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DAYS 1-5 (JUNE 17-21)
This 5-day forecast brings us to the summer solstice which occurs at 11:54AM EDT on Friday June 21. There may be a little irony there because after a decent day today, the weather pattern this week may not have you thinking of summer that much until just about the moment it begins, if timing is just right. After high pressure gives us nice weather today, a frontal boundary sitting just south of or over southern New England will be the focus for disturbances and episodic showers Tuesday into early Friday, focused on daytime Tuesday and late Thursday to very early Friday, which may get out of here just in time for the official start of summer, allowing Friday to end nice…
Forecast details…
TODAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 75-82. Wind N up to 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: Clouds return. Lows 55-62. Wind light variable.
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Showers likely. Highs 68-75. Wind light variable to SE.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Lows 58-65. Wind light SE.
WEDNESDAY: Variably cloudy. Isolated showers. Highs 73-80, coolest coast. Wind light variable.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 57-64. Wind light variable.
THURSDAY: Becoming cloudy. Showers likely by late-day. Highs 70-77. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely. Risk of a thunderstorm. Lows 60-67. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.
FRIDAY: Cloudy with lingering showers/drizzle/fog early, then clearing. Highs 71-78. Wind variable to NW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 22-26)
High pressure should provide nice weather for the June 22-23 weekend before a low pressure wave brings wet weather June 24, followed by a return to fair weather and a more summer feel later in the period.
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 27-JULY 1)
West to east flow over a high pressure ridge to the south and west of New England is a pattern that brings warm to occasional hot weather in, is rain-free most of the time, but also provides a few opportunities moving along the jet stream to bring a shower/t-storm threat. This is the pattern currently expected for this period.