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DAYS 1-5 (NOVEMBER 1-5)
New month. New pattern, for now. A large scale pattern, rooted out of a warm water bubble in the central Pacific, has allowed New England a fairly mild, though not overly warm, October, while much of the western and central US turned rather chilly. Now things will be shifting a bit. Not that we’re about to turn brutally cold and snowy. It’s not quite winter yet, folks. We enter later autumn with a pattern that will make it feel like you think it would. We’ll be on the cooler side of normal to start the month and that will definitely be evident here during the first 5 days of November. A strong cold front moved offshore in the early morning hours, accompanied by showers and downpours and very gusty winds. Power outages have resulted for several thousand households across the area. The good news is, while today is still going to be a gusty day, winds will be diminishing later and we’ll enjoy a calmer weekend overall, especially Saturday, to allow any cleanup and repairs to be quickly finished. The weather is also going to be fairly dry, but we are about to have a very close call with what could have been a quick but significant storm. Two piece of energy, one coming across the Great Lakes and another offshore, will just start to combine forces as they pass by the region Saturday night. Had they been closer or interacted sooner, different story. For now, just expecting a brief period of rain across Cape Cod Saturday night. The only other weather system to deal with will be an insignificant trough approaching from the west on Tuesday that will be largely unnoticed except for some clouds in the northern and western sky.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Mostly sunny. Temperatures falling into 50s. Wind W 15-30 MPH, higher gusts, gradually diminishing during the afternoon.
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 35-42. Wind W 5-15 MPH with higher gusts early, diminishing.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny morning. Partly sunny afternoon. Highs 48-55. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. A period of rain possible Cape Cod. Lows 35-42 except 42-49 Cape Cod. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 47-54. Wind W 10-20 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 26-33 interior, 33-40 coastal and urban areas. Wind W diminishing to under 10 MPH.
MONDAY: Sunny. Highs 48-55. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 25-32 interior, 33-40 coastal and urban areas. Wind W under 10 MPH.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 50-57. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (NOVEMBER 6-10)
Briefly milder November 6, dry weather expected. Trough swings through the region and drives a frontal system with rain showers across the area November 7, starting mild then turning cooler later. High pressure brings dry weather and cooler than average temperatures November 8-10.

DAYS 11-15 (NOVEMBER 11-15)
After a dry and seasonably chilly start, a little more in the way of unsettled weather is possible as we transition out of a cooler spell toward a temperature moderation.