DAYS 1-5 (MAY 22-26)
Heading into Memorial Day Weekend, we find ourselves in a somewhat familiar weather set-up here for this time of year. High pressure sits to our north, anchored in southeastern Canada with a drift eastward. A frontal boundary sits to our south and a wave of low pressure will be moving along it, approaching New England. The battle will be on between the dry air associated with the high pressure area and the moisture associated with the approaching / passing low. Today, the high is in control so we are dry with just filtered sunshine through a veil of high cloudiness (slightly thicker to the south but its edge often visible looking to the north). A light northeasterly air flow will keep the north-facing and east-facing coastal areas coolest today. Tonight, the clouds start to thicken, although they may remain thin enough for a little bit of sun to still be visible in northern and eastern portions of the WHW forecast area early Saturday. Otherwise, the slow turn of the battle in favor of the moisture means we’ll end up overcast. The dry air will be successful in holding off the low’s rain shield until at least Saturday evening in areas west and south of Boston, but eventually it gets in there and then spreads northeastward overnight into early Sunday. Some guidance keeps it dry into the first few hours of Sunday in eastern areas. I’m leaning toward the rain’s arrival by dawn throughout the region, however, making Sunday a pretty wet day. Rainfall amounts should be on the lighter side though, probably up to but mostly under a half inch before the steadiest rain tapers to occasional at night and then departs from west to east by dawn on Monday. Memorial Day itself should feature dominant cloud cover, although breaks of sun do become possible as the low pressure area moves away to the east and slightly drier air starts to work into the region in its wake. There can be a bit of drizzle or a leftover shower very early in the day, and we’ll have to watch for one more trough to swing through in the afternoon with the potential for a few more passing showers. Outdoor Memorial Day activities should take place under a mainly cloudy sky but without rain falling in most locations, although the ground likely to still be wet as most of these take place in the morning. Tuesday’s weather will be improved with dry conditions, though an upper trough over the region does promote a fair amount of cloud cover to limit sunshine that day as it looks this far in advance.
TODAY: Increasing high clouds. Highs 61-68, coolest coast. Wind N to NE up to 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: Thickening clouds. Lows 43-50. Wind calm.
SATURDAY: Cloudy. Highs 58-65, coolest coast. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Overcast. Rain arrives southwest to northeast. Lows 45-52. Wind E to NE 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY: Overcast. Periods of rain and drizzle. Areas of fog. Highs 52-59. Wind E to NE 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain becomes intermittent. Areas of drizzle and fog. Lows 45-52. Wind NE to N up to 10 MPH.
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Mostly cloudy. Patchy drizzle and a brief shower possible early. An afternoon shower also possible. Highs 58-65. Wind N to NW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 44-51. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.
TUESDAY: Cloud / sun intervals. Highs 61-68. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (MAY 27-31)
Upper level low pressure and a couple passing surface disturbances bring shower and possible thunderstorm chances May 27 and 28, less of a chance May 29, along with cool conditions, before it departs to the east and is replaced by high pressure with fair and seasonable weather May 30-31 weekend.
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 1-5)
Two disturbances bring passing shower chances during the first several days of June, with timing uncertain on them. For the most part it’s a dry and seasonable start to the first month of meteorological summer, based on current medium range indications.
Good morni g and thank you TK
54 up from 52
Ocean: 54
WIRDLE: 4
was sunny an hour ago, now overcast with sun barely shinning through. Another shit-bum May day and for several more. I HATE this kind of weather. Want to give us a rainy day, fine, but don’t preceed it with days of cloudy cool weather. SPRING in SNE, especially Eastern SNE SUCKS!!
Period. End of discussion.
I love it here ALL seasons EXCEPT SPRING or as Tom aptly calls it, SPRINTER.
Tom good luck with camping this weekend.
Thanks 🙂
Nice 4, JPD
Thank you. Almost had it in 3, but of course chose the wrong word. 🙂
Very nice 4, JpDave !!
Thank you
Thank you for your kind words on yesterdays post for my granddaughter, TK. They got home from the ER about 5:00. Dr said she has something called Adie tonic syndrome. Her eye could remain dilated for quite a while. She is going to make an appointment at Mass Eye and Ear.
Didn’t see that. So sorry. Hope all works out well.
Thank you. It was late last night. I suspect most were asleep
I saw it this morning and prayed for your granddaughter. Hope she gets a good report from the next appointment!
Thank you so much ❤️
Sorry your granddaughter went through that Vicki, but glad they know what it is. Good luck at Mass Eye and Ear.
Thank you. I’ll feel more comfortable once she’s seen at mass eye.
Thank you, TK. 49 after a low of 44. I love the cooler nights
Wordle 3
Awesome!!!
Awesome, Vicki !
Thank you, TK.
(And pardon whatever typo I did that sent the prior one to moderation)
Thank you TK and TGIF!
Wordle: 4, and like JPD it was almost a 3 but chose the wrong one. Great job on your 3 Vicki and hope your granddaughter is able to be seen soon as Mass Eye and Ear.
Very nice, Sue !
Super!
Wordle 4, same story
Nice
Up to 58 here.
55 at the airport
Thanks TK !
Wordle : 5
You got it. There were some choices, for sure. 🙂
I’m with you Tom!!
Ditto, as you got it.
I keep trying different words and often the new words don’t yield much, luckily I got something with my 1st word today, 1 in position and 1 out of position. That was better than most days. 🙂
Welcome aboard the 5 car !
Vicki – I’m sending best wishes to your granddaughter. I hope all will be well.
And, good job on Wordle today!
Thank you ❤️
Happy birthday to Hadi!!
Happy Birthday Hadi !!
Hi Vicki. Hoping your granddaughter is okay! Had a family member with Adie’s syndrome. It is certainly not life threatening and many times will go away on its own. If not, it might require eye drops and maybe reading glasses / sunglasses which is what my relative ended up doing.
Mass Eye and Ear is often in the Top 5 hospitals in the US for ophthalmology and ear, nose, and throat. I was treated there for a different condition years ago and thought they knew exactly what they were doing. I had an excellent outcome. Hoping for the same with your granddaughter!
Wow. THANK YOU. I’ll pass this to my daughter. I feel better reading it. My granddaughter does wear glasses but prefers contacts. My guess is she won’t be able to wear them for a while
I forgot. She also has an exceptional optometrist. Hopefully, she can recommend a specific dr at mass eye and ear
Happy Birthday Hadi.
Thanks, TK!
Vicki, I have had three successful surgeries at MEEI, including a parathyroidectomy a year ago, and the care I received there was first rate!!!!
Thank you, TK.
Vicki, I hope everything works out for your granddaughter. Mass Eye and Ear is excellent.
Happy Birthday, Hadi!
I love it when I post several posts in succession and I get a message telling me to slow down. Of course, it isn’t TK telling me to slow down. But I kind of pretend it is TK.
Really interesting heat wave on tap across Europe, including Northwestern Europe. Why do I say this? Well, for two reasons. 1. It’s May and heat waves in May are rare. They happen, but infrequently. 2. Looking at Northwestern Europe specifically, it’s going to impact the British Isles (southern parts) MORE than, say, The Netherlands, meaning considerably higher temps in London than in Amsterdam. This is also rare, though I experienced it in June of 1989.
Thanks TK and Happy Belated Birthday! Hope you enjoyed your day.
Hadi, Happy Birthday to you as well.
Vicki, glad to hear your granddaughter’s eye situation doesnt sound too serious.
Still skiing at Killington despite the high humidity and temps in the 80’s earlier this week. Some great work by the groomers to push snow around from the deeper areas of the trail to the bare sections….
https://killington.com/webcams
There are going at it again tomorrow and then will assess midday if they think they can stretch it into Sunday as well.
If it werent for the heat blast earlier this week, they probably could have stretched things to June 1.
61 here. Just came in from the store. Actually, it isn’t half bad out there for all of my complaining. No jacket or sweatshirt required.
Happy Birthday Hadi! I hope you had a wonderful day!