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DAYS 1-5 (OCTOBER 1-5)
October is here, and coincidentally here come some changes in the impact of the weather locally, although the overall large scale pattern isn’t changing too much – just more of a temporary readjustment. What happens is the ridge that has been centered in the east central US bringing persistent warmth to areas south and west of New England and warm spells into New England flattens and moves west a little bit and allows a significantly cooler air mass from Canada to visit New England for a few days, beginning tomorrow. But first, we get back into the warm wedge of air today as a warm front, which brought some early rain showers, passes through. You’ll even notice the humidity bump up during the day today and especially tonight, not to oppressive levels, but to the point you’ll feel the change. But a strong cold front will sink southward across the region Wednesday, which will be warmest early in the day, followed by a cool down. All the while, we’ll be somewhat unsettled, and though clouds break during the day today and we get into some sun, they return tonight and dominate through Wednesday along with the threat of additional rain showers. The front does not get all that far to the south and a wave of low pressure comes along it and provides a good chance of rain Thursday to early Friday. Any rain is welcomed as we have been quite dry overall of late. By Saturday, though, we’ll be under control of high pressure, which looks like a chilly but great early fall day.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Risk of rain showers morning. Highs 72-79. Wind S 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Humid. Lows 60-67. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Humid turning to damp. Highs 70-77 morning, then falling afternoon. Wind W 10-20 MPH morning, shifting to N from north to south during the morning and early afternoon.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 46-53. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY: Cloudy. Rain arriving west to east. Highs 53-60. Wind E 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Overcast. Rain likely. Patchy fog. Lows 48-55. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
FRIDAY: Overcast with rain tapering off morning. Breaking clouds afternoon. Highs 55-62. Wind N 10-20 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Areas of fog forming. Lows 40-47. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
SATURDAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 56-63. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (OCTOBER 6-10)
High pressure moves overhead then offshore October 6, a dry day that starts cold with areas of frost and ends milder. October 7 looks warm but with late-day or nighttime rain showers from a cold front, which moves offshore followed by clearing and cooler weather October 8-9 before it moderates by the end of the period.

DAYS 11-15 (OCTOBER 11-15)
Overall pattern much the same, drier than average, up and down temperatures.