Thursday May 1 2025 Forecast (6:50AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MAY 1-5)

We’ll witness the evolution of a blocking pattern over the first 5 days of May. For our weather, it means a fair amount of spring variety upcoming. Today, we start the month with a pleasant day – a sun/cloud mix, not much wind but a coastal sea breeze, and dry weather. Clouds increase tonight and a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm can visit ahead of a warm front. This front will push through, making our Friday warmer and more humid, with a chance of an additional shower or thunderstorm late in the day. A cold front will get close but initially won’t make it through here Friday night and Saturday, so we stay on the warm side of it, but with the opportunity for additional showers. The front should then be helped through with stronger high pressure in eastern Canada as we get to Sunday, making that a much cooler and still unsettled day as the shower threat lingers. Low pressure evolves south of our area Sunday and Monday, and while Monday looks like a cool day too (at day 5), the question is do we dry out with high pressure to the north being stronger, or see more wet weather with a weaker high and the ability of low pressure to the south to be closer? That question will be answered over the next few days…

TODAY: Sun/cloud mix. Highs 67-74 except cooler in most coastal areas. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.

TONIGHT: Becoming mostly cloudy. A few showers and a slight chance of a thunderstorm overnight. Lows 53-60. Wind SE to S up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. A shower or thunderstorm possible first thing in the morning favoring eastern areas, and later in the day favoring western areas. Highs 72-79 except cooler along the South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. A shower possible early. Lows 55-62. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Highs 68-75, cooler South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows 50-57. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs 58-65. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT / MONDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain, favoring southern areas. Lows 48-55. Highs 55-62. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 6-10)

Uncertainty remains, but what is likely is the blocking pattern continues. Leaning wetter early, then a drying trend, with temperatures near to below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 11-15)

Expecting a blocking pattern to be dominant heading into mid May. Day-to-day details can’t be determined this far in advance, but our overall trend looks cooler and still somewhat unsettled.

42 thoughts on “Thursday May 1 2025 Forecast (6:50AM)”

  1. Good morning and thank TK.

    46 earlier, now 47.

    We’ll see how potent the sea breeze will be here. Will my area make a run at 70 or be thwarted by the sea breeze? Time will tell.

  6. 59 here, but it was up to 61 not too long ago. Looks like the sea breeze has arrived. But with a SE wind, I would expect the
    temperature to still climb. I am waiting. 🙂

  10. Now 56 here. hmmm Seems a bit low to me!
    This is MORE than a typical sea breeze. Pretty decent breeze out there. 🙂

    1. Only 51 at the airport!()!@*#(*!@()*#()!*@)#(*!)(@#*)(!@*#)(

      Wind ESE to SE.

      GIMMIE A BREAK!@)(*#()*!@)(#*)(!@*#)(*!@)(*#)(!@*#)(*!@)(#*)(!@*#)(*!@)(#*)!(@#*)(!@*#)(*!@)(#*)(!@*#)(!@*

    1. SPRING!!!! Gotta love it! NOT! NOT!!! NOT!!!! NOT!!!|\|

      Why not add some SNOW in there while we’re at it 🙂 🙂

  13. Thanks TK.

    Chilly for sure, sitting at 57.9 currently. Lovely weekend coming up for outdoor activities 🙂 ughh

  14. Thank you, TK.

    Just got back from warm and sunny London to a cool and sunny Boston.

    Dismayed by the fact that the Trump administration this week dismissed ALL the scientists and other authors working on the next (updated) investigation on how climate change is affecting the United States.

    While I’m in favor of robust discussions on the pros and cons of different policies that can be aimed at addressing climate change, I think it’s folly to ignore its existence. The decision to do so is by Trump is political. No doubt there is also politicization on the other side. But how are we going to ever escape the perennial problem of polarization in this country on SO many issues when we play a game of “I’m right and you’re wrong” on both sides of the aisle? Frankly, my position is that I can never be sure that I’m right on pretty much any contentious issue. Nor can the person who I may disagree with.

    There should be room for a constructive consensus view that includes a variety of scientists and perspectives.

    Whatever comes of this administration, I hope that in future, post-Trump, we curb the powers of the executive branch considerably, particularly around executive orders (used way too often by Trump, but also Democratic presidents).

    We need government expertise made up of civil servants who can’t be fired on a whim or due to politics. Call it a deep state. Fine. I want a deep state; a constant presence of experts dedicated to things like public health and science, immune to partisan politics.

    Throughout my career, my very best and most constructive interactions have been with federal government employees, folks who could have opted for more lucrative private sector positions but decided against it because they wanted to work for the common good.

  16. Allergies have been rough last several days. It is hard to spend any extended time outdoors without having an outbreak. This is probably the earliest I’ve had them. Usually they start second week of may. Looking forward to the upcoming rain!

    1. Sorry to hear. I used to suffer from rag weed and golden rod later in the Summer.

      Now, believe it or not, I am not bother by any of that stuff.
      Instead I can’t get near a cat or my eyes itch like crazy!!!!
      And I like cats. I like dogs as well, but they don’t bother me.

      Life, tis a cray thing.

      1. What is your secret?! Cat and rag weed allergens get to me too. The rag weed is not as bad and doesn’t last as long as it does with spring pollen.

  17. Logan 54 with wind at 110 degrees, 14 knots.

    That’s just a little South of due East. A chilly wind for sure.

    Ocean temperature: 48.4 (Boston Buoy)

  18. My first hummingbird of the season just stopped at my window feeder. It’s a bit like Christmas for me when they return.

      1. Love it. I have a window feeder in my livingroom and one on my deck. Mine will either hover in my livingroom window staring at me or buzz me on the deck when the nectar gets low. They are fascinating little creature

  20. Based on what I’ve seen today, I have to lean with “less” over “more” regarding rainfall in the days ahead.

    1. Thank you. Our bodies of water and wet areas are definitely looking fuller

  23. Logan’s wind came around to SW at 6:20 pm and it hit 61F at that point, it’s high for the day.

  25. Thunder. And lots of lightning. It’s an odd thunder. More rolling than sharp booms.

  26. Every day there seems to be a new assault on (basic) science and those who carry it out. Yesterday’s turn was the National Science Foundation no longer awarding new grants and suspending funding for existing ones. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2

    I know dozens of NSF grant recipients. They’re extremely hard to get. I applied many times, to no avail. The people who do receive the awards work extraordinarily hard for meager pay because they’re dedicated to science and the public good. Their work can form the building blocks for new discoveries but also reveal important information about our health.

    And just now I’m hearing the NIH subawards to foreign recipients are being suspended until at least September 30th. Given that I’ve worked on research funded using the subaward mechanism, I’m very aware of how it works. When there’s a key component in you research project that you simply don’t have the expertise to do you outsource it, sometimes to foreign recipients, the majority of which are university researchers in Western Europe.

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