Saturday May 13 2023 Forecast (6:54AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MAY 13-17)

We’re back in a dry pattern, which isn’t great agriculturally should it continue, but in the short term it does mean a really nice weekend! As previously noted, there will be some clouds around, especially in our southern sky during the first half of today, and a few more clouds may sail across the sky later today or this evening with a cold front passing by. But this front will pass by mainly dry, and will only serve to bring cooler air in for Mother’s Day when highs will be in the 60s after today’s 70+ in most areas. High pressure sinks to the south and we stay dry but warm up early next week, Monday into Tuesday. It’s only Tuesday evening that a brief shower may accompany the next cold front that brings in the next shot of cool air for Wednesday.

TODAY: Clouds over the MA/RI/CT sky give way to more sun but a brief sprinkle may occur South Coast early. Highs 71-78. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 45-52. Wind NNW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 63-70. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 46-53. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 70-77. Wind W 10-20 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 51-58. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of showers late in the day. Highs 71-78. Wind W 10-20 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Chance of a shower early. Lows 45-52. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 60-67. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 18-22)

Similar to the pattern preceding, overall pattern looks on the dry side. Warming up after a cool start to the period. Frontal system swings through looking like the early part of the May 20-21 weekend, a quick cool-down following it.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 23-27)

This 5-day period may feature more of a low pressure trough governing the pattern in our region and a better chance of some wet weather at times along with a cooling trend overall.

35 thoughts on “Saturday May 13 2023 Forecast (6:54AM)”

  1. Oh yeah, the Maple Leafs need to dust off their golf clubs!
    Panthers move on again with a win in that series in 5 games.
    Geez, at least the Bruins beat them 3 times…
    They will face Carolina in the next round, Eastern Conference Finals.

    Meanwhile, in the Western Conference, I would really like to see Seattle and Edmonton win, but both teams are down 3-2 in their series (to Dallas & Vegas, respectively), and have to win twice, once on the road, and once at home each.

    For you NBA / Celtics fans, my prediction, based on nothing, for Game 7 is that the Celtics win it, and it won’t even be close. But, they play the games for a reason, so we’ll see…

    1. Celtics game will be on ABC/Ch. 5 at 2:30 tomorrow. We will see if the “ghosts of 1982”reappears as well. :mrgreen:

      1. For those who were born late: The Celtics and 76ers had a game 7 in 1982 with Philly moving on eventually losing to the Lakers in the NBA finals. 😉

        1. Why not reference 1981? The 76ers took a 3 Games to 1 lead, then the Celtics took Game 5 at the Garden as the crowd chanted “See You Sunday”. The Celtics took Game 6 in Philly, then came back to Garden on Sunday May 3 (hence the See You Sunday chant), and won 91-90, before going on to beat the Rockets in the finals for Title #14.

  4. Thanks TK. :mrgreen:

    I hope Jason Tatum can get his head into the game from the opening tip-off rather than waiting around until 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter. For him to stay “hot” for quarters 1-4 would be a nice change of pace.

    1. He bailed them out even in the game he didn’t score for 3 quarters. No issue.

      1. I don’t believe it’s too much to ask players who are on the court for 4 quarters to keep their heads in the game for ALL 4 quarters.

        1. I think he was “in the game”. He was just having a bad night. I have an issue with people’s views about this, because I think a lot of fans forget these are actual humans and can have off nights or make errors. They’re not machines. Do you seriously think he came out not ready to play? I guarantee you, he was ready to play, but he just had a rough night, which, I might add, TURNED AROUND before the game was over and made a difference. They won!

          Go out there and give the same exact performance night after night. You won’t be able to do it, no matter what you do.

  6. In my opinion, the game 7 (1982) Celtics were one of the rare instances during the Bird era that they rested on their laurels.

    The 82 series followed the 81 script with the Celtics winning game 6 in the Spectrum.

    Now, this is scary to me because the Tatum/Brown Celtics are 2 different versions of themselves depending on how much adversity they think they are under.

    Its human nature to feel a little less adversity tied 3-3 at home compared to what one would feel being on the road facing elimination.

    1. I mean ….

      Game 6 @ Milwaukee
      Game 7 @ Miami
      Game 6 @ Philadelphia

      Those are 3 remarkable wins in any era.

      They should win game 7 at home with this track record but, crazily, I could do a similar list of mind boggling home losses. I’m already a wreck today 🙂 🙂 🙂

  7. Basketball season is over for me as a Knicks fan after the loss last night. The team did better than expected in my opinion. Hockey season ended a while ago so now it is on to baseball season.

  8. Good morning and thank you TK,

    We made 84 here yesterday while Logan hit 85.

    current ocean temp at Boston Buoy: 54.32

  11. Good morning and thank you, TK.

    Lovely day for a bagel brunch with my kids, their spouses and all six grandkids.

  12. I have always been a red Sox fan although I don’t watch any more. And I’m sad to say that I missed the end of yesterdays game. My son in law has been following Nolan Gorman since he before he was drafted. He sure seems to be living up to the promise he showed.

  13. Tropical Cyclone Mocha has become a beast in the Bay of Bengal as expected. The India Meteorological Department is calling it 105 knots, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center says 115 knots. Either way, both have it strengthen a little more today before making landfall near the Myanmar/Bangladesh border tonight.

    India Meteorological Department Update: https://mausam.imd.gov.in/responsive/cycloneinformation.php

    Joint Typhoon Warning Center: https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/io0123.gif

  14. Tropical Cyclone MOCHA is a beast of a system, the Geography in the area will make it so that area sees storm surge of more than 18ft, including one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. Very bad and sad situation.

        1. It’s actually going to go up more over the next 5 days due to the current circulation pattern, and then it will come back down to near normal beyond that.

          Boston’s water temp can range from the lower 40s to the upper 50s during the month of May, so the range can be pretty wide, depending on recent, medium term, and long term conditions, combined, along with the predominant circulation in the region. It’s far more complex than just solar heating over time…

  16. More temp craziness …..

    Churchill Canada’s avg high today is 3C.

    It’s currently 22C, a mere 19C or 32.6F above avg.

    El Niño is exploding, Canada’s snow cover is so far north compared to average. The sfc layer water off the New England coast is running 5C above average.

    I won’t be surprised by anything we experience this warm season.

    1. That’s actually due to a complex blocking pattern. Heights are anomalously LOW in Asia over a huge stretch, and corresponding heights are very HIGH over a good portion of western and central Canada (hence the early fires), meanwhile, there is a weaker reflection of low pressure over the western and southwestern US on the other side.

  17. Tom mentioned the warmth in Canada. It is now expansive, indeed, compared to just a few weeks ago.

    The water temperature in the harbor is quite high.

    I noticed some summer blooms outside – flowers that normally do not come out until early June (occasionally late May, but even that would be unusual).

    Unfortunately today I had my first bad summer day while outdoors for several hours (indoors is still fine, which is good): Headache (perhaps pollen allergy) and that zombie feeling I get when it’s warm outside and the sun’s beating down, and it’s not even that warm! It’s really too bad, as I love the outdoors, but I can’t spend much time outdoors in summer without feeling sick. Oh well, I figure only another 4 months of this and of course there will be some cooler days.

  18. We have set a record in terms of global ocean temperatures and the El-Nino criteria has not even been met yet with the 3.4 region hovering around 0.4 above normal. Once that gets cranking plus the +AMO the planet is going to bake. More fires, more floods, more heat ( more heat both natural and due to anthropogenic climate change) And one difficult hurricane season to predict. Leaning around average for the Atlantic at the moment due to the AMO/PDO

  19. Joshua, I’m so sorry the day turned on you. It was a gorgeous evening for an after-dinner walk here, and the pollen seemed to calm down when the wind did.

    Last year right at this time I was sleeping with the window open right by an oak tree — and the “pollen allergy” that I thought I was fighting turned out to be Covid. 🙁 May it not be so for you!

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