Wednesday April 17 2024 Forecast (6:50AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 17-21)

High pressure has enough influence today to give us another fairly nice day. It’ll stay dry though we will see an increase in high cloudiness with time, so that by sunset the western sky should be rather grey with the sun blotted out. We’ll be a touch cooler than yesterday with a wind flow becoming more easterly with time, but not strong. Still, this means the most noticeable chill in the air will occur along the coast, especially east-facing shorelines. Spring in New England! Low pressure moving our way is going to be thwarted by a block in the atmosphere, which in our region is a stubborn ridge of high pressure and drier air. Low pressure tracks into the Great Lakes on Thursday and its warm front to our south will see a new low form on it, but with the dry air in place, the moisture from these lows and frontal system will struggle to move in, with just some possible light rain at times during Thursday, especially west and south of Boston, before the system loses the battle and gets pushed off to the south. I’m still liking the idea of a stronger high pressure bubble giving us a nicer day Friday, but whether we see real clearing or keep lots of clouds is going to depend on its position and resultant air flow over our region. Either way, a cold front will finally swing eastward and through the region as the block weakens by early Saturday. Most of the rain showers with this system will occur before dawn Saturday, and during the day we will see some additional clouds and possibly a passing shower with a secondary trough, leading to dry weather on Sunday.

TODAY: Increasing clouds. Highs 56-63, coolest coast. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Lows 47-54. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Cloudy. Chance of light rain favoring Boston area west and south. Highs 50-57, coolest coast. Wind E up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Clouds thin out. Lows 41-48. Wind variable under 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Sun/cloud mix. Highs 54-61 coast, 61-68 inland. Wind SE-S up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. Lows 47-54. Wind S-SW 10-20 MPH.

SATURDAY: Sun/cloud mix. An additional passing rain shower possible. Highs 58-65. Wind W-NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 42-49. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 55-62. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 22-26)

April 22-24 is a period of time vulnerable to low pressure from the south while cool high pressure sits to our north. Leaning toward the middle of next week (April 24) for greatest wet weather threat. Fair, cool weather to follow this, which may include quite a bit of wind for a while.

DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 27 – MAY 1)

Overall pattern looks fairly dry but may have upper low pressure around with rain and even mix/snow showers in higher elevations to start the period. A moderating trend should follow this.

42 thoughts on “Wednesday April 17 2024 Forecast (6:50AM)”

  6. While I like the NHL playoffs, they’re endless. And they make the regular season rather meaningless. I find this pattern across U.S. sports. I get it. It’s a revenue grab to have more playoffs. And playoffs can be entertaining . But I’m not a fan of making the regular season so relatively devoid of importance. Halving the number of playoff teams/games would be fine with me across all sports. Will it happen? No.

      2. Pretty chilly along the coast today as expected.
        ONLY 48 at the airport. NOT much better here as we sit
        at 51. I highly doubt we see 60 here. We’ll see what happens
        as the sun gets higher in the sky and how strong the East to NE wind becomes.

    2. I sure agree. I don’t know if NHL does the same, but I have never been a fan of any teams other than top two in playoffs. One series of seven and done. And I especially dislike the wild card.

  8. Another spectacular day. I’m defrosting the steak I had in freezer for tonight. Our low was 39 overnight.

    Second cataract surgery was for today but was postponed. I have something called dysphotopsia in the eye that was done. Nothing big. Just a bright halo around the eye when only a few lights are on It should go away within six months

        1. creeped up to 54. 🙂

          Boston Buoy has not been reporting water temp for days, however, Stellwagen is coming in at 45.3 for an Ocean Temp. Brrr…

      1. Not if we have upper level low pressure over us. I’m not looking at a “snowstorm” or a “sleet storm” necessarily. What I see out that way somewhere is a cold upper low that can be good for some showers that include frozen stuff (wet snow, graupel, hail). Not really that unusual even for later April.

        In other words, despite that GFS snowstorm run, I’m not looking for a repeat of 4/28-4/29 1987. 🙂

  15. Dropped back to 54.7 here. That ocean is CHILLY!!!

    Back down to 48 at Logan Airport. At least we’re a little better here. 🙂

  20. Thanks TK !

    We’ve started back, are currently well east of Cape Hatteras.

    So far, ocean is calmer than on the way down. We probably had 12-15 ft swells on the way down, I’d guess 2-4 ft so far on the way back.

    I have learned that I really like cruises. So much to do.

    We were graced by 3 beautiful days, Sunday – Tuesday, in Bermuda. Loads of sun and mild to warm daytime temps.

    3. Tom that’s the only cruise I’ve been on & we went twice , had a good time & yes plenty to do on the ship . Fun on the way there , fun in Bermuda & fun on the way back , so glad you are having a good time . Do they still have the restaurant where they bring out the beef & pork non stop .

  21. A 9-inning MLB game that took under 2 hours (1:49) to play. That was tonight’s Sox game.

    1. Thanks TK. Back home from the services and they were wonderful. Heaven truly gained an angel. She was such a kind, caring human.

      Btw saw the comments I think yesterday about sports playoffs, I am of the opposite side of things. I love the extra playoffs, more entertainment bc that’s what this is.

      I love what the NBA did with the play-in games. Made the end of the season fun and exciting. I love 7 game series and I grew up abroad so have things from both ends. I love the EPL bc it’s great but they have of playoffs, Champions league, FA Cup, Carabas Cup, UEFA cup etc.

    2. Incredible for under 2 hours. Love going to baseball games, but get bored stiff watching on TV. Though it sucks that we can only get NESN through the app. We have YouTube TV and they don’t offer NESN, so if I want them I have to pay huge amounts.

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