Friday May 1 2026 Forecast (7:37AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MAY 1-5)

Happy May Day! As we enter the final month of “meteorological spring” we have an upper trough over our region, but it’s not the type that’s going to give days of unsettled weather, although we could use more rain most certainly. What we have is mostly dry weather for our region through this weekend. Sun heating the ground today will initiate clouds to pop up today with the colder air aloft – typical springtime set-up. These clouds should be for the most part “fair weather clouds” but a few of them can grow enough to produce a shower later in the day or this evening. Saturday’s weather will feature less sun as the coldest air moves through aloft, with a slightly more unstable atmosphere initiating more cloudiness associated with the upper low while at the same time a surface low heading off the Mid Atlantic Coast throws its high to mid level cloud shield our way as well. That system will graze southeastern New England Saturday night with a bit of rain for Cape Cod and possibly RI and the MA South Shore, but I expect it to be staying pretty far offshore and moving fairly quickly so that by Sunday it’s moving away. We will still have a pool of cold air aloft on Sunday so look for additional clouds to pop up with a few showers possible. The upper low starts to make its exit by Monday when it warms up a little, but a disturbance moving in from the west can bring some additional cloudiness and perhaps a few showers later in the day. Looking ahead a bit more, right now Tuesday is looking like a dry and mild day as an area of high pressure slides to our south.

TODAY: Sun / cloud mix. A late-day pop-up shower possible. Highs 58-65. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

TONIGHT: 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: Cloudy. A period of rain southeastern areas, favoring Cape Cod. Lows 43-50. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: More clouds than sun. A pop-up shower possible. Highs 56-63. Wind N to NW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 40-47. Wind NW to W 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Clouds return. Afternoon or evening shower potential. Highs 60-67 but likely cooler South Coast / Cape Cod. Wind W to SW 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 45-52. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 65-72 except cooler South Coast. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 6-10)

Unsettled weather potential May 7 and 10. Overall pattern on the drier side. Temperatures trend cooler.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 11-15)

Cooler overall, some unsettled weather favors early to mid period. Many details to work out with some type of blocking pattern likely to be in place.

39 thoughts on “Friday May 1 2026 Forecast (7:37AM)”

    1. Awesome, JpDave !!

      Wordle: 6, thought maybe 5 …. and then I sat a few minutes before guess #6 came along and thankfully that was it.

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  3. Thanks Tom. Yet again ZILCH on 1st guess. Still almost has it in 4 just the same. Hope I start a better streak now. 🙂

    At least you made the train. Welcome aboard!!!

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  6. I got Wordle in 3 today. Last night I picked a starting word from the lyrics of a song. It luckily served me well!

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  10. Thank you TK!

    Wordle: 3

    Tom…the Celts have me depressed also. They have looked awful these last two games.

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      1. Welcome, Vicki, your a car ahead of me 🙂

        Sue, they have pulled this so often, not closing teams out early in series.

        But, in past cases, like say Atlanta in 2022 or 2023, that was Trey Young and a bunch of young, up and coming, but playoff inexperienced players.

        This is Joel Embiid (a former MVP and still a top 5 player when healthy, Maxey, a dynamic point guard, a wiley vet in Paul George and a top candidate in rookie of the year in Edgecombe.

        Now, Embiid is reintegrated, Paul George is playing his best, these 2 teams are pretty equal in talent in game 7.

        Just had to win gm 2 or 5 and it was over before Embiid settled in.

        There’s part of me that wants them to lose and hopefully to finally teach them the lesson of closing out series early. This has been the one major problem of the Tatum/Brown era, even given all their success. Its cost them probably 2 more Titles already. So frustrating !!!!!!!!!!

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        1. It’s a competitive league with humans playing.

          No part of me wants the Celtics to lose to teach them a lesson. They were outplayed and lost last night.

          The only thing that matters in the end is whether or not they reach win #4 before Philly does.

          Go Celtics!

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        2. Hmmmm I saw 5 and thought you had in 5 too. So I decree that you had a 5. Can I do that? If not, come on up please

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  12. Fishing tucked. Water tomorrow low. Time to change up locations.

    56 here in jp. Not going to make my 65.

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  13. https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/ne/GEOCOLOR/thumbnail.jpg

    Today’s an interesting day for temp, in that ……

    1) clearly, we were originally under NW flow earlier, you can see the cold air advection cumulus developing, Mt Washington is 22F, it makes sense why thus far, the temps are slow to rise

    2) However, can see in NY State, the high clouds are moving SW to NE, so, this afternoon, we are set to go under neutral or slightly warm air advection and so …..

    3) assuming it doesn’t start to cloud over some with cirrus, its still possible low – mid 60s at a little later time than usual for when high temps are reached, ie 4pm or a little later.

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