DAYS 1-5 (MAY 10-14)
Low pressure passing to our north will drag a cold front slowly across our area today and tonight. While there are a lot of clouds much of today, it will be generally rain-free until a broken band of showers, and perhaps a thunderstorm, is triggered by the front and moves across the region from west to east from mid afternoon to early evening. The front will slow down over southeastern areas while a wave of low pressure forms on it moving northeastward and passing just offshore overnight / early Monday morning. This will prolong shower chances from eastern CT and RI through southeastern MA during these hours. Monday’s daylight hours will see any showers exit Cape Cod first thing in the morning, with a general clearing trend from west to east. High pressure builds in later Monday through Tuesday with fair weather. The next low pressure system arrives from the west at midweek bringing back abundant cloud cover and a good chance of some wet weather later Wednesday and Thursday, with finer details to-be-determined.
TODAY: Considerable clouds / limited sunshine. A shower and slight chance of a thunderstorm west to east mid afternoon through early evening. Highs 58-65 South Coast, 65-72 elsewhere. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers mainly eastern CT, RI and southeastern MA. Lows 48-55. Wind variable to N up to 10 MPH.
MONDAY: Any early showers exit Cape Cod with clouds thinning for sun west to east. Highs 60-67. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 42-49. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 57-64. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows 43-50. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 55-62 occurring by midday then may turn cooler especially coastal areas. Wind variable to E up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT / THURSDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Temperatures generally 50-57, coolest coast. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (MAY 15-19)
Upper level low pressure is expected to be over to just east of the region as part of a larger scale blocking pattern. Drier weather but not absent of shower chances. Temperatures start cool, then moderate later in the period.
DAYS 11-15 (MAY 20-24)
Upper level low pressure departs, replaced by a more west to east flow, up-and-down temperatures including milder to warmer air, and a few shower threats but overall a mostly dry pattern anticipated.
Good morning and thank you TK
55 here, up from low of 52
Ocean: 49
Wordle: 4
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our WHW Mothers.
See ya at the 4 car 🙂
🙂
Yay on your 4s!!
Yes Happy Mother’s Day to all moms!
First one without mine – definitely different.
I’ll be visiting the cemetery this morning.
May you have a warm and peaceful day of remembrance.
2nd JpDave’s thoughts.
I am thinking of you and hoping you find special memories that bring a warm smile.
Thanks TK !
Wordle: 4
Happy Mother’s Day to WHW moms !
Welcome to the 4 car. I have a feeling there will be some 3s and perhaps a 2??? I thought I might of had it in 3, but I chose a stupid wrong word. OH well. I’ll take a 4. 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms here!
Congratulations on the Wordle 4s. I’m riding alone in the 5-car.
You made it. Welcome aboard. Come join us in the 5 car for snacks and beverages.
May I please join you in the 5 car.
Wordle 5
The word brings special memories of my mom. Will explain tomorrow if I hopefully remember
Welcome aboard!
Please join Tom and ME in the 4 car for refreshments.
Yay. Thank you!
Thanks, TK!
Nearly a half-inch of rain in showers and a 5 pm downpour yesterday.
Happy Mothers Day!
TK, may your day be filled with sweet memories of your beloved Mom.
Thanks TK
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the WHW Moms!
Wordle 6, in the caboose today. Found this one quite difficult, nice job on the 3s and 4s!
are there any 3s yet? I think only 4s and 5s.
Please come and join us in the party car, the 4 car!!!
Always good to get it. Well done.
Up to 62 here. A ways to go to make 70.
Thanks TK and Happy Mother’s Day to the Moms!
57F here and the sun trying to peak out. Need it to dry out here so I can mow the lawn which is starting to look more like a field!
0.63″ in the rain gauge yesterday.
Thanks Tk ( just take it one step at a time today ) Happy Mother’s Day to the moms !!
Finally?
Ryan Hanrahan
@ryanhanrahan
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Early outlook for next Sunday and Monday ️
https://x.com/ryanhanrahan/status/2053471423528595875?s=20
Ben Noll
@BenNollWeather
55m
New May spark plumes show El Niño rapidly intensifying, with 8 of 10 models pointing to a super event and four projecting the strongest on record.
Across all 693 ensemble members, the mean reaches +2.8˚C, consistent with the strongest El Niño on record.
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2053479899227423176?s=20
Eric Fisher Discusses the potential Super El Nino coming up:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/super-el-nino-massachusetts-impact/
I know there are other factors, but this doesn’t bode well for snowfall next winter. Time will tell. There “could” be enough other factors in play to offset the El Nino effects in New England.
We just don’t know yet, but even so, I don’t like the looks of it.
You never know….couple it with a -NAO and you can get some massive mid Atlantic storms develop like what happened in 2009-2010 when DC and Baltimore got crushed repeatedly (although granted, that was not a SUPER El Nino).
Also, I was noticing that the El Nino projections peak early in the Winter and then the strength starts weakening as you get into January and beyond. We are likely not dealing with this extreme scenario all winter.
Thanks TK! Happy Mother’s Day to the moms in the group
May so far in Boston for temp departure is about +1F. Yes, warmer than average, albeit slightly. You’d think we were setting a record for cold the way the general public and media are reacting.
The spring so far (March 1 to May 9), about +0.7F. That’s not cooler than the long term average, it’s slightly milder than it.
So, how come so many people are misjudging this for something it isn’t? Perplexing. 😉
It’s because they want consistent nice weather that just isn’t going to happen in New England, most especially near the coast. 🙂
Which is absolutely absurd. We’ve NEVER had consistently warm and dry weather in the spring here. It’s not our climate!
If people want that, and CHOOSE to live here, then they have to deal with it. It’s just a fact of living here, and it’s a lot easier to deal with then a natural disaster, that’s for sure! I mean, I’m just calling it like it is. 🙂
So true and I complain a lot, but I wouldn’t want to live any place else. As much as I complain, I know full well that it’s just the way it is around here. I’ve been around a long time and fully know what to expect. Doesn’t mean I have to like it though.
It’s 68 here. Trying hard to make 70. Should do it and exceed it.
My over / under is 68F and I’m not sure I’ll get there.
you will. What are you at now?
Thank you, TK.
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Thank you TK!
Permission to board the 5-car on the Wordle train please.
I am not in the 5 car, but I give you permission anyway!!!!
Always happy to have you Join us❤️
Still see people complaining online about the weather around here today (not on the blog, on social media elsewhere).
Yup, a sun / cloud mix, light breeze, and temps ranging from the upper 50s on Cape Cod to the lower 70s inland is SO terrible.
Go. Outside. 😉
We have all the windows open, so how bad could it possibly be???? Seem pretty nice to me!!!!
65F
There’s been plenty of days since even mid April to complain about, but today is not one of them.
It’s very mid-late spring like. It feels like spring, no feeling of cool whatsoever and right now in SE Mass, it’s full sunshine.
We’re now at 71, so it most definitely made it to 70!!! Who could possibly complain about 71 on May 10th?????
crazy LOONS maybe. 🙂 🙂 🙂
DING DING DING
72 here.
Almost time to take the pork tenderloin roast out of the fridge. 🙂
72 at Logan, but up the road a bit it is only 64 at Beverly with an ESE wind off of the ocean. That must be Longshot’s problem as well. If that is the case, I am very surprised Logan has maintained a SW wind.
There are a few showers popping up out there.
We shall see what happens as they progress Eastward.
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
68F. Hit the over / under.
Yay!
73 here.
Pork tenderloin roast has been seasoned and will sit out for another 35 min or so and go in the oven at 4:30. Veggie prep at about 4:15 or so.
We’re having dinner around 5 or whenever the roast is done.
Yes, I am making dinner for my wife. Our son is coming up to join us. Our daughter is sick, sounds like covid, being a teacher, she gets sick all the time!!!
Planned trip to Dairy Queen in Natick after dinner. I am so looking forward to a blizzard. Haven’t had one in 2 years.
Quincy DQ is now permanently closed, making way for some sort of diner or restaurant.
Sounds special. Except for your daughter. So sorry
Love a pork tenderloin. And mentioned to my oldest that I’m hungry for a beef tenderloin Also
Mac would say …Mangia
Enjoy and hope your daughter feels better soon !!
Sounds great!
We’re also having pork tenderloin. It’s wrapped around nuts, cranberries and fresh herbs from outside – yum.
Yum is right
My son and DiL made eggs Benedict and had the best lemon blueberry loaf I’ve ever had from a nearby bakery. And they added bubka from another nearby bakery. RI is a foodie state.
What a glorious day. Sun broke through in RI around noon and sun here in sutton now with some clouds moving in. Windows are all open
73
Driving home from a hike in NH, we hit some rain. I’m lodging a formal complaint. 🙂
It’s starting to rain here at home now too.
Oh no. I have not checked radar. Assume it’s headed this was. Not looking great for my deck night.