DAYS 1-5 (MAY 5-9)

Another low pressure system moving across the Northeast will give us another day of unsettled weather today. A couple more waves of showers are to come through the region before drier air finally works in tonight. High pressure builds in for a nice day Thursday. We’re still watching the evolution of a low pressure system for Friday and Saturday, but as has been the trend on guidance as we’ve gotten closer, this system is going to develop to the south and stay mostly offshore, not merging with another piece of energy to its northwest. We’ll experience more fringe effects from that storm than anything direct, getting into an easterly air flow north of it on Friday, which will then shift to northerly on Saturday. At most, its rainfall area may get into coastal southeastern New England sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. It does look like we’ll get that nice day under an area of high pressure on Sunday, but will keep an eye on that as well as sometimes when one low ends up further offshore the next one sneaks in more quickly. So, optimistic for Sunday, but no guarantees at this point.

TODAY: Mainly cloudy with periodic rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Areas of drizzle and fog mostly NH Seacoast, eastern MA, and RI this morning. Highs 53-60. Wind NE to variable up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers during the evening. Clearing overnight. Lows 43-50. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 61-68. Wind NW 5-15 MPH becoming variable.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Increasing clouds. Lows 43-50. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Highs 55-62, coolest coast. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Chance of rain showers, favoring coastal areas. Lows 44-51. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers, favoring eastern areas during the morning. Highs 55-62. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 45-52. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 58-65, coolest coast. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 10-14)

An area of low pressure may clip the region but may largely miss to the south on May 10. Another system may bring some wet weather later in the period but the overall trend is for drier and slightly cooler than average conditions.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 15-19)

Weak to moderate zonal flow with mean trough in the northeastern US seems the most likely pattern with a couple episodes of showers otherwise mostly dry weather and temperatures near to below normal.