DAYS 1-5 (MAY 27-31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Memorial Day Weekend’s weather is the center piece of this 5-day discussion. This marks the “unofficial” start of the summer season, as far as tourism and vacationing goes. And for many it starts with a “getaway day” today, which is not really going to present any real weather-related challenges for our area unless you are going to be traveling during tonight. During the day we’ll just be contending with a lot of cloudiness as a warmer and more moist southerly air flow becomes established, and any precipitation will be limited to a quick sprinkle of rain mainly to the west or a patch of drizzle near the South Coast. Tonight, a surface trough will approach and then move through in the early morning hours of Saturday from west to east. While this feature will be approaching our area with a healthy batch of good coverage showers and thunderstorms, it looks like it loses a lot of support so that the activity will have diminished to scattered while it moves through the WHW forecast area and mostly gone by shortly after dawn. The next threat of showers and thunderstorms does not come until the approach and passage of a cold front later Saturday, so this leaves us with several hours especially morning and midday that are free of rain threat and may even feature some intervals of sunshine, making Saturday a non-washout and salvaging part of the day for any outdoor plans, so long as you are wise and keep an eye on the radar. Afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity will probably be scattered as opposed to widespread, but any storms that do form and move into the area can be strong with even an isolated severe storm possible, so if you are traveling or do have outdoor plans please keep this in mind and have a plan to move to shelter if needed. The cold front pushes through by early Saturday night and sets us up for a spectacular and somewhat summery Sunday and Monday. The air won’t really be all that cool behind that “cold” front because its source region is not particularly chilly and the center of high pressure will be passing to our south, allowing a west to southwest wind to warm us up on those days. Tuesday presents the next forecast dilemma as we see that high to the south sliding further away and a bubble of high pressure in eastern Canada become stronger. Inevitably, the boundary between the two plays into our forecast as is typical for spring in New England, and we’ll be trying to determine the timing of the arrival of a back-door cold front from the northeast. This boundary has a high impact on Tuesday’s temperatures for our region. With this being day 5 right now, I’m going to play the middle ground, start us warm, then cool the region down with a PM frontal passage. If the front is sooner, we cool more quickly … later, and we keep the warmth through most of or all of the day. But for those who are taking an extra long weekend and may be returning to the area on Tuesday, the weather itself should not be an issue as again it looks like dry weather holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Mostly cloudy – intervals of sun at times. A sprinkle possible southwestern NH, central MA, and eastern CT during the afternoon along with a potential patch of drizzle near the South Coast. Increasingly humid – dew point rising to or a little over 60. Highs 66-73 coast, 73-80 inland. Wind S 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers, possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Humid – dew point upper 50s to lower 60s. Lows 58-65. Wind S to variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy but also some intervals of sunshine at times. Showers possible near dawn. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, some of which can be strong. Areas of fog early. Highs 70-77, coolest South Coast. Humid – dew point 60+. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clouds break, but fog patches remain. Humidity lowers. Lows 55-62. Wind SW 5-15 MPH shifting to NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Sun\/cloud mix. Highs 75-82, coolest coast. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 56-63. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Partly sunny. Highs 80-87, cooler South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 60-67. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 78-85, but may turn much cooler from northeast to southwest by late-day. Wind W 5-15 MPH shifting to NE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 1-5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iffy temperature \/ weather forecast in here due to a lot of weather players on the field in close proximity. Looks like we stay on the cooler side of the aforementioned front for June 1 with dry and pleasant weather, then the boundary moves back as a warm front with a shower threat on June 2, followed by a cold front from the west with a shower\/t-storm threat June 3, then fair weather for the June 4-5 weekend with high pressure in control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 6-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall pattern looks fairly dry and seasonable to slightly cooler than normal with predominant flow from eastern Canada at the surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 27-31) Memorial Day Weekend’s weather is the center piece of this 5-day discussion. This marks the “unofficial” start of the summer season, as far as tourism and vacationing goes. And for many it starts with a “getaway day” today, which is not really going to present any real weather-related challenges for our … Continue reading Friday May 27 2022 Forecast (7:30AM)<\/span>