evening, partly to mostly clear overnight. Patches of ground fog forming. Lows 60-67. Lowering humidity – dew point falling through 60s. Wind shifting to N 5-15 MPH then diminishing.

THURSDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 75-82, coolest eastern coastal areas through Cape Cod. Drier – dew point falling through 50s. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Clear inland, coastal clouds possible. Lows 51-58. Dry – dew point upper 40s. Wind NE to E up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 65-72, coolest coast. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 52-59. Wind E under 10 MPH.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 67-74, coolest coast. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 13-17)

Generally zonal (west to east) flow pattern expected. High pressure slides to the east of the region by June 13 with a warm-up. Approaching disturbance from the west may bring a rain shower later that day or at night. High pressure builds in with dry, seasonable weather for June 14 then a warm front may approach with a shower threat June 15 followed by a cold front with a shower/thunderstorm chance June 16. If that timing works out, high pressure would move in with dry weather at the end of the period behind the cold front.

DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 18-22)

Continuation of zonal flow pattern with variable temperatures not overly far from seasonal normals, and a couple chances for showers/t-storms with passing disturbances as we head toward the summer solstice (which occurs late at night on June 20).

88 thoughts on “Tuesday June 8 2021 Forecast (7:48AM)”

  2. Good morning and thank you TK.

    So Logan’s high yesterday was 96.
    What do you think the real high was? 94? 93?

    My equipment had a high of 97 which I think meant it was
    really 95, but then in peak sun perhaps mine is off by 3. But usually it has been 2.

    1. Lawrence and Bedford were 93F yesterday. Worcester was 89F.

      Nearly full sun, downwind a bit from Boston´s heat island, I like 94F. I could be open minded to 95F due to rounding up from 94.5F.

  4. Thank you, TK.

    Good advice; keep hydrated.

    I was so depleted 2 days ago towards the end of my run that I can’t remember the last mile or 2. Just a blank. Not good.

  6. 8:50 AM and here are some current temperatures

    Logan: 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Norwood: 93
    Bedford: 94
    Fitchburg: 93
    Orange: 93
    Manchester NH; 95
    Blue Hill: 91

    This is some serious heat for this time of day!!!!!!!!

    YIKES!!!!

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      PLEASE DISREGARD the above post.

      I had the MAX 24 hour temp display on instead of the current temp.

      Well anyway, still useful for what was reported yesterday
      for High temps.

      So sorry. My bad!!!!!

      2. I think this heat is FRYING my brain and it was pretty well
        cooked anyway. 🙂 🙂 🙂

  10. Logan, Norwood and Bedford dew points now up to 72.

    This is almost as bad as it gets around here. I did say almost as I have seen 75 dps before.

      1. I didn’t see Harvey last night but I did this morning with Kelly Ann.

        Hopefully that will help your wife tremendously, at least for awhile. Not often that forecast verifies this time of year.

  15. Interesting Worcester high was 89. We hit 92. I’d know Sutton center was higher. But I won’t guess at how high.

    DP here is 72. Only slightly higher than yesterday high of 69. Temp is a degree higher now than it was yesterday at this time.

    1. Don’t forget that the Worcester observations is taken
      at the Worcester Airport at an elevation of 1,000 feet.

      That makes a difference.

      1. I do know. It shows how topography and location makes a difference. It is why I thought it was interesting. I’m headed out soon and will find temp difference between here and Sutton center.

    1. Thank you SClarke. I did check before leaving. Sutton center is 39 feet higher than I am. What I do wrong consistently in summer is get my directions reversed. I have no clue why since I know the cEnter often has ice when I do not.

      Anyway. The center is 3 degrees below my house. It was an interesting ride. Temp dropped two more degrees on the heavy tree lined roads. I’m headed to my destination which may have a higher altitude. Then I can post miles and temps since Curiosity has the better of me now

        1. Exactly. And even cooler when you throw a pond in. No trees, pavement, etc (my neighborhood and …..)= a degree or two or three higher.

      2. That is 309 feet higher than My house. Was sitting in car and using my phone. Bad combination.

  19. We don’t know what the rest of summer will bring – and yes, I realize it’s still technically spring. But, just as cold and snow can be frontloaded in winter in, say, December, >90F summer heat can be frontloaded in June. I am NOT saying this will happen. But it’s certainly possible.

    1. I’m supportive of this, as long as we have another 40-50 days of temps in the 78 – 85F range. But, I’d be a bit disappointed if we saw a lot of mid 70s (summer 2000 or 2001), I don’t remember which. That was cool.

  20. The cell north of Springfield already has a flash flood warning, storms moving very slowly. With the available moisture, a slow moving cell could dump a lot of rain. Flood watch up to the west, good idea I believe.

  21. As Tom mentioned, we now have quite a bit of convective activity to the Weat and also near MA/ RI border.

    1. Oh boy. I’ll be glued to here. Thanks JPD. Cell is to my south but thunder is LOUD. can’t imagine what it sounds like right under it

  24. Parts of SNE under flash flood watch until 10pm tonight due to the fact these thunderstorms will be slow moving and could produce localized flooding.

  27. I walk 6 miles along the shore every morning. Today I started at 5:30 AM and by 7 AM, I was drenched in sweat!!

    Wa supposed to go mountain climbing, but put it off til at least Thursday.

      1. Thank you. I do also. Recently, I went through piles of old picture I found in a box. I was amazed how many were of clouds. Appears I has always been a passion

  32. Vicki, it seems the clouds you mentioned drifted over to the Boston area. I have to say I have not seen such beautiful, towering cumulus clouds in a long time. Spectacular.

    1. They really were striking. Even now on the other side of cell that just went through, they are amazing

  33. Lighting bolt struck the wire and no tv in the living room. Have to wait till Thursday for them to come look at the situation.

      1. I had the tv on and it just went out. I initially thought I lost power and looked around everything was working including my cable box. I have never had this happen with a thunderstorm.

  34. Tom, I think you’re referencing the summer of 2000 – lots of mid 70s. As I recall, August of 2001 featured a few very warm periods (especially in the middle of the month). July 2001 did have a few days in the 70s, but also some very sweaty days with a few major thunderstorms. September 2001 featured a lengthy period of after-summer – crystal clear at times, sunny and warm without humidity – but we couldn’t enjoy it, as our nation was hit on 9/11.

  35. Why do I get the distinct feeling that despite all of those
    radar echoes out there, that my area will be completely
    missed by them. Hope that is a false feeling.

    A cell developed just to the south of me and blew up in
    Boston Harbor. Figures.

  37. Torrential rain. Not as much wind. Daughter in Uxbridge said wind there had trees nearly bent in half. Some amazing claps I’d thunder and bright bolts lightning

  38. HRRR & NAM are having a really bad day forecasting this early activity.

    I’m chasing now… We’ll see how this goes.

    2. Actually managed 0.01 inch in the bucket. That’s it for now.
      We’ll see what else rolls in later, if anything.

  40. Round three May slip to my south. Lots of thunder with it though. Only 0.10 rain but temps dropped to 78. DP 73

  42. The standout errors this evening are Logan’s thermometer and Marshfield’s and Beverly’s dew point readings. All too high.

    Also,in the continuing saga of WBZ Radio with bad information, this morning we were informed that tomorrow morning there would be a partial solar eclipse visible at sunrise. Unfortunately, they were off by 24 hours.

    2. Underground electrical short was likely the cause of the melt – not so much the bolt itself. There is video of an electrical fire at the ground level there right after the strike. I don’t believe it was from fallen live wires, although that’s possible if they were removed before that photo was taken.

  44. Is there any way one can purchase special glasses to view Thursday’s partial eclipse safely?

    Also, when is peak time?

    1. You can get them as cheap as $1.99 on Amazon.

      Peak time is about 5:32 a.m. and it will be partial from when it rises just after 5 until just after 6.

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