8:10AM
DAYS 1-5 (MAY 31-JUNE 4)
We’ve reached the end of May, and the month is ending on a very dry, breezy and fairly bright note, though today’s sunshine will have to share the sky with passing fair weather clouds, at least for a portion of the day. Still, a very nice way to end the month of May after an early season bout of warmth combined with humidity. The forecast heading into the early days of June remains pretty much as it was on yesterday’s update, including a disturbance crossing the region with a shower threat and even cooler air Monday, a warm front approaching later Tuesday and passing through at night with some wet weather, a warmer Wednesday with a shower or thunderstorm threat as a cold front moves through later in the day, and a return to cooler air once again for Thursday. Additional note: Last night, sky watchers in eastern MA, southeastern NH, RI, and eastern CT were treated to an overhead pass of the International Space Station, and 45 seconds later a pass of the Crew Dragon space capsule, which was launched Saturday afternoon from Florida. The 2 will dock this morning and together will make a visible pass across the sky of southeastern New England just after 9PM this evening, from northwest to southeast (9:04-9:08PM). The sky will be clear for this!
TODAY: Sun and passing clouds. Highs 68-75. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 40-47. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Risk of showers. Highs 61-68. Wind N 10-20 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 45-52. Wind N 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY: Sunshine then increasing clouds late. Highs 63-70. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Risk of rain. Lows 53-60. Wind S up to 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy with a risk of showers early morning, then partly sunny. Risk of a late-day shower or thunderstorm. More humid. Highs 72-77. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Risk of a shower early. Lows 53-60. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 67-74. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 5-9)
Warm front approaches and brings clouds back with a rain threat at some point June 5. Warm sector June 6, warmer and more humid, risk of a shower or thunderstorm. Frontal boundary hanging in the area makes for a tricky temperature forecast and allows for at least lots of cloudiness and perhaps some scattered rainfall in the June 7-8 time frame before it dries out at the end of the period.
DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 10-14)
Leaning toward slightly cooler than average and drier than average during this 5-day period.
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This is a 1-second GP2 night sight exposure that I took last night (not high quality but decent enough) of the ISS as it was passing in front of Ursa Major. 🙂 The ISS appears as a little line due to the short exposure.
Cool
Thanks for the photo. My son and I went outside just before the fly-over, and with the moonshine, we could see the clouds moving in just in time! We stayed outside anyway and were rewarded when the ISS appeared in a small hole in the clouds. We will be out there again tonight.
Awesome thank you. I missed last night. I would like to be out in time tonight
Thanks TK.
Thank you, TK.
So here is my plan…
Starting tomorrow (Monday June 1), I am going to publish the blog in a different looking layout every day until I have run through the current options. Please take note of what you see, positive & negative, and come up with a couple favorites. Your opinions will help me decide if I switch to one of them on a more permanent basis, or do something like a rotating style change (by month or season). Whatever I do it won’t be changing daily, other than the trial period at the start of June. I will give you the name of the layout each day so you can reference it when you give me your opinions.
Great plan and something very fun to look forward to. As always, thank you for all you do.
Thanks TK
Scott, how are you and your family. I know you are grieving and think of you often.
So nice of you to check in Vicki. We are doing well thanks and enjoying the great weather this weekend. Always counting our blessings in spite of everything. I hope you and your family are doing well as well.
Good news. We are doing well also. Thank you !!
Great to hear! 🙂
🙂
The atmosphere is a fluid, one of many examples…
Recent loop from the Pacific: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/images/loop_of_the_day/goes-16/20200529000000/video/20200528000000_aklow.GIF
Very cool !
Reminds me of stirring the creamer into my coffee. 🙂
I still fantasize storms when I stir half & half. 😀
🙂
Thanks TK !
I’m a bit divergent from CPC on their forecast for temps through 14 days.
Temps, precip or both?
Never mind. I need to read more carefully. In what way TK?
They are thinking warmer than I am.
TK, thank for the forecast and that fantastic photograph of the ISS!
Am I correct that the astronauts are on board the station?
Yes they docked earlier with the ISS. They’ll be passing overhead later tonight from what I understand.
Thanks Scott I’m
Hoping to remember to go out to watch. TK posted time and direction on FB. I forget 🙁
Found TKs post. Thanks TK
To night, a high pass of the ISS docked with the capsule of the rocket launched by SpaceX today will take place very high in the northeastern sky from northwest to southeast from 9:04 p.m. to 9:08 p.m. Sky conditions will be clear for this!
To TK,
This kinda relates to a point you brought up a couple of years ago about tropical type of storms (or lows) being in the eastern Pacific and then becoming Atlantic.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc
When you go to this link (map), you can get the Atlantic write-up and then click on Eastern Pacific and get the Pacific write-up. This is the remnants of Pacific tropical storm Amanda which has some chance of becoming an Atlantic “something.”
Yes. We see this happen periodically. There are very specific things they take into account regarding name changes, etc.
I have been using this site to check for ISS observations:
https://www.astroviewer.net/iss/en/observation.php
You can enter your location in the box on the right
There is also a new official NASA tracking site, but it almost always times out when I try it. I guess there is a lot on interest in the ISS these days!
Thank you. I will save this. My older daughters husband has had us watching for years but I always forget. Tonight I set a reminder alarm.
Wow. I just tried it. Pie simple and immediate. I saved to home screen. Thanks again
Thank you SClarke, for the link, and thanks also TK for mentioning it in your discussion.
The timing is great because we will be in darkness but I believe the sun will still be reflecting off the ISS. Plus clear skies!
You are both welcome. I am seeing an awful lot of clouds here in Lunenburg. Does anyone know of a good weather site that I could use to find out if the skies will be clearing? (he-he)
Those clouds should be gone in time, for the most part.
Clouds here right where ISS should be
And the clouds parted for the first part. Yay. Thanks TK.
https://imgur.com/bMo3z9n
I’m glad that you were able to see it!
It was very clear here. This was a really good view.
Awww I am happy you got to see also. Something very special in a very difficult night. Time to focus on that
New weather post is up!