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DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1)
\nGet ready for a PRE. What’s a PRE? The letters stand for predecessor rain event, and the short explanation is that it’s a significant area of rain (usually in the form of numerous to widespread showers\/thunderstorms) that extends out from a tropical system (depression, storm, hurricane). It does not always connect to the precipitation shield of the storm itself, although it can. In this case, it will be a rapidly developing area of showers and embedded thunderstorms just south of to over southern New England, starting this afternoon, peaking tonight, and exiting west to east in the early hours of Thursday. It is the result of Tropical Storm Erin as it tracks north northeastward off the Mid Atlantic and New England coast, and a cold front moving into and across New England from west to east. Behind this will come drier weather for the balance of Thursday, continuing through Friday and well into the Labor Day weekend through Sunday, which is the first day of September. High pressure initially centered from the Ohio Valley to near southern New England will deliver fairly warm air Thursday-Friday, and as the high center shifts more to the north and east so that it is situated in the St. Lawrence Valley by later Saturday and Sunday, we will see more of a northeasterly to easterly air flow and a cooling trend, somewhat like last weekend.
\nForecast details…
\nTODAY: Partly sunny morning. Mostly cloudy with scattered to numerous showers arriving from south to north during the afternoon. Increasingly humid. Highs 76-83, coolest along the coast. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.
\nTONIGHT: Cloudy. Numerous to widespread showers and a chance of thunderstorms, diminishing west to east toward dawn. Areas of fog. Very humid. Lows 64-71. Wind light variable.
\nTHURSDAY: Cloudy with showers Cape Cod very early, otherwise clearing and becoming mostly sunny. Moderately humid. Highs 77-84. Wind W 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
\nTHURSDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 60-67. Wind W 5-10 MPH.
\nFRIDAY: Sunny. Highs 78-85. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
\nFRIDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 58-65 Wind NW 5-10 MPH.
\nSATURDAY: Sunny. Highs 75-82. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
\nSATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 57-64. Wind NE 5-10 MPH.
\nSUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 70-77, coolest coast. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (SEPTEMBER 2-6)
\nHigh pressure should hold in place to the north of the region with an easterly flow for Labor Day Monday September 2 with dry weather but will have to watch for some ocean cloudiness in eastern coastal areas. There may also be some pop-up showers Monday but not looking for a widespread wet weather event. High pressure should shift southward with increasing warmth and humidity September 3-4 and as a front approaches from the northwest September 5 we increase the chance of showers and will have to watch to see if moisture from Dorian becomes involved. It’s far too early to know what, if any impact, that moisture will have, as the track of that system is not known for certain yet. High pressure from Canada should end the period with cooler\/drier weather.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (SEPTEMBER 7-11)
\nThe overall pattern should feature a westerly flow with a couple disturbances bringing shower risks around September 7 and 10. Temperatures near to above normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:26AM DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1) Get ready for a PRE. What’s a PRE? The letters stand for predecessor rain event, and the short explanation is that it’s a significant area of rain (usually in the form of numerous to widespread showers\/thunderstorms) that extends out from a tropical system (depression, storm, hurricane). It does not … Continue reading Wednesday Forecast<\/span>