DAYS 1-5 (MAY 29 \u2013 JUNE 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timing may not be great, but after a fairly warm and dry meteorological spring, we are going to end it with a stretch of cool and wet weather over the Memorial Day Weekend. This happens as a frontal boundary sits to the south of the region and a series of low pressure waves travel along it. The first of these spread its rain into the region late yesterday and provided a good soaking of 1 to 2 inches, much of it falling during the night time hours. Today, as that first low pressure wave departs, the rain will taper off and some residual moisture result in a few more areas of mostly lighter rain crossing the area in patches while low level moisture on a northeast wind creates pockets of drizzle, especially closer to eastern coastal areas. Temperatures that fell into the 40s during the night due to the combination of the advance of a chilly eastern Canadian airmass into the region and colder air being brought down from above by rainfall will hardly recover at all today. With the thick overcast in place, very limited solar radiation will make it through, only enough to “warm” us up a few degrees, so early morning temperatures which range from 42 to 49 across the WHW forecast area will only warm about 3 degrees maximum in any given location. In comparison to the middle 80s to lower 90s we experienced just 3 days ago, that feels pretty cold! However, we’ve seen this happen both in the cool-down and warm-up directions many times here in the spring. It’s just one characteristic of our climate. Another important note: While we’re not exactly experiencing good beach weather this weekend, over the next couple of days, the combination of astronomically high tides and an onshore wind up to moderate speeds will result in areas of coastal flooding around the times of high tides. Water levels may be up to around a foot above normal during peak high tide times, so keep this in mind if you will be near the water. Looking ahead a little, the next main low pressure wave will respond to an upper level wind that turns a little more southerly, and this low is now expected to cut across the Connecticut Valley late Sunday through early Monday, with a more showery rainfall pattern resulting, with fairly good coverage of showers any time Sunday into the morning hours of Memorial Day Monday. If we see a tongue of drier air move up from the southwest quickly enough, it may end up drier for some of the Memorial Day ceremonies being held on Monday, but that part of the forecast will have to be tweaked right up into that morning since it’s hard to predict the timing of showery precipitation, and it will come down to exact location of the low center and trough axis. With a bit more southerly air flow evolving during the latter portion of the weekend, we’ll warm things up slightly, so that some locations may get back to the 60s during Monday. So this ends Meteorological Spring, which was warm and dry overall, on a chilly and wet note, but provides some additional beneficial rainfall. Looking ahead, June begins on a warmer note with a bit more humid feel as high pressure sits over the Middle Atlantic region to just offshore of there on Tuesday and Wednesday, but while this goes on a frontal boundary will be drifting toward our area from the west, bringing with it some clouds, and possibly leading to the chance of showers again by later Wednesday…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Overcast. Periods of rain. Areas of drizzle and fog. Highs 45-52. Wind NE 5-15 MPH with gusts up to 25 MPH inland and 10-20 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH coastal areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and fog especially near the coast. Lows 42-49. Wind NE 5-15 MPH with gusts 20-30 MPH, strongest at the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Cloudy. Rain likely in the morning. Showers likely in the afternoon. Areas of fog and drizzle. Highs 48-55. Wind NE to E 5-15 MPH with gusts 20-30 MPH, strongest in coastal areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely. Slight chance of a thunderstorm overnight. Areas of fog and drizzle. Temperatures steady 48-55. Wind E to SE 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning. Chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 58-65. Wind SE 5-15 MPH shifting to SW during the morning then NW during the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Areas of fog possible. Lows 50-57. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 71-78. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 55-62. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of showers late-day or evening. Highs 72-79. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 7-10 (JUNE 3-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seasonably warm, more humid, and episodes of isolated to scattered showers\/thunderstorms with the general pattern likely to feature high pressure offshore, high pressure in Canada, and a weak boundary nearby. An intrusion of cooler air is possible around June 4-5, but not certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 8-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall idea right now is similar pattern will continue but shower threat may decrease somewhat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 29 \u2013 JUNE 2) The timing may not be great, but after a fairly warm and dry meteorological spring, we are going to end it with a stretch of cool and wet weather over the Memorial Day Weekend. This happens as a frontal boundary sits to the south of the region and … Continue reading Saturday May 29 2021 Forecast (8:18AM)<\/span>