DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 8-12)
As the long-staying Bermuda High pattern breaks down somewhat, we transition into a more west-to-east flow pattern heading into the new week. A weak trough has passed by and introduced slightly more stable and less humid air, though still with hot weather, for today, drastically limiting pop-up storm chances. You’ll notice some haze in the sky due to high altitude wildfire smoke from the Pacific Northwest, but nothing to the level of the thicker plumes we saw last month. The zonal flow pattern will send a trough and frontal system our way on Monday, but its timing is pretty late, bringing us a shower and thunderstorm chance late in the day and mostly during the evening and nighttime hours. It does look like this system will exit quickly enough for generally fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday. A weak low may pass south of our region on Wednesday but should be far enough south to have no notable impact. The next trough and frontal system from the west brings a shower and thunderstorm chance back on Thursday.
TODAY: Filtered sun through high altitude smoke and high clouds this morning. Brighter sun afternoon. Highs 85-92 except 77-84 Cape Cod / Islands. Dew point upper 60s to lower 70s trends slightly down. Wind W 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Hazy sky, patchy ground fog. Lows 65-72. Dew point near 65. Wind W diminishing to under 10 MPH.
MONDAY: Sun eventually gives way to clouds. Highs 84-91 except 76-83 South Coast. Dew point 65+. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms possible. Patchy fog develops. Lows 66-73. Dew point 65+. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 81-88. Dew point near 60. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 63-70. Dew point near 60. Wind W up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 81-88 except 74-81 coast. Dew point 60+. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Increasing clouds. Lows 62-69. Dew point 60+. Wind S up to 10 MPH.
THURSDAY: Variably cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms possible. Highs 78-85. Dew point 65+. Wind S 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 14-18)
Fair, less humid weather August 14-16. Higher humidity and shower / t-storm chances return August 17-18. Temperatures near to below normal.
DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 19-23)
Fair weather early to mid period. Higher humidity and shower / t-storm chances return again later in the period. Temperatures near to below normal.
Meant to post this yesterday..
August 8 1899: Puerto Rico suffered a direct hit from a Category 4 hurricane, obliterating structures on most of the island region, and killing 3,000 people.
The storm remains the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane in observed history.
Thanks TK! What a streak of great weekend weather. It’s been an amazing summer
How come the media isn’t tallying good weekends? 😉 They’re quick to count every raindrop as a “rainy weekend” even if 2% of the area has a sprinkle for 10 minutes. 😉
It’s been an awesome summer. Not notably hot (overall). Not notably muggy (overall). We’ve had our episodes, but that’s summer in New England. As far as they go, ours, so far, has been pretty “average”. We’re just beyond the halfway point – reached that earlier this week – so we’ll see what the rest of the back half holds.
Thanks TK
Good morning and thank you TK
77 up from 73 with dp 69
Made 91 here yesterday. Last 5 days
85,87,91,92,91
Ocean: 69
Wordle: 3
Felt more comfortable late last night. This morning, getting more humid again. Feels worse than last night.
Terrific 3
Thank you. Nice recovery from a FAIL yesterday. 🙂
Indeed!!
First morning in a few days I’m able to enjoy sitting on my west facing deck. A nice breeze is blowing and it doesn’t feel “sticky.”
Wordle a lucky 5.
Nice 5.
Great 5. Deck sounds lovely
Dew points are now in the low 70’s again across SNE
Currently 70 in Boston, 71 here and 72 at Norwood.
Back to the YUCKIES after a brief reprieve over night.
Thank you, TK. 73/72 low of 67
Wordle 4
I had the the same for Wordle.
I also have the same temperatures both now and the overnight low. 🙂