DAYS 1-5 (JULY 3-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’d like to be writing a short blog update on this Saturday morning of a summer holiday weekend, but with temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60, a chilly wind off the Atlantic, a low overcast, drizzle, fog, and showers around, maybe you need some extra reading material, so let’s stretch this one out a bit. \ud83d\ude09 If you happen to be reading from outside of this area, I hope you are enjoying much nicer weather than we are currently experiencing. After a solid heat spell earlier in the week, we’ve fallen back to levels very reminiscent of Memorial Day Weekend, chilly, raw, damp. At least in late May one can justify that type of weather, being springtime and much earlier in the “warm season”, without chilly ocean nearby and weather set-ups that can still often propel winds more sharply off the water, not the more gentle sea breezes that we more often see as we move into the early weeks of summer. But this time, the synoptics conspired in such a way to show us a little more of an extreme case, and for the second straight time it’s falling on a holiday weekend. That, I assure you, is pure coincidence. The atmosphere has no idea what we are celebrating and observing. It’s just doing what it does. All we can do is make the most of that, so I hope you find a way to do that if you had outdoor plans that have to be changed. The peak of our “bad” weather comes today when we have the strongest northeasterly air flow at the surface, and maximum amount of both low level moisture and moisture above us and upper level low pressure moving right over the region. This combination socks us in with thick cloudiness, with low undefined bases and sometimes fog as the air is pretty fully saturated. Drizzle is common and sometimes persistent, and the upper level low will help generate showers, a few of which can be on the heavier side. As of 8 a.m. today these already exist across the central MA and a good portion of southern NH, but can occur pretty much anywhere during today and into tonight as well. We’ll see a gradual, and I mean very slow improvement of the weather during Sunday. The overcast will start to thin at times, and you may see the sun trying to poke through. The drizzle will taper off, the fog will be more patchy, and while we still have the chance of showers as the upper low continues its lazy journey across New England. At least any shower activity will be diminishing and the last of it should exit by early Sunday evening. Full improvement finally comes during the overnight hours, leaving Monday, the observed holiday for some, as the nicest day we’ve had in a while with a good deal of sunshine, fairly dry air, and a nice temperature recovery. Unfortunately, many folks will have planned this as a travel day. Well, at least the roads will be dry! And now for the part where we add insult to injury. A warm front comes through the region Monday night with some cloudiness and perhaps a passing shower or thunderstorm, then we’re back into the heat for Tuesday, which returns after the warm front passes and ahead of an approaching cold front. This front may be fast enough to bring a shower and thunderstorm threat by late Tuesday or Tuesday night, but the early indications are that it will slow down and not really get all the way through the region, leaving us warm and somewhat humid and vulnerable to additional unsettled weather on Wednesday. Details will have to be fine-tuned for how that plays out…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Overcast. Areas of fog and drizzle. Scattered to numerous showers. Highs 58-65. Dew point middle to upper 50s. Wind NE 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH, strongest in coastal areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Areas of fog and drizzle. Numerous showers evening becoming scattered overnight. Lows 56-63. Dew point middle to upper 50s. Wind NE to N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Scattered to isolated showers. Highs 65-72. Dew point upper to middle 50s. Wind N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly to partly cloudy. Isolated showers possible evening. Lows 55-62. Dew point lower 50s. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 75-82. Dew point middle to upper 50s. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. A shower or thunderstorm possible overnight, favoring southern NH. Lows 62-69. Dew point near 60. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of late-day or evening showers and thunderstorms. Highs 85-92. Dew point rising to upper 60s. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Lows 68-75. Dew point upper 60s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 78-85. Dew point upper 60s to 70. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JULY 8-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The frontal boundary bringing unsettled weather chances from late Tuesday through Wednesday will still be in the region to start this period, and we’ll also have to watch the remnants of a tropical system from the south that may increase rainfall chances as well, but this should move quickly enough and high pressure should start to advance in from Canada so that we start to dry out by July 9 and set up at least a nice start to the July 10-11 weekend, which may turn unsettled before it ends from an advancing warm front and low pressure area, bringing additional shower and thunderstorm chances for the end of this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JULY 13-17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pattern will be one of air mass changes and a couple opportunities for showers and storms again, but it’s impossible for specific timing this far out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (JULY 3-7) I’d like to be writing a short blog update on this Saturday morning of a summer holiday weekend, but with temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60, a chilly wind off the Atlantic, a low overcast, drizzle, fog, and showers around, maybe you need some extra reading material, so let’s … Continue reading Saturday July 3 2021 Forecast (8:51AM)<\/span>