Giving up a “holiday” to foul weather is a relatively small sacrifice for what will end up being a widespread beneficial rain event across our region. Yes, I was skeptical. “All systems fail in a drought” is a phrase a well known Boston meteorologist used a lot, and often ends up correct, but we have joked about saying that until you’re wrong, because it’s easier to be wrong once than a bunch of times. Yes, some areas did get great benefit from a recent one-two punch, but this event will give more benefit to a wider area. And it’s a fairly benign looking set-up too. There’s no tropical system. There’s no “big storm”. It’s just a front that came through, slowed down, has a good atmosphere for lift, and a little wave of low pressure to come along to enhance it. We won’t escape some issues, because some of the pockets of heavier rain are indeed going to lead to some areas of flooding. We have parched ground. It’s hard to get rain to soak into that at first, and in areas that see downpours, flooding issues will exist at times today and tonight, maybe even into Tuesday as the system drags itself out a bit. But overall, this is going to be beneficial and finally more than just a scratch on the surface of the drought. So we’ll take it. Does it mean “drought over”? Not yet. We have to see what comes beyond this. We can easily slip back if we stay too dry, but for now, we can rejoice in the benefit we are about to get. This system finally does pull away by late Tuesday and early Wednesday, and then the forecast gets more simple – high pressure builds in with fair weather for later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY – LABOR DAY: Overcast with areas of fog. Widespread showers trending southward with embedded downpours. Areas of flooding likely. Highs 65-70 southern NH \/ northern MA, 70-75 southern MA \/ CT \/ RI. Dew point 60s. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Overcast with areas of fog. Widespread showers, some downpours. Lows 58-65. Dew point upper 50s to lower 60s. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Cloudy with showers likely but with a diminishing north to south during the day. Areas of fog, especially morning. Highs 63-70. Dew point near 60. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Early showers linger southern MA \/ CT \/ RI, otherwise breaking clouds. Lows 53-60. Dew point falling to near 50. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Early clouds linger South Coast otherwise sun and passing clouds. Highs 68-75. Dew point near 50. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clear. Areas of ground fog overnight. Lows 48-55. Dew point upper 40s. Wind NE under 10 MPH becoming variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Sunny. Highs 73-80. Dew point lower 50s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY NIGHT: Clear. Patchy ground fog forming. Lows 53-60. Dew point lower 50s. Wind calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Sunny. Highs 75-82. Dew point 50s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (SEPTEMBER 10-14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High pressure brings dry weather and above normal temperatures for the September 10-11 weekend. Watching for a frontal boundary to bring a shower threat early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (SEPTEMBER 14-18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall pattern looks dry with variable but near to above normal temperatures as high pressure is in control much of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Giving up a “holiday” to foul weather is a relatively small sacrifice for what will end up being a widespread beneficial rain event across our region. Yes, I was skeptical. “All systems fail in a drought” is a phrase a well known Boston meteorologist used a lot, and often ends up correct, but we have … Continue reading Monday September 5 2022 Forecast (7:52AM)<\/span>