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DAYS 1-5 (OCTOBER 1-5)
October is here, and after a great weather weekend to end September we have changeable weather in store for the next several days, including some wet weather but also a couple of very nice days as well. A back-door cold front drops down from the northeast today then sits across far southern New England nearly stationary by tonight through Tuesday, with episodes of wet weather from this afternoon through Tuesday. I originally thought this front may push back to the north getting the region fully into the warm sector, but this won’t be the case as high pressure in eastern Canada is a little too strong to allow it. But high pressure will be also what causes all this to move out of here for a nice day Wednesday, then moves offshore resulting in a warm-up for Thursday before a cold front brings in slightly cooler but fair weather for the end of the week. Forecast details…
TODAY: Partial sun far eastern and southern areas early otherwise cloudy. Showers likely by mid afternoon on. Highs 58-65 southern NH and northern MA, 65-72 southern MA through RI and eastern CT. Wind light variable becoming NE up to 10 MPH from northeast to southwest, but may never shift to NE in far southern areas.
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Patchy fog. Occasional showers. Lows 52-57. Wind light NE except variable far southern areas.
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Patchy fog. Periods of rain, especially in the afternoon. Highs 58-65 except 65-72 far southern areas. Wind NE to E 5-15 MPH except variable far southern areas.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with a chance of rain evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Patchy fog. Lows 53-60. Wind light variable.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 68-75. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers at night. Lows in the 50s. Highs in the 70s.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Highs in the 60s.

DAYS 6-10 (OCTOBER 6-10)
Looks like high pressure will be dominant surface and aloft with dry weather from the October 6-7 weekend with a warm-up, and continuing with above normal temperatures into the early part of next week before unsettled weather arrives by later in the period.

DAYS 11-15 (OCTOBER 11-15)
A more changeable period of weather is expected as a flatter flow brings a series of low pressure waves across the region west to east. But high pressure will still be off the Atlantic Coast and the tropics may be active again so that may be another thing to keep an eye on toward the end of the period.