Friday December 1 2023 Forecast (7:32AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 1-5)

We’re going to see an unsettled pattern open the month of December. Despite that, we start today with sun before clouds roll in ahead of a warm front and a weak low pressure wave. This gives us a shot of light rainfall in the region from around sunset to around midnight, and the frontal boundary lifts northward and then hangs there for several hours Saturday. As a result, we have a milder couple days to start the final month of 2023. Some sunshine may even return to at least areas from the South Coast to the I-90 belt for a while Saturday – a more optimistic forecast than I had on my last update. And it also looks like a rain-free day other than the chance of a brief rain shower passing through north central MA and southwestern NH. The frontal boundary will begin to slip back to the south later Saturday, and by Sunday, it’ll sit just to our south again, and we’ll be back in chilly air under a heavier overcast. A low pressure wave with more moisture will then approach and rain will overspread the region from southwest to northeast during Sunday afternoon and especially Sunday night. There may be just enough cold in place for this to begin as a little bit of frozen/mixed precipitation in the higher terrain of southwestern NH and north central MA, but it will fall mainly as rain, before tapering off early Monday, maybe again as a little mix or wet snow in the aforementioned locations. In general, Monday’s’ weather trend will be for drying, with an increasing breeze and chilly air as clouds start to break. Expect dry weather other than a slight chance of a passing snow flurry, and a chilly breeze on Tuesday, as we’ll be in a northerly air flow between low pressure to the east and high pressure to the west of our region.

TODAY: Sun gives way to clouds. Light rain west of Metro Boston late-day. Highs 46-53. Wind S 5-15 MPH.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Light rain evening. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 38-45. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY: Areas of fog early. Cloud/sun mix with most sun I-90 south until midday, then clouds dominant later. A possible brief rain shower north central MA to southwestern NH. Highs 48-55. Wind W up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Lows 35-42. Wind N up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: Cloudy. Rain becomes more likely from southwest to northeast during the course of the day, but may start as a frozen mix in higher elevations of southwestern NH and north central MA. Highs 42-49. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain likely. Areas of fog. Lows 35-42. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Cloudy start with rain ending, possibly as a frozen mix in higher elevations of southwestern NH and north central MA. Highs 40-47 by midday, cooling into the 30s during the afternoon. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 23-30. Wind N 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.

TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. A passing snow flurry possible. Highs 33-40. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 6-10)

Chilly northerly air flow but dry weather December 6. A small and fast-moving low may bring brief precipitation episodes late December 7 to early December 8 with generally dry weather to follow. Temperatures variable during mid to late period but averaging close to normal.

DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 11-15)

A fairly quick-moving west to east flow pattern is anticipated at mid month. Active in terms of having a couple of passing low pressure systems but no major storms are indicated, nor are major temperatures swings with near to slightly above normal temperatures despite some variability.

45 thoughts on “Friday December 1 2023 Forecast (7:32AM)”

  2. Good morning hopeful the no storms for the 15th as I’m going back up to Mass then. Also my Mom just had her last chemo session yesterday and now she won’t need to go in until January when they will take some images and determine if they need to do a radiation treatment. All very good news

  9. Thanks, TK.

    Husband and me have not been feeling well for some time. Husband has wound that won’t heal amongst other things and I have stomach issues and other health issues. We did manage to put up Christmas decorations, tree, wreath and pretty different colored lights around windows. Hope that lifts our spirits. And listening to Christmas music will hopefully lift our spirits. I also lost a friend from high school recently. Didn’t help me feel better. As a lot of us (most of us, I think) could use some snow to cheer us up. Great news, Matt about your mother.

    4. Rainshine, I’m so sad to hear your news. It sure has been a long time. Far too long. I hope decorations and carols can cheer you some and that you feel 100% soon. . I’m Sending prayers and love. ❤️

    1. I heard that song on the way home from work. It’s the opening track no my JT Christmas playlist on Spotify.

  11. So happy to hear about your Mom, Matt!

    Prayers, Rainshine, for better health, peace and joy. 🙂

  12. Not exactly a meteorological question—but perhaps meteorologically adjacent….I have way more pinecones in my yard than a typical fall. It’s quite noticeable. Any connection to the past weather or an indicator of the future? (Perhaps maybe lots of snow…)

    1. Nature (animals, plants), despite what some say, cannot predict the future. As an agricultural meteorologist I can assure you that the abundance of pinecones (and seeds on deciduous trees) this season is actually a product of last year’s drought. Low rainfall triggers higher seed production, which was “determined” before we had the wet summer.

      Wasps, woolybears, etc. None of them tell you anything about the coming winter.

      1. But I’m convinced that the conifers near hiking paths are smart enough to hang on to their cones until a hiker nears. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard them snickering to each other.

          1. Trees don’t predict weather. They do reflect climate change. Plants are quite confused this year too

            Animals can react to changes. Shedding and growing a winter coat are examples. And not weather, but I’ve seen horses react to earthquakes before instruments show them. And they react to pressure changes. But that one isn’t unusual in humans either

  13. Thank you for sharing your good news Matt!
    Have a safe trip when you come back up this way!

      1. What a game. The two brothers are impressive. The whole team is. I’m so glad Tom mentioned these games yesterday. I am really enjoying

        1. It sure was! I can see some of the next game but will miss most of the 2nd half and the first half of the 3rd game as Nate & I have to go to the rehearsal for his chorus concert tonight. We livestream this and we have to set up a trial run before he goes down to sing with the group, and I sit in the “media zone” to make sure everything stays running correctly.

    1. I saw the Cars at the Montreal Forum in 1980. The show was amazing, even though is seemed that Ric Ocasek was just not comfortable playing to such a huge audience. But, that didn’t really matter!

      I also remember that two of the people we went with wanted to leave before the encore to beat the crowd – who does that?!?!

  16. Don’t think I’ve seen a post by Philip since November 8th. Maybe he’s posted since, but I don’t think so. Then, he described “tough decisions that have to be made” and that the “things going on in his life” were “anything but good.” I’m quite concerned.

      1. I pray he knows we are a whw family and in good and not as good, agreement or not agreement, we support each other.

  18. Touches of snow across the low countries. My ex-wife sent me pictures of a Dutch landscape covered in a thin layer of snow and frost. Sun was out, which they haven’t had much of for the past 2 months.

    Denmark was hit hard by a snowstorm (up to 10 inches of snow, which is a lot for them), the same one that brushed parts of England and Holland. This was that area of low pressure that traversed the North Sea from northwest to southeast. Not the usual trajectory of storms. But in winter it can happen.

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