DAYS 1-5 (MAY 23-27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We hold onto the warmth for the next few days, but the temperature will be down a few notches in the region today with lots of cloudiness and a couple \/ few rounds of showers and thunderstorms moving through with a trough and eventually the passage of a cold front. Dew points will be up today so you’ll notice the humidity which helps drive the showers and storms too. There are three distinctive time frames for activity in the region overall. Number 1 is now, with scattered showers and storms, focus near and south of I-90 heading into southeastern MA via RI. By the time many of you read this, batch number 1 will be heading out to sea via the MA South Shore (mid morning). The next batch will be a fairly widespread swath of showers and embedded thunderstorms that moves more in a southwest to northeast fashion across the region over a few hours’ time from late morning to early afternoon. If there is a “round 3” it’s with the cold front itself from northwest to southeast between 4 p.m. and early evening, but the coverage on that looks quite limited, and there may be only a few isolated cells. Nevertheless, keep an eye out, just in case. Any storms can produce gusty winds and a few can produce hail. While severe weather is possible, its occurrence would be fairly isolated. It all goes quiet tonight and lower dew point air arrives overnight. The rain I was concerned about has shown a southward trend and I’m now calling for a 100% dry day on Friday, both in terms of no rainfall and also lower humidity, with abundant sun to be had. Many areas will still break 80 for high temps, but it will be rather comfy. Saturday will be similar – lots of sun \/ a few more clouds than Friday, but fairly low humidity and will be the warmest day of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend as high pressure controls the weather. As we progress through the weekend we’ll see slight cooling trend for Sunday and Monday as an upper level low pressure trough moves into the region. A weak disturbance passing through the region on Sunday may trigger a couple showers, but for the most part this will be a rain-free, nice day, with some varying cloud cover, so keep any outdoor plans and just keep an eye on the sky \/ radar. Memorial Day itself is when we see a greater chance of wet weather impacting most of the region. It looks like an area of surface low pressure will move into the Great Lakes that day with a warm front extending eastward from it, lifting into New England with lots of clouds and scattered rainfall areas. This may be limited and have no major impact on parades and ceremonies that take place during the morning and midday hours. The warm front may not make it all the way through the region before a cold \/ occluded front arrives from the west later in the day with a greater threat of showers and possible thunderstorms, but this may hold off until the end of the day or even the night, allowing a good portion of Monday to be rain-free. Fine-tuning to come on this part of the forecast…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Variably cloudy. Early to mid morning showers and thunderstorms mainly south of I-90. More widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms late morning to early afternoon. Isolated showers \/ thunderstorms later in the day, favoring areas north of I-90. Highs 80-87 except cooler (mainly 60s) South Coast with a sharp gradient between. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, but variable and potentially stronger winds around any thunderstorms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 55-62. Wind shifting to NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Early clouds South Coast, otherwise sunshine dominates the day. Highs 77-84, cooler Cape Cod. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Patchy clouds. Lows 53-60. Wind NW to W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 76-83. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 53-60. Wind W to SW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of a shower. Highs 68-75. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 53-60. Wind S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Mostly cloudy. Patchy rain possible morning and midday. Showers and thunderstorms return later in the day west to east. Highs 65-72. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (MAY 28 – JUNE 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A trough moving through the region brings the chance of additional showers and thunderstorms on May 28. An upper trough flattens out but still can produce a couple showers May 29 or May 30 before high pressure builds in with fair weather May 31 \/ June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 2-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A passing disturbance may bring a shower chance early in the period, a second disturbance brings a chance mid period, and a third late period. No major temperature extremes indicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 23-27) We hold onto the warmth for the next few days, but the temperature will be down a few notches in the region today with lots of cloudiness and a couple \/ few rounds of showers and thunderstorms moving through with a trough and eventually the passage of a cold front. Dew … Continue reading Thursday May 23 2024 Forecast (7:46AM)<\/span>