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COMMENTARY
\nWarning! Quiet summer pattern ahead! Sorry, I don’t really do “drama” so I was just having a little fun and poking fun at media at the same time. But joking aside, I do want to give a shout out to the National Weather Service Boston for a spectacular job warning and informing those impacted by severe weather in southeastern New England, especially Cape Cod, between Monday night and Tuesday afternoon, as some big storms rolled through the area. There may be some significant damage and power outages, but there were no serious injuries and no lives were lost. Severe weather in a densely populated area during vacation time can have very bad results, and their warnings helped avoid that. Damage will be repaired. Lives can’t be replaced, and they very well may have saved some. Great job NWS!<\/p>\n
DAYS 1-5 (JULY 24-28)
\nSo, about that quiet weather. A final wave of low pressure is close enough for a few showers on Nantucket to start the day, otherwise we’ll see a clearing trend as drier air arrives from Canada. High pressure moves into the region by tonight and Thursday then hangs around through the weekend. We will see a gradual warm-up and very slow increase in humidity, which you won’t really notice until sometime over the weekend, but not reaching the levels of last weekend, just more typical for mid summer here in New England.
\nForecast details…
\nTODAY: Early shower Nantucket otherwise clouds give way to sun. Highs 70-77 coast, 77-84 interior. Wind light variable with sea breezes.
\nTONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible rural low elevations. Lows 56-63. Wind light variable.
\nTHURSDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 78-85, coolest coast. Wind light N with coastal sea breezes.
\nTHURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 58-65. Wind light variable.
\nFRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 80-87, coolest coast. Wind light variable with coastal sea breezes.
\nFRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 60-67. Wind light S.
\nSATURDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 83-90. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.
\nSATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 62-69. Wind light SW.
\nSUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 85-92. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (JULY 29-AUGUST 2)
\nTypical summer pattern to end July and start August, warm to hot, some humidity but not extreme, and a few opportunities for showers and thunderstorms, especially July 30-31 as an old frontal boundary gets close to the region before washing out. This pattern will be driven by a ridge of high pressure out West, a weaker one off the East Coast, and a northward-displaced jet stream with a weak mean trough in the Upper Midwest to Great Lakes.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 3-7)
\nA stronger front may cross the region August 4 or August 5 as the trough in the Upper Midwest gets a shot of energy from a Canadian disturbance and makes a run into the Northeast. This may set up a more seasonable temperature pattern but also provide greater opportunity for another round of showers\/storms later in the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:12AM COMMENTARY Warning! Quiet summer pattern ahead! Sorry, I don’t really do “drama” so I was just having a little fun and poking fun at media at the same time. But joking aside, I do want to give a shout out to the National Weather Service Boston for a spectacular job warning and informing those … Continue reading Wednesday Forecast<\/span>