DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 26-30)

A warm front goes by the region this morning and rain comes to an end. While lots of clouds linger today, we’ll see intervals of sun and a nice push of mild air making it feel more like late April or May. However, a southwesterly wind, as you know, is a cooling ocean breeze if you’re along the South Coast and into southeastern MA, so the air there will not be quite as warm as it is off to the north and west. Tonight, a strong cold front ambles its way southeastward across our region, bringing a band of rainfall. During Friday, this front moves offshore and we have a shifted wind, a drying trend, stubborn cloudiness at first then then gives way to some sun, and a high temperature early in the day followed by a decline. Our weekend will feature below normal temperatures with a colder Canadian air mass in place. Saturday’s weather will feature a lot of clouds, intervals of sun, a gusty wind, and maybe even a few snow flurries as a pool of very cold air aloft crosses the region. Sunday will be dry with less wind and more sun initially, but clouds increase again from the west as milder air begins to move back in this direction, at first aloft, triggering the increase in high and mid level cloudiness. Monday’s weather depends on the ability of a warm front to get through the region fully. I’m leaning milder with varying amounts of cloudiness at this time.

TODAY: Cloudy start with rain ending west to east. Partial sun midday on then mainly cloudy by evening. Highs 60-67 except 53-60 South Coast to MA South Shore except 46-53 Cape Cod / Islands. Wind SW increasing to 10-20 MPH, gusts to 30 MPH.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Rain showers arrive. Lows 45-52. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH.

FRIDAY: Cloudy with periodic rain showers in the morning, tapering off midday. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny afternoon with greatest chance for more sun northwest of Boston. Highs 48-55 early, then falling through the 40s. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, gusts around 20 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. A brief snow shower possible. Lows 26-33. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, gusts around 20 MPH.

SATURDAY: Lots of clouds / intervals of sun. A possible snow flurry. Highs 36-43. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 22-29. Wind NW to W 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Sunshine gives way to more clouds. Highs 43-50. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 35-42 evening, but may rise slightly overnight. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Variably cloudy. A rain shower possible. Highs 52-59, cooler South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 31 – APRIL 4)

Front in vicinity with a rain shower chance for the final day of March and first day of April. Temperature may start mild then turn colder. Leaning chilly and unsettled April 2-4 with high pressure in eastern Canada and a boundary between cold air and mild air sitting just to our south with at least one low pressure wave moving along it. A lot of detail to work out for this time period but the initial idea is below normal temperatures, not much sun, and some precipitation probable.

DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 5-9)

The “battle-zone” pattern is likely to still be ongoing. Hard to say which side of it we end up on, but likely a combo of both resulting in some notable swings in temperature and some unsettled weather as well.