Monday April 4 2022 Forecast (7:09AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 4-8)

Low pressure is moving away. High pressure is sitting to our west. This combination starts our week with a sun/cloudy mix, cool air and a gusty breeze today. The clouds exit and the wind settles down tonight as high pressure edges closer, and then moves over our area Tuesday, which will be a tranquil, fair, and milder day, but higher clouds will increase later in the day. These clouds are forerunners of our next unsettled weather threat. We’re still looking at impact from two storm systems starting at midweek and lasting into late week. The first system is low pressure passing just to our south Wednesday with rain moving in, and maybe ending as a mix or some snow in higher elevations during the evening hours. A follow up low pressure area, larger in size, takes a track a little further north and pushes its frontal boundaries into our region Thursday and finally through Friday, with additional rainfall especially Thursday and Thursday night, with some lingering rain showers possible Friday. The frontal boundary with that system is expected to be a warm occlusion, so after a couple of chilly days at midweek, Friday will turn out milder with some improvement in the weather.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy early with a few isolated sprinkles of rain around, then a sun/cloud mix. Highs 48-55. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, gusts 20-25 MPH.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 33-40. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

TUESDAY: Sun followed by clouds. Highs 52-59, coolest South Coast. Wind variable under 10 MPH becoming S 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Clouding up. Rain by dawn, especially south of I-90. Lows 38-45. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Overcast. Rain likely. Temperatures steady 38-45. Wind E 5-15 MPH interior, 10-20 MPH coast, higher gusts possible.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain tapering off but may end as snow in some interior higher elevations especially southwestern NH / north central MA. Lows 33-40. Wind NE 5-15 MPH early, then variable.

THURSDAY: Cloudy with periods of rain and areas of drizzle/fog. Highs 40-47. Wind variable to E 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with rain tapering off to rain showers. Areas of drizzle/fog evening. Temperatures steady 40-47. Wind E to SE 5-15 MPH, higher gusts in coastal areas.

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Chance of rain showers. Highs 58-65, cooler Cape Cod / South Coast. Wind SE to SW 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 9-13)

Upper level low pressure crosses the Northeast on the April 9-10 weekend. Some chance of a few rain showers around both days, greatest Saturday. Cooling trend during the course of the weekend as well. High pressure brings fair weather mid period. A frontal boundary nearby doesn’t look like it will produce much precipitation but makes for a tricky temperature forecast later in the period as by then we may see a cold high pressure area to our north and a warm one to our south.

DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 14-18)

Tricky temperature forecast is play for at least the early part of the period. Overall trend is for drier weather to continue, but this forecast is low confidence.

29 thoughts on “Monday April 4 2022 Forecast (7:09AM)”

  3. Thanks TK !

    Philip, if I’m looking at Worcester’s daily climate report yesterday correctly, they reported a trace of snow. There was an hour late last night where the airport reported light snow and 34F.

    1. Thanks Tom. I believe Boston gets #6 though. Even Worcester can’t buck the latest CPC outlook through mid-month. Whew! 😉

      B = 54.0”
      W = 53.6”

  4. ….and I only care about the first few days… too short! Summer visit will be longer. Thanks as always!

  6. I think, last night, we just missed a wet snow event, especially for 500-1,000 ft and up in Massachusetts.

    Pretty potent low missed southeast by maybe 100 miles. It had much heavier precip with it and with the cold air aloft, that might have had enough intensity to change some areas to decent snow.

    Storm continuing to strengthen and delivering snow to Nova Scotia.

    1. Such is Spring in New England. Who knows, perhaps will will still get us before all is said and done. Of course, it doesn’t look that way at this time, but around here, one never knows. 🙂

    3. Does that mean Boston dodged a bullet in losing to Worcester on the final play, if you will?

        1. This time of year, the possession arrow always goes to Worcester, to borrow a basketball pun. My confidence is still high on Boston though. 😉

  10. I am wondering if anyone put a treatment on the lawn yet?? I think it was a couple of weeks ago that it was mentioned

    1. Indeed it has been. I was jus out enjoying God’s fingernail peaking in and out from the clouds

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