Wednesday April 29 2026 Forecast (7:21AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 29 – MAY 3)

High pressure has given way to the effect of two low pressure systems – one doing a little retrogression off the coast and another approaching from the west. The squeeze-play is on, and clouds have increased – mainly a deck of stratus off the ocean, but even with a few breaks trying to develop in this deck today we’ll have increasing clouds above that from the west. I do not expect any precipitation today – just clouds. Later tonight, though, we may get one batch of light rain from the offshore system wheeling into eastern areas while another area of rainfall moves in from the south and west as the eastward-moving system starts to merge with the system to its east. A redevelopment of the surface low will take place and that will move by just to our south and east early Thursday. The first half of that day looks wettest, but it stays cloudy and damp thereafter. The disappointment is that while we could use substantial rainfall to help with ongoing long-term dryness / drought, we’re not really going to see it from this upcoming event. After it moves by, an upper trough remains in place in southeastern Canada and the northeastern US. For us that means cool weather and a daily sun / cloud mix Friday through Sunday. A few pop-up showers can occur in a pattern like this. For our region, the chance is greatest on Friday and then decreases through the weekend, so overall it doesn’t look too bad as we open up the month of May.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy. Highs 53-60, coolest coast. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Rain arrives overnight. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 43-50. Wind NE to variable up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Cloudy. Rain, tapering off to a few showers and areas of drizzle by early afternoon. Highs 47-54, coolest coast. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Breaking clouds. Patchy fog. Lows 40-47. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Clouds and intervals of sun. A pop up shower possible. Highs 52-59. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. A shower possible evening. Lows 43-50. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Some sun / lots of clouds. A pop up shower possible. Highs 53-60. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 42-49. Wind W up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: Sun / cloud mix. A pop up shower less likely but not impossible. Highs 56-63. Wind W to SW 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 4-8)

High pressure shifts off the Atlantic Coast to our south and low pressure heads into the Great Lakes. This allows moderating temperatures early next week, but the frontal system of the Great Lakes low pressure area brings the chance of unsettled weather May 5 before we return to fair, cooler weather middle to latter portion of next week.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 9-13)

The large scale pattern can still carry some blocking which may impact the finer details, but even with that, some progression of systems can be expected through our area due to the orientation of blocking. This does mean that temperatures can be up-and-down, leaning toward the cooler side of normal, with a couple unsettled periods (rain chances).

68 thoughts on “Wednesday April 29 2026 Forecast (7:21AM)”

  4. Thank you, TK. Up to 46 from 39. It’s been lovely sitting under the stars the past few nights

    Wordle 4

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    3. 4 as well, I’ll share the car. Took a while to come up with this one having three and sticking in every letter combination

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  5. Reaching 62.3 degree max solar angle in Boston today at 12:41pm.

    If TK’s temperature ranges verify, starting at least a 4 day stretch where the high temps, certainly within reason of the coast, but maybe even further inland are lower than the max sun angle elevation.

    This is what gets me going on spring up here.

    I don’t think Marshfield’s high temp has come close to its max sun angle since I got back, but fine, its been 65F plus not too far inland early this week, so, I’ve been able to forgive it, lol 🙂 🙂 🙂

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        1. NOT HARDLY!!!!

          You may very well may be the smartest person on this blog.

          I suppose we could have all post their IQs if they know it. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I k now mine, but would rather not post it. 🙂

          But that is rather personal, don’t you think?

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          1. I’m not sure what it is that helps someone do well at this game. For a few years I posted scores with seven other hobbyist woodworkers. One guy kept the scores in a spreadsheet and added them up at the end of each month. More often than not, I was in the bottom half, and sometimes dead last.

            Woodworkers make good Wordlers? 🙂

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            1. Interesting.

              Well, the W’s match. Perhaps that is it.

              On the other hand, perhaps this game does NOT truly reflect someone’s intellect. It may be a certain part of the brain??? Some people are smart in certain areas and not as smart in other areas? IQ measure overall intellect.

              Here is a google AI response to that question:

              Being good at Wordle does not necessarily mean you have a high general intellect. It primarily indicates strong skills in pattern recognition, vocabulary, and logical deduction. While it engages cognitive functions, proficiency in Wordle is a specific skill rather than a reflection of overall intelligence, and experts say it doesn’t improve general brainpower.

              Most interesting.

              I wondered about that.

              I have been bitterly disappointed as I hoped to perform better at Wordle, but honestly I did NOT think that the game was well suited to the way I am wired. I keep trying. Sometimes I do well, but other times I am WOEFULLY inadequate.

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              1. Thanks to everyone here for the encouragement to play Wordle.

                I really enjoy it, whether I get it in 3 or not at all.

                Its now almost part of my morning getting started.

                I give it 5 mins and look forward to be able to give it more time this summer. 🙂

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                1. I enjoy it for the most part, but when my first guess yields POOR results like no letters OR 1 letter out of position, I immediately think I will FAIL and it affects how I perform.

                3. Absolutely Agree, Tom. It’s my midnight fun. Except twice in the past week I fell asleep in my recliner and it was 2:30 first time and 1:40 last night.

        1. Oh, I agree …… that was sarcasm on my part.

          I look at it this way.

          While November can be downright mild, buy the 7th at the latest, there’s winter darkness by 5pm whenever the clocks fall back.

          Then, December brings cold and even with light returning in early March, it stays cold right through March.

          So, by the time you get to late April, in New England, its working on the 5th month of either winter like darkness or cold. 5 out of 12 isn’t 1/4 of the year, considering there are 4 seasons. Its a disproportionate amount of year either given to winter darkness or winter like chill/rawness. So, that’s another reason I have little patience for this weather in late April. Its not really representative to be being 39 days past the equinox. We are more than 40% of the way to the summer solstice already with an almost 63 degree max sun angle, and were struggling to get past 50F. Putrid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. 53 in the little town of Mendon with clouds and occasional filtered sun. It is fascinating how much difference sun makes.

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      1. Thanks for sharing SC…I guess. 😉

        Y-U-C-K!!!

        I wonder if that gets into the ground and eventually into the local drinking water?

        B-L-E-C-H!!!

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  15. Tomer Burg

    I meant to post this at the beginning of the year … FWIW. From what I have gathered Tomer has moved on from the Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) and maybe the U of OK too. He works for WindBorne Systems where he is a senior meteorological scientist. WindBorne operates a network of smart weather balloons that feed a homegrown AI model, WeatherMesh. WindBorne has made some strong claims about WeatherMesh’s performance versus the Euro.

    In the process of the career switch, I think Tomer lost access to the servers where all his “stuff” is. There were other complications at the time. I really liked his tropical graphics. I would like to see them return.

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    1. They’re all gonna claim accuracy vs. the ECMWF, of course. You gotta market yourself as “the best eva”! It’s like all the the local stations either claim to have the most accurate forecast or to have the top story breaking news before anyone else. But ya know, they can’t all be #1. It’s just a fact!

      My guess is the model they are working on will be decent, but we’ll leave it at that for now. 🙂 Just keeping it real!

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      1. I haven’t fallen for public relations claims for about the last 50 years. Another claim by WindBorne is they can offer global forecasts to hyperlocal forecasts of 1 km x 1km. Not sure what their forecast actually entails but quite a {PR} claim. 🙂

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  16. Lovely April day around the region. Very typical. Coastal stratus. Some inland sun. And high clouds from a system trying to move in from the west but running into a block and slowing. As I said: very typical.

    One thing though, there is more sun inland than I expected today. Not that we have a cobalt blue sky or anything, just that the stratus layer that was in there eroded away and is hanging out mostly east of I-95, aka “along the coast”. 🙂

    Anyway, everything that says beautiful mid spring in New England, which is part of that transition from the winter side of spring to the summer side of spring, a process that even though it’s very predictable and repeats annually I always find fascinating to behold. A true gift! The tree blooms are spectacular this year. The forsythia are exceptional. We’re seeing the results of a cold winter with a lot of protective snow cover, and despite the longer-term dry spell, in the shorter term things are generally good for early blooms!

    As far as upcoming, I may not have gotten today’s sky condition forecast completely right, but the trend for lower on the rain totals for tomorrow is pretty much locked in. This will NOT be a beneficial system. And to be honest, despite CPC calling for “above normal precipitation” in their 6-10 and 8-14, I’m not seeing it. Sorry CPC! 😉 We’ll see who’s right and I’ll credit them if they are. Just remind me if I forget. Basically the first half of May is the time period we’re talking about.

    Oh yeah, after winning 3 games, the Sox lost last night and are currently trailing by a run in today’s game (3rd inning). Should we fire the interim manager yet? 😉

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    2. There was absolutely nothing “lovely” about this April day. It was BONE CHILLING!!!

      Winter coat and knit hat was the order of the day. 🙁

      Also, little to NO sun here, which was always expected here at the coast anyway.

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  19. Today was another beautiful day to be outside! We’re seeing that this is a great year for spring ephemerals and the pollinators that rely on them.

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