Wednesday August 26 2026 Forecast (8:35AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 26-30)

High pressure provides a “top 10” kind of summer day today with plenty of sun, manageable humidity, and fairly light wind, and while it won’t be a hot day, it won’t be nearly too cool to do stuff outside. Enjoy! (I will, it’s the first day of a 6-day weekend for me.) Some patchy clouds move through tonight marking the exit of high pressure offshore and the return of a more humid southwesterly air flow which will be noticed on Thursday. A disturbance approaching from the west can trigger a shower or thunderstorm, particularly over inland areas, late Thursday afternoon. This disturbance will then cross the region overnight to early Friday with clouds and shower chances, maybe a few thunderstorms in the mix too. A cold front still has to cross the region on Friday and can ignite a few more showers and storms, particularly in southeastern NH, eastern MA, and RI, in the midday to mid afternoon hours. This sets us up for a spectacular weekend with high pressure building in and giving us abundant sunshine, seasonable warmth, and low to moderate humidity.

TODAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 78-85. Dew point heads for 60. Wind variable to S up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Fog patches. Lows 60-67. Dew point near 60. Wind SW under 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible mid afternoon on, favoring areas west of I-95. Highs 80-87. Dew point climbs into 60s. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Scattered showers with possible thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Lows 62-69. Dew point 60+. Wind SW to variable up to 10 MPH

FRIDAY: Lots of clouds, patchy fog, and a shower threat early. A sun / cloud mix follows with the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon, favoring southeastern NH, eastern MA, and RI. Highs 78-85. Dew point 60+ but may fall later in the day. Wind SW to W 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 58-65. Dew point falls into 50s. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 77-84. Dew point in 50s. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Ground fog patches. Lows 57-64. Dew point in 50s. Wind W under 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 78-85. Dew point sub-60. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.

DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 4)

Watching for a disturbance to bring a shower and t-storm chance August 31, depending on its timing. Additional showers possible September 1-2 with a trough moving through the region, followed by fair weather. Temperatures generally around normal.

DAYS 11-15 (SEPTEMBER 5-9)

Window of opportunity for showers later September 5 to September 7, then fair weather returns. Temperatures generally around to a little above normal.

74 thoughts on “Wednesday August 26 2026 Forecast (8:35AM)”

      1. You got it. That is very rare for you to seek accommodations
        in the caboose. Welcome aboard!!!

  3. Thanks TK !

    Wordle: fail

    Learned a new word today.

    I had all the letters in the correct spot save for the 3rd letter and none of words I went with took.

    That’s ok, tomorrow 🙂

    2. I knew the word, but wasn’t in a position to even guess that word until after 4 guesses. 🙂 I guess 5 was OK for today for me.

  7. Please can we get rid of clouds on Thursday night. I should have a front row seat to the lunar eclipse through my livingroom window.

  8. I, personally, really like this airmass.

    Dps 58-60F, comfortable and summer feeling.

    I’m not a fan of 40s and low 50s dps in summer, we have enough of that the rest of the year and when you have that, you get in the shade and it can feel chilly.

    And these dps allow lows to get down to 60F, so again, comfortable but not chilly.

    1. I have to disagree with you Tom. If we could get 40s/50s for dps ALL summer, I would love it! Unfortunately our proximity to the Bermuda highs is unrealistic to keep HHH away for an entire summer.

      2. As with Tom, I am thoroughly enjoying this weather. I also agree with Philip. I wouldn’t complain if the dew points were 40s and 50s year round. Hello

      3. To make sure, this air mass is what I like, but everyone has their comfort zones and so, I wasn’t trying to convince anyone to like this weather, I was just pointing out I like it. But respect those that want it warmer, hotter, cooler, colder, you name it. 🙂

    2. Totally agree Tom. Hope it is like this until Mid October and then I will make hibernation preparations

      1. Hahaha, like that, hibernation. It’s so true.

        Sleep from dark at 5pm on Nov 1st this year to around Feb 3rd, when the 5pm sunset returns. 🙂

    2. If they could take 2 of 3 from the Yankees it would do them a lot of good. They need to finish ahead of the Yankees for home field advantage during the opening WC 3-game series.
      Unfortunately the Yankees have still been able to keep the Red Sox at “arms length” in the WC standings. I believe as of today they are both 1.5 games apart.

      If I were in charge of MLB, I would have the lower seed WC team at least have the 2nd game at home in the best-of-3 series.

    3. I’m good with the fact that they did not rearrange their rotation.

      With that, it’s Sandoval Friday night and then Bennett has one of the 2 games for Saturday’s doubleheader. I assume an opener with Bello relieving in the 2nd game Saturday and then you get back to Ranger Suarez Sunday.

      Looking at the Yankees, I think Garret Cole pitches today, so you miss him. I know the Yanks go with Schittler Friday, who is a cy young candidate and you might get Max Fried and Carols Rodon, so I’d be thrilled with a 2-2 split. I think they are 1.5 back, maybe?

      Very very very important to win Sonny Gray’s start tonight.

  14. Over in England, the Buckingham Palace guards played “9 to 5” in memory of Dolly Parton. 🙂

  15. This comment is not so much for the folks here, since you already know this or have enough common sense to know it, but I’m posting it so you have the opportunity to use that to correctly inform misinformed people you may encounter online, thanks to some circulation social media posts…

    – No, Dolly was not chosen as the next name for an Atlantic TS / Hurricane because Dolly Parton just passed away. Dolly happens to be the next name on a 6-year-cycled list in which names are only replaced when they’re retired for the proper reason. It’s a total coincidence that Dolly is next on the list. There wasn’t any tribute or some kind of divine intervention. It was chosen years ago. It doesn’t go beyond that at all.

    – There are already posts out there referring to “Dolly” as if it is a TS. There is no storm currently named Dolly in the Atlantic. There is a tropical wave (which is being referred to as AL96. It’s an open wave. There is no closed low currently associated with the system. And it has a moderate chance (60%) of development over the next 7 days. This is far from a guarantee of anything with a name.

    – Regarding this system, model forecasts are basically useless. There is NO closed circulation to initialize. SAK and I have said this across social media so many times with basically no stick to the information. It’s literally ignored year after year and the model guidance is talked about as if its an immovable book of facts. Until a time occurs that this system has a closed circulation, the value of the guidance’s depiction of this “system” is virtually useless other than giving you a vague idea of where it might be in the vicinity of, regardless of what form its in, over the next few days. Beyond day 4, forget it completely.

    – “Hello Dolly” is already overused on social media, even though the system doesn’t have a name. This is a great example of people not even being able to wait before they try to capitalize on something posted on s.m. .. counterproductive to its true aim in this case, of informing, responsibly. That’s pretty sad. I won’t be using the phrase. I’ll be leaving the phrase to Louis Armstrong, thank you very much. Nobody said (or sang) it better.

    Now you are properly informed about the tropical wave out there. Carry on. 🙂

    I’ll be heading up to Hampton Beach soon to enjoy some late afternoon beach time, an evening hang-out, and the weekly summer Wednesday night fireworks show. 🙂

    I took a quick glance at the 12z info that’s in so far and I see no reason to make any forecast changes to what I just posted about 6 hours ago. 🙂

    1. I thought I said mentioned yesterday that It’s the number 4 you had a wonderful Godwink as far as I’m concerned

      1. It seems this one woman has united the world. It’s a very fitting tribute and an equally great feeling of love

        1. I’ve always adored her.

          The way she lived her life coming from having virtually nothing only to give to so many people should be an example we follow, to the best of our ability.

          1. Me too. Especially after mac and I saw her. When we bought daughters first large pony, a bodyguard just came out when we knew that was Whitney Houston. We also knew that I will always love you was written by Dolly. It became pony, cabarets or cabby’s, song.

  17. The 100F contour right now is reserved for Texas and the desert southwest.

    The 90F line doesn’t go much further north than Texas.

    But, I think the heat expands some the last couple days of August and into early September.

    The interesting area is ours. More of a hint today that the very warm air kind of gets cut off at the pass just southwest of us, leaving us with more upper 70s to low/maybe mid 80s.

    But the 90F air won’t be far away like it is now. But I think a general WNW flow may keep it at bay. Wonder if southwest New England might be susceptible to an MCS in early September?

    1. We’re susceptible to such an event as early as Monday August 31 as hinted at on my discussion today. It will come down to upstream development and timing.

      I have that day off, and am more than ready to switch it from a beach day to a chase day (or cut the beach day short, if needed). 🙂

  18. My son is now 27. He was born at 2:24 p.m. on 8/26/1999. 🙂 Still remember that moment like it just happened…

  19. Great news for users of model guidance. The RRFS now has the simulated IR satellite up and running, like the HRRR. I like this tool on the model.

    Re: Eclipse. This model has been doing a great job but unfortunately it has a lot of cloudiness (debris from previous t-storms) around on Thursday night / early Friday, that may interfere with our view of the event. I am hopeful that we’ll have at least enough partial clearing to get a limited view.

    Updates to come on that…

  21. Thanks, TK!

    79/60

    60 was the overnight low, I think. Still trying to figure out the new AccuRite thermometer.

    As we all know, Dolly Parton was an extremely generous philanthropist. In late 2020, she gave $1 million to Vanderbilt University, my alma mater, and its hospital to fund clinical trials for a Covid vaccine. She gave Vanderbilt in 2022 another $1 million to advance pediatric infectious disease research.

    She passed yesterday at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.

  22. So I had to look up Nepal and see where it was.

    When I say just north of India, I thought maybe the monsoon caused the flash flood tragedy.

    But, I think it was Newsweek I read on, that JT was a glacier that dropped some ice and if I read it correctly, in essence dammed up a river, until the force of the water building up behind it let loose and that’s why such a tall wall of water raced down into these canyon towns/villages.

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