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DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 7-11)
\nHumidity spikes today and Thursday, but without high heat, however it will feel hot today as sunshine will work on the humidity for a while before we pop isolated thunderstorms the first half of the afternoon, then more clustered storm activity favoring areas west of Boston the second half of the afternoon which will progress eastward tonight. The focus for severe storms starts out to the west and eventually ends up in southeastern MA during tonight. Severe storms would be most likely to produce damaging wind gusts, which includes brief tornadoes. The main activity should be pretty much done by early Thursday but with the cold front still to the west we can still see additional storms pop up on Thursday, although the support will be a little less and the storm numbers should be down. The cold front gets through the region Thursday night at which time the humidity level takes a dive, and we stay rather warm but much drier Friday, when the combination of ground heating and cooler air coming in aloft may allow an isolated shower or thunderstorm to pop up on what otherwise will be a dry day for most. Weekend? Excellent! Dry weather, low humidity, warm days, cool nights.
\nForecast details…
\nTODAY: Variably cloudy. Areas of fog early. Isolated showers\/thunderstorms early to mid afternoon anywhere. Scattered to numerous showers\/thunderstorms favoring central and northeastern MA and southern NH with isolated showers\/storms possible elsewhere mid afternoon on. Any storms may be strong to locally severe. Humid. Highs 81-88. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
\nTONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Showers\/thunderstorms likely, with isolated severe storms possible. Areas of fog. Humid. Lows 63-70. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, but strong gusts possible near any storms.
\nTHURSDAY: Partly sunny. Isolated to scattered showers\/thunderstorms until about mid afternoon. Humid. Highs 80-87. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
\nTHURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Less humid. Lows 60-67. Wind shifting to W 5-15 MPH.
\nFRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Isolated afternoon showers\/thunderstorms. Highs 78-85. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.
\nFRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 55-62. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
\nSATURDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 77-84, coolest interior hills. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
\nSATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 53-60. Wind light NW.
\nSUNDAY: Sunny. Highs 77-84, coolest coast. Wind light variable with sea breezes.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 12-16)
\nHigh pressure settles to the south with increasing warmth and humidity August 12-13, dry August 12, risk of showers\/storms later August 13. Trough moves through with showers\/storms August 14, high humidity but cooler air. Drier, more seasonable weather for the end of the period as high pressure builds in behind the departing trough. <\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 17-21)
\nDry pattern expected as the jet stream lifts to the north and high pressure builds into the eastern US, but look for increasing heat and humidity with time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:15AM DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 7-11) Humidity spikes today and Thursday, but without high heat, however it will feel hot today as sunshine will work on the humidity for a while before we pop isolated thunderstorms the first half of the afternoon, then more clustered storm activity favoring areas west of Boston the second half of … Continue reading Wednesday Forecast<\/span>