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The middle month of Meteorological Summer is underway, and starts with several important days for outdoor activity leading up to and through the Fourth of July Weekend. Weather, always critical to plans, becomes even more so during such a period. Instead of launching into a marathon-read, I’ll get to the point with what I expect to take place through the week and into early next week.<\/p>\n
We’ve established a very warm, humid southwesterly flow which will last into Thursday. A cold front will approach from the west and slow down through Thursday then slowly slide across the region early Friday. Timing and positioning of this front will be the big decider of what happens here. In addition, the forecast of Tropical Storm Arthur (possibly even a minimal hurricane) is critical. This early-season tropical system is expected to move northward from the US Southeast to Middle Atlantic Coast through Thursday then turn northeast and accelerate\u00a0 into the waters just southeast and east of New England during Friday (Independence Day). What hasn’t changed with the thinking is that Arthur will stay just far enough offshore to only impact Cape Cod and the Islands with some rain and a gusty breeze for a while, with little or no impact elsewhere. What has changed a little bit is that I now feel that the cold front will stall for a while to the northwest of the Boston area. This front, which will set off scattered thunderstorms well to the west and northwest of Boston Wednesday afternoon, will do the same again Thursday and again they may remain well to the west, finally ambling across the region from west to east in weakened form later Thursday night and early Friday. This is a touchy and uncertain part of the forecast and will be monitored. Many towns have fireworks displays and other celebrations on July 3, so this forecast is important. Regardless of the front and Arthur, it appears we’ll end up with a wonderful couple days of weather Saturday and Sunday, seasonably warm and dry, with lots of sun both days. Heat returns early next week along with a thunderstorm threat as the next front approaches.<\/p>\n
Forecast for southeastern New England…<\/p>\n
OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy. Mild and muggy. Lows 65-73. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and hazy. Hot and humid. Highs 77-85 South Coast, 86-92 elsewhere Wind SW 10-15 MPH gusting 20-25 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy and hazy. Warm and humid. Lows 66-74. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Greater chance of showers\/storms north central MA and south central NH late day or evening, pushing eastward later at night. Warm and muggy. Highs 70s\u00a0 South Coast\/Cape Cod, 80s elsewhere. Wind SW to S 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY – INDEPENDENCE DAY: Cloudy start with showers\/rain southeastern MA. Clearing trend west to east afternoon. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85 except 70s Cape Cod.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Lows 60-65. Highs 80-85.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Lows 63-68. Highs 83-88.<\/p>\n
MONDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows 65-70. Highs 85-90.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Scattered showers\/thunderstorms. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
9:43PM The middle month of Meteorological Summer is underway, and starts with several important days for outdoor activity leading up to and through the Fourth of July Weekend. Weather, always critical to plans, becomes even more so during such a period. Instead of launching into a marathon-read, I’ll get to the point with what I … Continue reading Hi July!<\/span>