11:30AM<\/p>\n
A westerly flow will dominate the region, not the frequent east wind we often see this time of year. Sunshine will be limited today due to low level moisture and cold air moving in aloft. This is a recipe for lots of clouds, and even when the sun does shine it just cooks up more clouds. By Sunday, the lower level moisture will be gone and the upper air will be warming, which means much more sunshine!<\/p>\n
Monday and Tuesday will be the time for the approach and passage of a southern stream storm system, the center of which will pass northwest of New England and up the St. Lawrence Valley Tuesday. This means that we enter the warm sector on Tuesday, after sun gets filtered and faded by increasing clouds Monday and we get a good slug of rain Monday night. Though being in the warm sector Tuesday does not mean we bust out in to abundant warm sunshine. There will be lots of moisture so clouds will dominate and some showers may linger.<\/p>\n
Midweek, that is, Wednesday and Thursday, will resemble today and Sunday in many aspects, though it looks like moisture will be little less available Wednesday so cloudiness should be less extensive than what we are seeing today.<\/p>\n
The next weather system arrives Friday – a cold front, with a chance of rain showers. The timing of this front is uncertain. A slower timing of the front would mean a warmer day, a quicker timing would mean a more unsettled day with clouds and showers. But why worry so much about day 7? Let’s just wait and see, and enjoy a pretty decent spell of weather through midweek other than the clouds today and the rainy interruption Monday night into Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Detailed forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
THIS AFTERNOON: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Highs 50-58, coolest in the hills NW of Boston, mildest interior southeastern MA and northern RI. Wind W 10-20 MPH and gusty.<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds. Lows in the 30s. Wind W 10-20 MPH and gusty.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs in the 50s. Wind W 10-20 MPH and gusty.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Sunny start, cloudy finish, rain at night. Low 35. High 57.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy, rain showers through midday. Low 48. High 66.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Low 36. High 53.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy to mostly sunny. Low 33. High 61.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Variably cloudy, chance of rain showers. Low 46. High 64.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
11:30AM A westerly flow will dominate the region, not the frequent east wind we often see this time of year. Sunshine will be limited today due to low level moisture and cold air moving in aloft. This is a recipe for lots of clouds, and even when the sun does shine it just cooks up … Continue reading West Wind Weekend<\/span>