DAYS 1-5 (MAY 6-10)

It’s a good thing we’ve had a handful of beneficial rainfall events recently. The trend is now back toward drier weather in the medium to long term. This will show even during the next 5 days when a system that initially looked promising for delivering more beneficial rainfall will fail to do so. After high pressure provides us with the nicest day of the week so far today, low pressure will develop south of New England on Friday, but another disturbance to its west which was forecast by much of the guidance to grab it and help it strengthen into a stronger storm, much closer, and much more rain-producing for here, is not going to do the grab and the low to the south will “get away” to the southeast, only grazing the area with clouds and some east to northeast wind later Friday, while the area that was to the west of it gets pulled southeastward and may clip our region with a few rain showers later Saturday. That is how your “storm” turns out. High pressure builds across the area with fair weather expected Sunday. A faster-moving low pressure area makes a run at the region late Sunday night into Monday with a risk for some rainfall, but that does not look like a strong system.

TODAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 59-66. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH.

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

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

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers, favoring Cape Cod overnight. Lows 44-51. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers eastern coastal areas early. Chance of rain showers later in the day mainly west and south of Boston. 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.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Clouding up. Chance of rain overnight. Lows 47-54. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny with a possible rain shower in the afternoon. Highs 56-63. Wind NE to N 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 11-15)

High pressure should be in control of the weather for most of this period. We’ll have to watch for low pressure to the south again later in the period which may very well stay to the south and miss the region. Temperatures near to below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 16-20)

No changes to the overall outlook of a generally zonal or west-to-east large scale pattern with minor systems bringing a couple of rain shower threats and variable temperatures averaging near to slightly below normal.