DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 25-29)
The large scale weather pattern continues to feature blocking – Greenland high pressure and Atlantic Canada and adjacent waters low pressure. Low pressure from the west runs into this road block and is forced southeastward before joining the circulation during the course of the weekend and Monday. What this means for our region is that the sunniest part of the weekend will be this morning before clouds increase. Clouds will dominate after that but rain should be limited to mostly the South Coast region Sunday, maybe lingering on Cape Cod Monday as clouds hang around across much of the region with some potential partial clearing. By Tuesday, a narrow area of high pressure is expected to bring fair weather, but a reconfiguring of the blocking pattern brings the potential for a return to unsettled weather by the middle of next week.
TODAY: Clouds increase. Highs 51-58. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of a little rain South Coast. Lows 37-44. Wind N up to 10 MPH.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Some rain South Coast. Highs 50-57. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Some rain South Coast. Lows 35-42. Wind E 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Some rain possible Cape Cod. Highs 50-57. Wind E 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 37-44. Wind variable under 10 MPH.
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 57-64, coolest coast. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with sea breezes.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 40-47. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs 55-62, coolest coast. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 30 – MAY 4)
General blocking pattern reconfigures in a way that wetter weather is possible for a part of this period, particularly April 30 to May 2. Temperatures near to below normal.
DAYS 11-15 (MAY 5-9)
Overall blocking tendency continues. Cool, somewhat unsettled, but also not particularly wet remains the expectation.
Thanks TK !
Wordle: 5
Good morning and thank you TK
51 up from 35
Ocean: 44. Saw it briefly 45 yesterday with sea breezes and full sun.
WORDLE: 5
Yay and well done. Party in car 5.
Wordle 4
Nice 4
Nice JpDave and Vicki !
Thank you, TK. Up to 42 from a low of 29. It was a lovely evening to sit out. A fire, tons of stars and great music.
Our better-than-average spring weather continues through much of April in the Boston area with…
Temp running a departure of +1F.
Wind speed average to date below the long term.
Boston has had east wind on 11 out of 23 days, slightly fewer than typical.
Precipitation on pace to be notably below average.
Literally one of the nicest springs, weather-wise, we’ve had in a while.
If you’re one of the people who says “maybe it’s me, but……..” The answer is: Yup, it’s you. 🙂
In the 5 car as well
Welcome!!
I hope there’s still a little room in the Wordle 5 car.
Welcome aboard!!! We’re partying and there’s always room for one more!!!!
Logan 46 with EAST WIND yet again!!!
EAST, EAST, EAST and nothing but EAST!!!!
Even affecting my location as I am now down to 50.
Yet their incidences of east wind are actually slightly below normal this month. Temperature departure +1F. Precip almost 1 inch below normal.
Mild & dry April.
Nice 5s, TJammer and SClarke.
Thanks Tk
Logan 48 with EAST wind at 9mph.
One consolation, the EAST wind is NOT as strong as yesterday, at least so far. 🙂
Still ONLY 50 here.
Thanks TK
I just walked around outside in preparation for the first lawn mowing of the year. This is our 21st April here, and I don’t remember it ever being this dry at this time of year. We have wetland that usually expand to cover parts of the lawn, sometimes until June. There’s nothing like that now.
Just doesn’t seem that way around here.
I often drive by the Charles River (Fish it sometimes as well) in different locations and I judge things by how high the river is. Just saw it yesterday and in Dedham it is Bank Full. Not over flowing the banks, but right up to the tippity top. In other words, “about” normal for this time of year. 🙂
Sorry it is so dry in your location.
It’s dry pretty much everywhere. River levels are not representative of long term moisture.
Maybe not, but it certainly representative of more recent moisture.
I agree about the river levels. We hike around the Nashua a lot, and it looks average in height.
I drove by one of our larger bodies of water two days ago and it was full. Unlike Framingham, I am not as familiar with the different levels here though.
I did see a week ish ago that the Sudbury in saxonville, Framingham, was at flood stage.
Logan is back down to 46 with dp 27
Here it is 51 with dp 28
Thanks, TK!
Thanks, TK.
Overall, in any given year, Boston has better weather than London. More sun, especially. But, I am currently enjoying something which rarely if ever happens in Boston, yet happens in Northwestern Europe at least once a year (usually in spring): A period of 2 to 3 weeks of basically the same sunny and very dry weather, day in and day out. Clearly there’s a stationary block that’s keeping the areas of low pressure from invading from the west. Boston doesn’t ever have very long periods of dry, sunny weather. London does sometimes, though it’s not the normal pattern.
Being at a higher latitude they are more prone to “high latitude blocking” which can park high pressure right on them.
I think a defining characteristic of Boston weather in summer and winter is what TK describes as an area of high pressure that slides south and east of us. In winter this means you can have a frigid Arctic high that then slides south and east and brings with it often much warmer temps. In summer, what starts out as a day or 2 of comfortable sunny weather becomes progressively more humid as the high goes south and east of us. This phenomenon is not typical here. Areas of high pressure rarely dominate the weather pattern in London (the parade of Atlantic lows do) But when high pressure dominates, it’s remarkable how stable the weather can be, day in and day out. There have essentially been no changes in weather since I arrived 10 days ago.
Yes, TK, the higher latitude is a factor in weather and of course daylight. We’re in that period of the year that London blows past Boston in terms of daylight. There’s also a period, from Oct to Dec, that London blows past Boston in terms of darkness.
London: 51.5074 N
Boston: 42.36 N
I love the differences based on location on the globe.
We live in such a fascinating set-up, and unique, and RARE for us to be able to exist to witness it. This is why I’m not a complainer. I don’t think a lot of people actually realize how lucky they are. I honestly do not. I do. And I’m happy for it.
So true.
Cambridge and Bedfordshire have recorded less than 1 mm of rain so far this month. That’s REALLY dry. Soil here in London is also quite dry.
Mind you, London had a 7 week stretch this past winter of at least some rain every day.
In the end, things balance out.
My guess is summer here will feature several long stretches of rainy days.
Monasterio, grand slam for the Sox. Sox up 12-1.
How the hell did that happen with those anemic bats??? 🙂 🙂
“Air pollution likely reduces hemoglobin levels in urban fruit bats”:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11930367/
🙂
There ya go!!
Because most of those guys are good baseball players.
And they also don’t suck as badly as most of the fair weather fanbase thinks.
Disappointing early? Sure. But the last time I checked, the season is 162 games and this happens everytime they don’t go 24-0 in the first two dozen games. Funny thing about this, I’m not really exaggerating. I’m right. 😉
Thanks TK.
Looks like our chilly weather will continue for the foreseeable future…
Ben Noll
@BenNollWeather
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The Northeast isn’t done with freezing temperatures and snow just yet!
It’s going to be an unusually chilly start to May.
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2048031774631207132?s=20
Jay Peak still going strong with top to bottom skiing. They received 6″ of snow earlier in the week and took advantage of the cold temps to run over 30 snow guns to patch some thin areas near the base of the lifts. 410″ on the season there now and they are planning to stay open through mid May:
https://jaypeakresort.com/resort/photo-day#lg=1&slide=0
And Killington has loaded up Superstar with 25-30 feet of snow. Should be good to get them to June 1 this year, especially with the cooler temps the next few weeks and limited melting.
Check out the webcam. That’s a ridiculous base and aint melting anytime soon:
https://www.killington.com/the-mountain/conditions-weather/webcam/superstar-cam/
I saw someone on a Red Sox page say that “if you add up all the runs in all the games before today, the Red Sox haven’t scored 17 total”. Well, that’s correct. The number prior to today is 95. After today’s game it’s 112.
We had a good time on the cruise last weekend. The weather was beautiful in both Florida and the Bahamas with mostly sunny skies, a nice breeze, with temps in the low 80’s. Very low humidity as well. I cannot remember a time in South Florida where it was that pleasant with such low humidity.
We did dodge a cluster of showers and thunderstorms over the Bahamas on the last day (Monday) and the ship was really rocking overnight on our way back to Miami. There was a waterspout spotted over the open ocean late Monday PM by another passenger but we were inside and unfortunately I did not see it:
https://imgur.com/a/fFkzoEb
This cruise by the way was a Sixthman chartered rock cruise, “Summer of 99 and Beyond” and was headlined by Creed, Daughtry, Collective Soul, and a bunch of other smaller rock bands from the 90’s and early 2000’s. We had a blast watching all the shows up close and being able to talk to some of the band members we saw walking around the ship. I’d highly recommend this for anyone who likes cruising and live music (SAK if you are reading, I’m thinking of you). They do all different types of themed cruises…country, heavy metal, 80’s, etc. We already put a deposit down for next year.
According to Jacob this morning, our cool regime continues through at least mid-May.