Monday May 8 2023 Forecast (7:17AM)

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This week, we don’t have to contend with any slow moving upper level lows. It’s a pretty straightforward outlook without much opportunity for complication, so let’s go over it. Today, a disturbance departing the region first thing has some clouds over mainly southeastern areas but these will exit for a mainly sunny sky and pleasantly mild to warm temperatures. Tonight, a back door cold front moves into and across the region from northwest to southwest, but with only a few clouds and no rain whatsoever. This sets up a fair but cooler Tuesday and early Wednesday, but before Wednesday is over, we’ll already start to see a moderating trend beginning. High pressure slides offshore Thursday and Friday with a solid warm-up. Thursday features sun, but by Friday some more clouds enter the picture, along with the increased chance for showers (perhaps thunderstorms) – representing the one and only shot at precipitation during this week – as a cold front approaches from the west. A hint of higher humidity on Friday ahead of that front will give the day a bit of a summer-preview feel in comparison to the lower humidity days that precede it.

TODAY: Early clouds, then dominant sun. Highs 68-75. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.

TONIGHT: Clear evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Lows 41-48. Wind NW 5-15 MPH shifting to NE.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 58-65, coolest coast. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 39-46, coolest interior low elevations. Wind calm.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 62-69. Wind variable to W up to 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 48-55. Wind W up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 70-77. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 51-58. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY: Variably cloudy. Late-day or evening showers/thunderstorms possible. Highs 73-80. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 13-17)

Early call on the May 13-14 weekend looks great with high pressure in control, then an episode or two of unsettled weather early to middle of following week as some disturbances move through from west to east. Temperatures near to above normal for the period.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 18-22)

Overall pattern looks mainly dry during this period with variable temperatures, often dependent on wind direction.

39 thoughts on “Monday May 8 2023 Forecast (7:17AM)”

  2. Thanks TK !

    Knowing a cloudy, 45F, NE wind raw day or 3 is always possible going forward, looks like we may have switched from sprinter to spring. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Funny you bring that up because WBZ radio just did a story about how we are all tired of winter..

      That was kind of confusing. They equated last week’s weather, by description, to winter 2023 getting an extended stay.

      If they had actually thought about it, they would have realized that that weather is typical of springtime here in New England as is the warmer drier stuff that we saw over the weekend. They have trouble acknowledging the fact that the volatility of spring is the reality. Instead they try to make it one or the other. The cool and raw weather that we had has to be winter and the sunny warm weather that we had has to be spring.

      Incorrect. They are both spring.

      1. Some people just don’t get it. It’s been like this every Spring. Some have more of the cold while others have more of the warm, but they all have the variability.

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        I will agree its Spring, both by astronomical measures and by our averages recorded over time. Given our geographic location, New England is dominated thru early May by cold source regions.

        But, I think most people’s idea of Spring is 60s and 70s with sun and showery rains. We just don’t have that until May, usually waiting until those cold sources melt, thaw and moderate a bit.

        1. Yet we have seen upper 80s temperature in March!!!
          Crazy around these parts in the Spring!!!

      3. BZ media/radio/tv? Were Mets involved? Does anyone recall June 2011 and June 1982. Iโ€™m sure there are others but those two always stick in my mind.

        1. There were no mets involved. You could tell it was strictly a news department piece.

  3. Thanks TK.

    Hopefully the Motherโ€™s Day outlook holds up. Too many times their day usually ends up cool & damp aka the DANK TANK! ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Good morning and thank you TK.
    Made it to 78 here yesterday. nice.
    57 for overnight low, now 60.

  5. ะดัะบัƒัŽ, ะขะš [Clue: Zelensky].

    And with that weโ€™ve come to the last major European language. There are more languages in Europe, including Gaelic, Frisian, Luxembourgish, and others. Also, there are hundreds of dialects and thousands of local accents. What fascinated me so much about Europe were the differences in languages, customs, and peopleโ€™s appearances, in a relatively small area. From Amsterdam, if you go 200 miles west, south, east, and north youโ€™ll encounter totally different languages and cultures.

    In terms of weather, on the other hand, there isnโ€™t as much variation if you travel 200 miles west, south, east, and north from Amsterdam. Well, at least not as much variation as we have on our continent.

  8. Thank you TK

    Lovely morning. Windows wide open already. Hummer sat the deck feeder regularly now. I did have one at my family room window feeder yesterday. Once he gets used to seeing me sitting by the window I will see him more.

  9. Slow rise up to 68 here. Should reach 70, but not nearly as
    high as the 78 recorded here yesterday. ๐Ÿ™‚

  10. Vacation was great, but yesterday wasn’t – just one issue after another between my phone getting destroyed (I should have it back early this afternoon), it taking MUCH longer than it usually does to disembark the ship, and then numerous issues with Amtrak getting home. However, I did finally get all my pictures up this morning. If you’re interested, here’s the link:

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/hiv6SyGEdEahoGB29

    I already have 2 more cruises booked, both in 2024. In May, my better half and I are doing a Hawaii cruise, then in September, my best friend and I are doing an Atlantic Canada cruise from Boston. He’s never been on a cruise. I did a Canada one before, but this one is almost completely different from the one I was on several years ago. This one goes from Boston – Halifax – Cape Breton Island – Prince Edward Island – Corner Brook, Newfoundland – Boston. I’ve only been to Halifax, and I have wanted to get back there for a while.

  11. https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=sfct-met&rh=2023050812&fh=129&r=na&dpdt=&mc=

    Western Canada has gotten off to a really warm/hot start.

    Keeping an eye on this for persistence.

    2 possible impacts if its continues:

    1) Encourage a ridge more often well to our west and possibly a downstream trof further east

    or

    2) help to cook up an early Summer season southern Canada/Northern Plains hot airmass, a piece of which would be capable of breaking off to give us one of these very, very hot WNW downslope flow days in New England, perhaps earlier than during the more traditional July to mid August timeframe.

    1. red sunset potential tonight, perhaps CT, W Mass.

      Maybe some of that stuff gets to eastern areas by then ?????????

  13. SAK, thanks for sharing the photos from Bermuda.

    Your fall cruise to the Maritimes sounds interesting.

    I’m sorry to hear about your phone and Amtrak woes.

  17. Stupid NW Canadian wildfires ruining our otherwise blue skies. ๐Ÿ™

    90% of wildfires are caused by humans!

    1. The color of the sky did not take away from how nice it was today. I had a wonderful walk in the woods with my son. Temps in the lower 70s, dew point in the upper 30s, nice breeze. It was the same whether the sky was cobalt blue or smoke screened. This is also giving me a great sunset time lapse as we speak.

      Also, that is a deceiving statistic. Lightning-caused wildfires burn NINE times as much acreage as human-caused fires. So our impact is less than the natural one, by far.

  18. Today was a stunningly beautiful spring day, as was yesterday and the day before.

    Just finished a 15 mile bike trek. Well, I finished it an hour ago.

    1. It is thickest just to the N, visible as such from here. But the plume will still generally stay over the region today and exit tonight.

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