REVIEW OF SATURDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A very busy agenda for yours truly didn’t allow me to be on the blog as much as I’d like to have been, so I wasn’t able to comment during and shortly after the occurrence of strong to severe thunderstorms in the area. It’s important to remember something. Just because your area is in a warning for a storm does not necessarily mean your driveway ends up getting the strongest wind gust, the largest hail, the most damage, and consider yourself lucky if you miss out. There were some areas of pretty significant wind damage from this event, including right here in Woburn. Further west, I witnessed live wires down and entangled in down tree branches with the whole mess on fire in the middle of a road in Lexington. There were other significant damage reports, including but not limited to Newton MA and Hampton NH. A pretty impressive event for early in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 4-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, onto prognostication of the next 5 days, as we continue in a complex pattern which includes some blocking, quite typical for springtime. The large scale pattern features a closed low \/ high pressure ridge \/ closed low configuration from west to east across the Continental USA, with our area impacted by the easternmost upper low. Our summerlike air of yesterday is only a shadow of its former self as we start the day today, with it still quite mild, but a cool-down is in-bound, to be triggered by a southward-moving cold front that slides across the region during the day. The means much of the region will see high temperatures occurring this morning to midday. Additionally, we can see some rain showers around northern MA and\/or southern NH to start the day, and a late-day return of showers, more numerous to the north and west of Boston while areas to the south see only isolated activity. Some consolidation of shower activity means most areas get wet Sunday night into Monday. As part of the blocking pattern, high pressure resides in Atlantic Canada, and it should exert enough push on our area to suppress the rain area to the southwest during the day Monday, which while remaining cloudy, will feature a trend to less rain \/ mainly dry. The high pressure area will lose its grip and the low will regain its influence on our region heading into Tuesday – a day likely to feature widespread showers. As we reach midweek, more changes come about as the blocking pattern loosens up and the upper low starts to lift north northeastward. This should allow our surface wind to shift from easterly to more southerly, but clouds and additional showers are possible as this transition occurs. By Thursday, a weaker version of the upper low will be over our region, and the sensible weather should feature lots of clouds and a few showers. There’s still some uncertainty in the midweek details, so check updates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Mostly cloudy. A spot shower possible. Highs 63-70 by midday, followed by a cool-down north to south. Wind SW to variable to N 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely. Lows 46-53. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Cloudy. Showers diminish north to south but patchy drizzle. Highs 53-60. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Showers regain coverage south to north. Patchy drizzle \/ fog. Lows 45-52. Wind E 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Better chance of showers in all areas. Areas of drizzle and fog. Highs 53-60. Wind E 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely. Areas of drizzle and fog. Lows 45-52. Wind E up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Clouds break for sun at times. Chance of a shower. Highs 58-65 South of I-90, 65-72 I-90 northward. Wind SE to S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Patchy fog. Chance of a shower. Lows 50-57. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of a shower. Highs 60-67. Wind variable to N up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (MAY 9-13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blocking remains dominant at least at first. Been trying to figure out if fair weather overtakes the region sooner or is delayed by another low pressure area early in the period. Leaning toward the latter, then a drier trend after. Further adjustment \/ fine-tuning will be needed for this part of the outlook. This is a slower pattern evolution than prognosticated on the previous blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (MAY 14-18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hints for a more progressive pattern though I’m not sold on a complete pattern switch. Current indications are for no well defined weather systems, but overall pattern more “dry” than “wet” and no temperature extremes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REVIEW OF SATURDAY A very busy agenda for yours truly didn’t allow me to be on the blog as much as I’d like to have been, so I wasn’t able to comment during and shortly after the occurrence of strong to severe thunderstorms in the area. It’s important to remember something. Just because your area … Continue reading Sunday May 4 2025 Forecast (7:35AM)<\/span>