DAYS 1-5 (JULY 2-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday was quite a nice day to start off the month of July if you ignore the low level wildfire smoke that reduced visibility and worsened air quality. Some of that hangs around today before being scoured out on Monday. Unsettled weather will be the theme of the next couple days as a low pressure trough swings through the region with a series of disturbances. Timing of these will be crucial for planned outdoor activities such as beach plans, cookouts, and fireworks displays. Today will be the day with the least favorable rainfall timing and most extensive cloud cover. The largest and longest-lasting shower episodes will take place this morning to mid afternoon from west to east across the region. It won’t rain in every WHW forecast area location the entire time, with the initial thrust to the north and west of Boston, and eventually further to the east and south, but even between this area and another that arrives later tonight there can be a few spotty showers and thunderstorms. The area that arrives late tonight will move out by dawn Monday. From midday on, and especially afternoon on Monday, we’ll have to watch for scattered showers and thunderstorms with the storm possibly strong to severe, especially west of the I-95 corridor. I suspect this activity takes a break in the evening before another disturbances later at night brings additional shower\/storm chances. Current timing suggests that a shower and thunderstorm threat will exist Tuesday (Independence Day) morning before a break, and only isolated to widely scattered showers and storms for the afternoon hours, but any that do occur can contain very heavy downpours. If there’s any better news it’s that the coverage of these will be limited and that they should fade for evening fireworks displays in most if not all of the region. Midweek (Wednesday and Thursday) will be warm and summery with a weak area of high pressure moving in, but Thursday may feature some cooling coastal sea breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Mostly cloudy. Episodic showers and possible thunderstorms. Areas of fog early. Haze\/smoke. Highs 73-80. Dew point rising to near 70. Wind S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Passing showers and possible thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Haze\/smoke. Lows 64-71. Dew point middle 60s to near 70. Wind S under 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 76-83. Dew point upper 60s to lower 70s. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Lows 62-69. Dew point 60+. Wind S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY (INDEPENDENCE DAY): Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm in the morning. Partly sunny with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 77-84. Dew point 60+. Wind shifting to W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 63-70. Dew point lower 60s. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 83-90. Dew point near 60. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 63-70. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 83-90, may cool back to the 70s coast. Wind W to variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JULY 7-11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unsure of timing of next frontal boundary and disturbance, later July 7 or July 8, for a shower\/thunderstorm chance, but the overall pattern during this period looks more settled and seasonable with weak westerly or zonal flow dominating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JULY 12-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weak flow pattern including the return of weak troughing may incite more unsettled weather for mid month with a lack of heat but high humidity. Fine-tuning to come of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (JULY 2-6) Saturday was quite a nice day to start off the month of July if you ignore the low level wildfire smoke that reduced visibility and worsened air quality. Some of that hangs around today before being scoured out on Monday. Unsettled weather will be the theme of the next couple days … Continue reading Sunday July 2 2023 Forecast (7:26AM)<\/span>