DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 2-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some summer heat and humidity will be around during this 5 day period, but there are moderating factors and breaks built into this pattern as well. So despite some media making you think otherwise, this won’t be a sustained stretch of weather brutality. In fact, today starts out rather comfortable but it does heat up and the humidity goes up during the day as we get a southwesterly flow ahead of an approaching cold front. Like many systems this season, this front will struggle to produce much in the way of shower and thunderstorm activity (even though guidance in previous days showed otherwise – gee what a surprise!). The areas that do see something can get a downpour with thunder, so be on the look out for that later today \/ early this evening. That’s outta here tonight and the humidity drops a few notches. With high pressure centered to our north for Wednesday we’ll find ourselves in a more comfortable northerly to easterly air flow and just above everybody staying under 90 for high temps, with coolest on the coast. But the heat and humidity comes back for Thursday as that high center slips to the southeast and turns out the heat pump. That will be the day that most areas will easily exceed 90, and some locations will make a run for the upper 90s. I don’t think we’ll find any triple-digit temperatures that day, however, and most record high temperatures for the date will stand unbroken. We’ll have to watch for a batch of thunderstorms coming out of NY State late in the day or the evening but those are likely to run out of steam before having much of an impact on our region. If anything does make it into the WHW forecast area, it would be the northwesterly portions (central MA and southwestern NH) late-day or evening. More likely our shower and thunderstorm threat will be on Friday as a cold front moves into and slowly across the region. That day will still also be quite humid and rather warm to hot. The front will push through by early Saturday and my current thoughts for that day allow for lingering showers near the South Coast early in the day, otherwise high pressure providing drier weather, less heat, and moderate to high humidity (but a bit lower than Friday) to start the first weekend of August. We may have to deal with some cloudiness however with the front sitting not too far to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sun\/cloud mix. A shower or thunderstorm possible west to east late afternoon to early evening. Highs 86-93 except 78-85 South Coast. Dew point middle 60s to near 70. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, but can be variable and gusty near any storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clearing. Patchy fog forming interior lower elevations. Lows 60-67. Dew point falling through 60s. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 79-84 coast, 85-90 inland. Dew point upper 50s to lower 60s. Wind N to E up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog interior lower elevations. Lows 63-70. Dew point lower to middle 60s. Wind SE to S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. An slight chance of an evening thunderstorm well north and west of Boston. Highs 92-99 except 85-92 South Coast and 78-85 Nantucket. Dew point upper 60s to lower 70s. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 72-77. Dew point near 70. Wind SW 5-15 MPH<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 88-95. Dew point near 70. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms early, except may linger later South Coast. Fog patches forming. Lows 66-73. Dew point falling to middle to lower 60s. Wind variable 5-15 MPH,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of showers South Coast early. Highs 81-88, coolest eastern coastal areas. Wind N to NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 7-11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The front just to the south likely dissipates by later in the weekend (August 7) so expect some clouds around but dry weather and moderate humidity. Southwesterly air flow provides a shot of heat and humidity and approaching cold front adds a thunderstorm threat for August 8. High pressure should build in behind that with fair weather, modest humidity, and temperatures near to above normal August 9-11, maybe a bit hotter by the end of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 12-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Near to above normal temperatures with higher humidity dominant as we head into the middle of the month. Opportunities for showers \/ thunderstorms at times, but overall pattern looks fairly dry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 2-6) Some summer heat and humidity will be around during this 5 day period, but there are moderating factors and breaks built into this pattern as well. So despite some media making you think otherwise, this won’t be a sustained stretch of weather brutality. In fact, today starts out rather comfortable but … Continue reading Tuesday August 2 2022 Forecast (7:41AM)<\/span>