DAYS 1-5 (MAY 18-22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A cold start this morning will turn around quickly today with a decent temperature rise off morning lows which landed right in the expected range (upper 20s in coldest spots like Taunton, 30s in most areas, and lower 40s in urban centers like downtown Boston). Some locations (Taunton for example again), can rise well over 30 degrees today to their high temp, while others (Boston) will have a smaller “diurnal” – the term that refers to the difference between the morning low and afternoon high temps. Typical springtime in New England though as this is the season we see this most. Folks in southern portions of the WHW forecast area (south central to southeastern MA, eastern CT, and RI) awake to a hazier sky due to a plume of wildfire smoke mixed with some high clouds carried in by the upper winds, while areas to the north and northeast have a clearer sky and brighter sun to start, but more of that smoke may make its way in from the northwest as the day goes on, so we may end up with more of a hazy look to the sky for most areas by day’s end. Other than some smoke aloft it will be a clear night tonight, but with an increasing dew point on a more southerly air flow, despite fairly light wind we won’t be able to chill down like last night, and this will lead to a warmer day tomorrow still with a fair amount of sun despite some additional mid to high altitude smoke and additional cloud cover. This leads us to a more complex outlook for the weekend. Saturday, we’ll be watching the approach of two systems. The first is a trough and frontal system from the west, the second a weak low pressure area moving north northeastward from the Middle Atlantic coastal area. Current thoughts are that the moisture from the second system will split, with part 1 peeling off to the east to possibly clip Cape Cod with some wet weather during the day Saturday, favoring the afternoon, and part 2 getting caught up in the approaching frontal system from the west, which will bring the most widespread showers to the region as a whole Saturday evening and night, then exiting off the coast during early Sunday morning. This will set up a drier finish to the weekend, but we may still have at least some cloudiness around Sunday as colder air moves back in aloft while the surface is slower to cool down and dry out. By Monday, Canadian high pressure will be back with fair, cooler weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sunshine, but filtered by high clouds and some high altitude smoke in southern areas early and then again from west to east by later in the day. Highs 61-68. Wind variable up to 10 MPH, then W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Mostly clear except some smoke aloft. Lows 47-54. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Sun\/cloud\/smoke aloft mix. Highs 70-77. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 52-59. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Showers likely Cape Cod region midday into afternoon. Showers arrive west to east late-day \/ evening. Highs 67-74, coolest South Coast. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Areas of fog. Lows 50-57. Wind variable to SW up to 10 MPH, shifting to W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Lots of clouds at times, some sun at others. Chance of a shower early in the day favoring eastern coastal areas and especially Cape Cod. Highs 60-67. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 42-49. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 60-67. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (MAY 23-27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch for a potential sneaky system with a wet weather threat in the May 24-26 window, otherwise dry weather should dominate the beginning and end of the period, and much of the period of the unsettled weather fails to materialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (MAY 28 – JUNE 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The middle and end of the Memorial Day Weekend should be dry and warmer followed by the potential for some showery weather to close out May, and a return to fair weather to start the month of June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 18-22) A cold start this morning will turn around quickly today with a decent temperature rise off morning lows which landed right in the expected range (upper 20s in coldest spots like Taunton, 30s in most areas, and lower 40s in urban centers like downtown Boston). Some locations (Taunton for example again), … Continue reading Thursday May 18 2023 Forecast (7:24AM)<\/span>