Sunday June 4 2023 Forecast (7:51AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (JUNE 4-8)

Upper level low pressure remains in control, bringing us an unsettled and cool weather pattern into the middle of the coming week. Surface low pressure offshore wheels some of its showers into the region, especially eastern sections, today into Monday, and another disturbance enters the trough from the northwest with additional showers Tuesday into midweek.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy with isolated to scattered showers NH Seacoast and eastern MA to RI this morning. Cloudy with scattered to numerous showers similar areas this afternoon. Areas of drizzle mainly eastern coastal plain. Highs 53-60, coolest eastern coastal areas. Wind N 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely, especially southeastern NH, eastern MA, and RI. Lows 45-52. Wind N 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.

MONDAY: Cloudy morning with showers likely, especially eastern areas. Mostly cloudy afternoon with a possible passing shower. Highs 56-63. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening. Lows 45-52. Wind N-NW 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Highs 58-65. Wind N-NW 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of shower, especially evening. Lows 47-54. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs 60-67. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows 47-54. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of showers. Highs 61-68. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 9-13)

Upper low pressure departs and is replaced by high pressure with fair weather and a warm up toward normal temperatures June 9-11 before another round of unsettled weather and a cool-down as the next trough drops into the region from the northwest later in the period.

DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 14-18)

Similar pattern, may be fair early then additional shower chances follow. Temperatures near to below normal.

84 thoughts on “Sunday June 4 2023 Forecast (7:51AM)”

  1. Good morning and thank you TK.

    The only thing good about this weather is that is NOT hot and humid.

  3. Thanks TK. :mrgreen:

    Pleasantly surprised to see a teeny tiny glimpse of sunlight as I headed out to work this morning, albeit very brief. I wasn’t expecting to see any kind of sunlight until Wednesday at the earliest.

    1. If you recall in my previous discussions I mentioned that there could be breaks of sun this weekend. Shouldn’t be a surprise. 😉

      Also not expecting a solid overcast through Tuesday.

        1. I saw some breaks to my west yesterday and I knew somebody somewhere might see some. Then we got them this morning. It’s chilly and breezy here but really not bad outside with a nice jacket, which I will be dawning as I walk the pond in a few minutes. 🙂

  6. TK – I am having my chimney looked at on Tuesday afternoon. Will there be any steady rain for that timeframe?

    1. I don’t think so, but I do think the shower chance is higher that afternoon. Good luck.

  8. Thank you, TK.

    Well, we’re back into the 40s at night and even at this hour it’s 49F.

    No snow, however. I want to see snow in June. I’m afraid that won’t happen.

      1. Neither do I but even if it was just a year ago I probably still wouldn’t recall it.

        Historically June has not always been a nice month weather wise around here it appears. I know it’s New England and all, but this is getting frustrating. I am still burning oil! 👿

        1. I beg your pardon …June is the best month of the year…..especially when you get around the 18th. Just ask Mrs SSK or Paul McCartney. 🙂 🙂 🙂 😉 😉 😉

      2. I remember it well. We rented at Humarock for two weeks. We ended up bringing w8 tee clothes, turning on the heat most every day, and enjoying the time with a one year old and two year old. When we were able to go for a walk , the teo year old (my oldest) insisted in stopping to sit in the middle of every pile of rocks. And you know how many rock piles Hum has 🙄

        We did end up sending a different house in July and it was glorious.

    2. Sigh. I guess that’s for Boston later this afternoon. Glad I brought my umbrella to work. 🙁

    2. Ya think?
      My legs are cold just sitting here at my computer. Brrr

      52 here.

      btw, TOM. That Maine radar you showed was totally real!!!
      See my post above. 🙂

  17. So far today at Logan, high of 54, 0.08″ of rain. Some other June 4ths at Logan:

    6/4/2018 High of 59, 0.62″ rain
    6/4/2015 High of 53, 0.13″ rain
    6/4/2014 High of 60, 0.14″ rain
    6/4/2012 High of 53, 0.13″ rain
    6/4/2007 High of 60, 1.46″ rain
    6/4/2006 High of 61, 0.30″ rain
    6/4/1997 High of 58, 0.00″ rain

    Today’s weather is not as unusual as some people seem to think it is.

    2. Yes, we’ve seen this crap before. But that’s no consolation.
      It still SUCKS!! And there is no law that says we have to like it. 🙂

      1. I absolutely agree with you. As much as I hate HHH, at least I expect it this time of year. 🙂

        AFAIC this is….APRIL!!! 👿

        1. Early June’s weather is more often closer to late April / early May (during its cool spells) than it is to heat. This regime is slightly more common than the opposite.

    3. I recall many episodes of cool and unsettled weather in spring, which includes early June, as the statistics show. 🙂

      1. 1982’s June was so wet! I remember a massive flood in the old high school parking lot that got my friend in trouble because he waded in and got soaked just before his mother drove up yelling to him that they were late for a doc appointment… OOPS!

  18. Cloudy and 51F. I’m a little surprised it’s cooler than the harbor’s (and ocean’s) water temperature.

    2. North wind. This isn’t direct ocean chill. Yes there is a component of it as the air over eastern MA did pass over the Gulf of Maine, but it’s also being tapped from the Canadian Maritimes which has air in it that was once over Greenland and other chilly landscapes. And with upper low pressure over us, some of the cold air from above has been drawn down by precipitation into the mix.

    1. Some of it, occasionally. This won’t be a big rain producer for the city.

  20. June 2015 has been mentioned here a lot. The only memory I have on the year 2015 is the 100+ inches of snow that fell during the winter followed by a major drought soon thereafter.

    1. We have talked about 2015’s summer quite a lot here.
      The “meteorological” version of the season started out with two days that did not get out of the 40s in Boston (highs of 49 on June 1 & 2), starting us out way below normal on the way to a -3.3F for the month. July was slightly cooler than normal, and August recovered a bit with a temperature slightly above normal. 90+ days were limited and Boston had to wait until September 8 for its hottest temp of the summer (96).

      There’s a misconception that other than 2009 all we’ve had is hot summers around here. NOT true. We’ve had a couple in recent years and it triggers a very common recall issue called “recency bias” which is far more common than anybody realizes. It’s a conception that whatever has happened most recently has been happening frequently or for a long time.

      Semi-hypothetical example: Boston teams always lose game 7.
      Reality: No, they don’t. Look them up and you’ll see the statement would be a giant error.

      1. Well, Both the Bruins and Celtics lost their respective game 7s this year, which is more than enough proof for me. 😉

        At least we can say that since 2004 the Red Sox have always won their World Series championships once they make it to the Series itself. You can’t deny that stat! 🙂

        Can you say that about the Bruins/Celtics in recent years when they made their respective Finals? 😉

        1. Well, “recent” meaning what? You go back to 2004, so yes the Bruins have won the Stanley Cup “recently” – 2011. The Celtics, in 2008, also “recently” have a championship by your inclusion of 2004 Sox as being recent.

          You’re going to use 2 occurrences in 1 year as “more than enough proof” that Boston teams “always” lose game 7?

          So, you’re way off on that notion.

          Let’s just limit this to winner-take-all game 7’s in Boston sports, shall we? This doesn’t even include all game 7’s (or 5’s in a best-of-five) that occurred in rounds before the championship series in any sports.

          Boston teams are 6 wins and 3 losses in winner-take-all championship game 7’s* … * One was an 8th game on account of the 1912 world series needing an 8th game to decide the championship because of one of the games being called at 6-6 due to darkness. The Boston Red Sox won that “game 8” over the Giants.

          So no, we don’t “always lose game 7”. Not even close. And that’s just looking at ones that have decided championships.

          Yes Boston has plenty of losing moments, but you may want to consider how long our teams have been around. There have been a heck of a lot more opportunities to lose (as well as win) than many other teams, since we’re one of the earlier cities to get pro sports. Hockey, for example, in the original six. Yeah, you’re gonna lose a lot and win a lot. And we have won a lot, despite the losses to go along with them…

          1. That is correct, and I didn’t include the non-championship series stats. Boston teams have won many, many game 7’s.

            1. I was replying to Phillip’s comment “Well, Both the Bruins and Celtics lost their respective game 7s this year, which is more than enough proof for me. ”

              The Celtics lost a Game 7 AND won a Game 7, so how does that prove that they always lose?

  21. The wettest of the weather in the Boston area will occur over the next 4 to 6 hours.

  22. Thank you, TK, and JPD for your explanation about the temperature.

    Thank you, Mark, for letting us know that it snowed (perhaps is snowing) in the higher summits and atop Mt. Washington.

    Thank you, SAK, for reminding us of how the weather in early June is frequently on the cool side.

    By the way, most of Labrador today enjoyed sunshine and temperature about 70F. These temperature inversions definitely happen, though they are somewhat unusual. There’s a weather buff somewhere in Labrador telling all his friends about the fact that Goose Bay is 20 degrees warmer than Boston. Well, he probably won’t say that as Canada uses Celsius, so he’ll say that Goose Bay is 9 or 10 degrees warmer than Boston.

  23. Have no idea why the Stray Cats series of hits in 1980 and 1981 became an earworm of sorts this weekend, but they did. Stray Cats moved to the UK in the late 70s and became very popular throughout Europe in 1980 and 1981. They also enjoyed success in the U.S., though a bit later and to a lesser degree.

    I remember seeing this MTV-like (though very basic and filmed on the streets of London) video on Dutch TV in 1980 about a month or so after I moved to the Netherlands. See link below, I was 15. The rockabilly band from Long Island was wildly popular in Holland.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZPO7GB9WE

    From that period there are other examples of American artists who became more popular in Europe than America. Randy Crawford comes to mind. Hugely popular in Holland. Not so much in the U.S.

    1. After their end-of-1970s and 1980s popularity, Toto became more popular in Europe & Japan than in the US. That was entirely due to the media’s marketing tactics, and it was a big shame too.

      They are not the only band or artist who suffered that injustice.

      I like the Stray Cats a lot and enjoyed the Brian Setzer Orchestra which followed that. 🙂 Great revivals of rockabilly & swing.

    1. It’s literally freezing atop Mt. Washington, and it’s not getting any better this week, with snow in the forecast on Wednesday and Thursday. My guess is lakes of the clouds have at least a thin layer of ice on them (~5,300 feet in elevation). Unprecedented for early June? No. But it is rather unusual that this kind of weather persists up there all week without much improvement in the long term. I’ve climbed Mt. Washington in June many times, also in the early part of the month. I’ve experienced mid to upper 30s on several occasions, but not snow or upper 20s/low 30s. I know it has happened before for sure, but I haven’t experienced it.

      2. Mt. Washington averages 1.3″ of snow in June. They had 1.9″ in June of 2022. They had 5.4″ in 2017 and 6.9″ in 2016. The last time the Rockpile didn’t have any snow at all in June was 2015.

        1. Thanks for the information, SAK.

          I do realize what you’re saying. I also said above that what’s happening is not unprecedented. However, it’s not something I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been to the top – climbed – Mt. Washington many times in June (includes hikes in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s) and never experienced snow, other than seeing remnants of snow in the ravines.

          1. The events tend to be fleeting near the end of the year. You get them, but they don’t build a snowpack like they’d do in the autumn with the low sun angle. It snows, then it goes.

          2. Repeating. But my dad skied Tuckerman and the headwall many times each year. He told me more times than I can count that Memorial Day was Massachusetts ski weekend. They’d take the train…skis and all…and …well…ski.

  25. Well, lots of people did lots of complaining about the weather, but I know some thankful people in Nova Scotia who have had their fires put out by this low pressure system.

    On the other side of the coin, the same low pressure system was responsible for a series of wildfires in Quebec due to thunderstorms. Nature giveth, and nature taketh away.

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