Wednesday October 11 2023 Forecast (7:30AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (OCTOBER 11-15)

Another day with weather driven by upper level low pressure in Canada, and the influence of this system continues Thursday and even into Friday. Cloudiness will be most abundant today, and less so Thursday as a couple disturbances move through the region. The only shot of any rain is in the form of brief isolated quick-moving showers today. A cold front will swing through the region Thursday with no fanfare besides a shifting wind, but it does usher in a cooler air mass for Friday with fair weather expected. Ideas for the weekend hold, with a slower evolution of unsettled weather with the next storm system coming in via the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Atmospheric blocking holds the system back a bit and also forces it a little further south than medium range guidance had originally depicted. For us, this means increasing clouds but no rain Saturday, then a chance of some rain and drizzle, especially in southern and eastern areas, during Sunday as the low makes its closest pass. There are still details to work on as we get closer to the weekend. It’s still possible that the vast majority of the storm’s rain area stays to the south and any wet weather we see in our region is more a result of low level moisture from a northeast flow off the Atlantic.

TODAY: Lots of clouds, intervals of sun, and a slight chance of a brief rain shower. Highs 60-67. Wind W to SW up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 44-51. Wind SW up to 10 MPH becoming variable.

THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 61-68. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 46-53. Wind W up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 57-64. Wind W to NW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 42-49. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY: Increasing clouds. Highs 56-63. Wind N up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 46-54. Wind N-NE 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Cloudy. Periods of rain/drizzle, favoring southern and eastern areas. Highs 54-61. Wind NE 5-15 MPH, higher gusts in coastal areas.

DAYS 6-10 (OCTOBER 16-20)

Wet weather may linger early October 16 followed by a drier interlude, then a rain chance returns as another coastal low can impact the region around the middle of next week, followed by a drying trend late period. Temperatures near to below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (OCTOBER 21-25)

High pressure and fair weather with a milder trend early in the period, a frontal passage cools us down mid period, and low pressure threatens more wet weather by the end of the period.

49 thoughts on “Wednesday October 11 2023 Forecast (7:30AM)”

  5. Although there is nothing looming on the horizon, we have reached the time of year where it can snow in BOSTON.

    Yes, it has snowed in Boston as early as October 9th. 🙂
    Sobering thought? no? 🙂

    1. 48 here, after 2 nights of 46.
      Perfectly normal. After all, we are 1/3 of the way through October. 🙂

  8. Photo from a friend in Gardner….SClarke territory. One week ago and now. I’m seeing a lot of leaves change and then just fall also. However, in my neighborhood we are still mostly green with a few dull colors mixed in

    https://imgur.com/a/rSs74YL

  11. Now, if every winter storm can behave like it looks this upcoming one might, we can avoid snow this winter and I can start summer vacation June 11th. Beautiful !!!!!!

    I know this will go over well here 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

    3. Please write on your blackboard …

      I will never ever wish to suppress snow again.

      50 times

      Thank you. And please send a photo when completed.

    1. They look great !

      Glad you got the chance to take that trip !

      Sorry UMass Lowell seemed to get an unfair shake in the 1st game of the 2 game series, if I recall correctly your post from a day or 2 ago. But good for them that they shook it off and won game 2.

    2. Awesome photos.

      How did you like Alaska Air?

      My son flew them to San Francisco recently and though that
      they were great.

    3. Thanks! I gotta mow the lawn, then I’ll enjoy these! Already opened on my laptop screen. 🙂

  15. We lost Game 1 3-2 in overtime. The 2 goals that UAA scored in regulation they were offside for both, but the video replay system wasn’t working, so we were unable to challenge either. On top of that, we had a goal disallowed that clearly should have counted, but again, we couldn’t challenge. There was also numerous blatant penalties the refs just refused to call, including one one a very dirty hit directly in front of the ref, which again, could have been challenged had there been a working replay system (which is required under NCAA guidelines).

    1. BTW, I’m not blaming the refs for the loss. Lowell didn’t play well for most of the 1st game (especially in the 2nd period), scoring both goals to force OT in the final 6 minutes of regulation. However, with competent reffing, it could have been different, as the disallowed goal would have tied the game at 1, which would have altered the way the rest of the game was played considerably.

      1. If you’ve been at as many hockey games as you have been at, you’re gonna know when the refs are missing it, whether for or against. I don’t doubt you at all on this stuff. 🙂

  16. “It’s a case of suppression obsession!” (A little lyrical parody of the Hall & Oates song from the mid 1980s and a fairly rare lead vocal by John Oates, at least as far as songs released as singles). This seems to be the theme on today’s medium range guidance. But I’m not getting too comfortable in this and my initial idea. We’ve seen this only to have the guidance pick up on a solution further north as we get closer. I still think, either way, Saturday’s dry.

    Off to mow a lawn (again). Yard waste collection tomorrow!

  19. Great set of pics SAK, thank you for sharing!

    Hope you are enjoying the game – Go Bruins!

  20. Well, Tom, apparently your blackboard script worked. This showed up in the Sutton fB page. No more second guessing what winter will bring. Thank you boston25. 🙄

    https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/noreasters-could-dish-out-hefty-snowfall-massachusetts-this-winter-new-outlook-says/2DQE5H6C3NAUVAFWOEESSQUI5A/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3H6IIEOBo_h5wizsAhXCWrjUWpnxbwBr0ISMeyAjyMb1vNv3hrzaQXog4_aem_AabKfnHxVmIj9J9U1Ha2Sq51JS59HIqrH3cOVIxh93FV9AzXCp4pjNIp4HcKUQMaT8I

  21. Well, I can’t think of a more disappointing team in the post-season than the Dodgers in recent memory, given their talent level in the past 7 years. I know they won a WS in the Covid-shortened season of 2020. But other than that they’ve been very sub-par in the post-season.

    1. And however much we may criticize the Red Sox for their last-place finishes, since 1999 the Sox have been pretty darn good once they make it to the post-season. They’ve won a lot of games, a lot of series and of course 4 championships.

      1. New England sports fans frustrate me a lot. You’d think that the Sox and Pats have always sucked listening to some of them. No. They have been really good many times in the last 2 decades. I don’t think anybody really needs a stats reminder. 🙂 There are cities that would love to have been in the position we were in for so long.

          1. Doesn’t matter. If one worries about the next 2 decades, they can’t really enjoy the now.

            I’m looking forward to the Bruins season, THIS year. Even if they don’t make a deep playoff run, so what? They’ll be a competitive team still, and good enough to make runs for a while.

            Winning it all is very nice, but being a fan of a team is not exclusively about that. It’s about supporting the team and enjoying the games. Otherwise, why bother? Yup, they’re gonna frustrate you sometimes. That’s part of it, along with making you happy when they do good things.

            I don’t care what these teams are doing in 2028, or 2034. This is 2023, heading into 2024. Now matters to me.

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