Tuesday April 9 2024 Forecast (7:37AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 9-13)

I’m still kind of wrapping my head around my experience in northern VT yesterday, witnessing a total solar eclipse. I’ll share stories and a pic or two soon via the comments. But first, onto a quick outlook on our coming weather. No big changes in the short term. Today will feature fair weather but it’ll be cooler along the coast with high pressure to our north. A warm front will make a slow approach Wednesday with an overcast sky and eventually some light rainfall. This front will face a bit of a struggle but eventually will push through the region Thursday, a showery day with a warming trend from south to north. As low pressure tracks to our northwest and north, a cold front will move across the region from west to east Friday. Ahead of it, more mild and showery weather will occur. A wind shift will bring in drier air late Friday, with some clearing, but a trough rotating around the base of the low as it heads for eastern Canada will make Saturday cool and slightly unsettled with additional showers possible.

TODAY: Partly sunny. Highs 51-58, coolest at north-facing and east-facing shores. Wind NNE 5-15 MPH shifting to E.

TONIGHT: Clouding up. Lows 41-48. Wind E up to 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Cloudy. Drizzle likely. Light rain possible. Patchy fog forming. Temperatures steady 41-48. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT / THURSDAY: Cloudy. Areas of drizzle and fog. Periodic rain. Temperatures may hold 41-48 southern NH and northern MA and rise to 49-56 to the south. Wind SE-S 5-15 MPH, higher gusts possible.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Rain showers likely. Temperatures steady or may rise slightly. Wind S 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

FRIDAY: Cloudy with rain showers, some heavy, ending from west to east midday-afternoon. Breaking clouds later. Highs 58-65, except cooler South Coast. Wind S 10-20 MPH with higher gusts, shifting to W by late in the day.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows 35-42. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers. Highs 45-52. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 14-18)

A little adjustment to the forecast here. Still expect fair weather during the day of April 14 then a disturbance to bring a rain shower chance that night and into at least a portion of Patriots day April 15, but not expecting a widespread rain event from that. A fair interlude follows, then more unsettled weather later in the period. Still many details to work out.

DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 19-23)

Dry, milder early period. Unsettled weather may return later in the period with a cooling trend.

87 thoughts on “Tuesday April 9 2024 Forecast (7:37AM)”

  2. Thank you, TK!
    Looking forward to your stories of your adventures!
    And, hopefully, photos!

    Red Sox home opener!!!!

    “We’re born again. There’s new grass on the field.”
    ~ John Fogerty

  9. Just checked my temperature here and it has zoomed up
    to 59. I see 57 at Logan. Wind has NOT come on shore as of yet at Logan, but winds are light and it is destined to turn on shore soon. Meanwhile, I’ll take the NICE temperature!!!!

    Low here was 41.

    Looks like low at Logan was 48

  11. So where are folks getting the idea that 68 will be our high today. I checked four main networks and they are all in line with TK

    1. where did you see 68 as a High?
      Wankum had 68 for high like next Monday or something like that. 🙂

          1. Ahah, the world’s most leading authority on accurate weather predictions. 🙂 🙂 🙂

  12. My niece sent me a txt from a coworker who went to Burlington. 7:12 to get to Bow. 5.5 was just to get to VT/NH border. All under 40 till there.

    I do remember 7-8 hour drives to or from Stowe. They were in snowstorms and one ice storm. Perhaps if it’s your passion, then it is worth the trip. 🙂

  13. Now 60 here in JP and 61 at Logan which is still with a NW wind. 🙂
    I Hit the LIKE BUTTON!!!!!!

    1. Logan’s wind has just gone around to due North at 8mph. Won’t take much to turn it NNE and then NE. 🙂
      Then we’ll see what happens to the temperature.

  14. Btw, there is due to by a FLYOVER today prior to the Red Sox
    home opener? YES?

    They generally fly right over my house or very nearly right over it.
    If I know exactly when, I could get a very nice view.
    In any event, I SURELY can hear them as they rock the house!

    1. We have seen a couple even out here but used to see them often in Framingham. It’s a thrill. Good luck.

  15. 61 here in JP. Still 61 at Logan, however, the wind has
    shifted to a little bit East of North, say 10-20 degrees or so.
    Any moment, we should begin to see a temperature fall at the airport. It will be much slower to happen here, but still likely to do so.

  16. Logan DROPPED to 57. Wind ENE at 10 mph.
    THERE IT IS!!! Right about on Schedule!
    Now, how long to penetrate inland to my location?
    At 62 now. 🙂

  17. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk_0600.gif

    https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2probotlk_0600_torn.gif

    https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1probotlk_1300_torn.gif

    https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G16&band=09&length=24

    Tomorrow could be very dangerous across the gulf coast area (links 1 and 2)

    Today has a danger too (link 3

    No wonder, a very impressive, cold upper low about to put a strong jet over warm, humid air streaming out of the Gulf (link 4)

      2. I was outside at the maximum. It may have dropped a degree or 2, but COMPLETELY UNNOTICEABLE!
        What a BEAUTIFUL DAY it was!!!!!

        1. It was noticeable here but only because there was a breeze and if suddenly felt cooler. I’m still disappointed thsf i coild not tell the difference in lighting.

          1. OH, There was quite a difference in light. Although it was clearly still daylight, it was dimmed for certain here.
            Quite noticeable. 🙂
            BUT still the sun cast a decent shadow. Amazing what
            just 7% of sunshine can still do. 🙂 🙂 🙂

  23. Interesting and a GOOD sign.
    Back up to 57 at Logan with an ENE wind. That is Awesome, given how cool it could be!!!!

  26. WOW!!!!
    Logan is up to 61 with an EAST wind at 12 mph.
    That is truly amazing!!!!!

    High temp projections dashed to S**T…….

        1. Can’t get Boston Buoy water temp, but Stellwagen is
          at 42.3 F

          HOW is Logan at 61???????????????, excuse me, it’s not. Just dropped back to 59. 🙂

          Still 62 here.

    1. It’s happening though.

      Our temp has dropped 2 tenths in 5 minutes. Now 61.8

      I appears to be responding now to the East wind.
      I suspect we’ll be in the mid-to perhaps upper 50s during
      most of the afternoon. I can deal with that as long as it doen’t
      go low 50s or below. 🙂

    2. Warming above everyone’s forecast (I checked 4,5,7,10 this morning) but it happens and this is when I doubt many will complain

  31. Now Logan is back down to 55 !!!!! That’s more in line with what i would expect, if not even a bit cooler. 🙂

    Still stuck at 62 here. So whatever cooling influence we are
    getting here, it is keeping any temperature rise in check, but
    so far, not dropping the temp. I suspect it will do so soon. 🙂

  35. Yesterday was a wonderful experience. I was along Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT. (I need a tip on how to post pics here). It really was breathtaking and left me feeling that all is good with our world – even with the bad. I just left there with a feeling of goodness and peace. So much so that when we left at 4:30 and immediately hit traffic on a side street in South Burlington, that I didn’t even sweat it.

    The traffic on I 89 southbound was EPIC – but just part of the experience. Fascinating to see nothing but tail lights for miles while hardly a car coming north. And the rest stops were overwhelmed on a Monday night. I felt for parents with little ones – they looked exhausted! It took us 9 hours and 40 minutes to get home to South Dartmouth at 2:10am. I am back at work on three hours of sleep but wouldn’t change anything about yesterday at all. And to be surrounded by GREAT breweries (Burlington Beer, Zero Gravity, Stackhouse) with such friendly and wonderful staff just added to the magic of the afternoon.

    The only thing that would have made it better is if we could have experienced it along the ocean but Lake Champlain was a fine second choice. I hope I can still do it again in North Dakota in 2044 at the age of 74!

    1. What an awesome post. Thank you. I spent a good deal of my youth on isle la Motte (furthest island up In Champlain) so love thatis where you headed. As far as driving time, I know what you mean. For the too many times I’ve been stuck in very long traffic tie ups, it has always been for something special. Time pales in comparison

  36. NWS has 72 in sutton. That sensor is very close to me. It isn’t 72 here Mr Kestrel has 68.1 which is in line with two other thermometers I have. We do have a weak east wind now

  38. Seabreeze gaining strength + sun lowering from solar noon max = temps crashing near the coast.

    As the sun continues to lower the sky, that will slowly progress inland.

    This morning was a nice surprise though temp wise, even at the coast. We’ll take it !!

  39. I believe that if the eclipse was today, the skies would have been much better for viewing. Didn’t earlier forecasts have more cloudiness for today?

    1. The sky was excellent yesterday – just a bit of filtering to the far west and southwest.

  41. Today in weather history, from the Weather Guide Calendar.

    April 9 1877.

    “I wonder how long it would take humans using 2024’s latest technology and equipment to accomplish this same result: Oregon Inlet, along NC’s outer Banks, joins Pamlico Sound with Atlantic Ocean and separates Pea Island from Bodie Island. On this date, the winds and waves of a nor’easter widened the inlet by 3/4 of a mile. The power of pounding wind and surf is amazing.”

    Yet another example of how nature will rearrange the coast as it wants. Don’t spend thousands of dollars on a pile of sand to block your property from the ocean. The ocean doesn’t give a shit. 😉

    1. Nature fascinates me. And You don’t even have to go as far as NC.

      In 1898 (I think was the year) the Portland gale separated Humarock from Scituate at Fourth Cliff and then it was joined again to the mainland at Rexhame beach near Tom. I often see humarock mentioned as part of Marshland but it is Scituate.

    2. Oh as far as giving a shit….man does need to start giving one. The rising sea is on him. The storms….well with warming oceans they may be now also.

  42. I may be repeating re eclipse and perhaps I heard the words of wisdom on here first in which case I apologize. I heard it said that it is amazing how it took just one small event to bring everyone together…..for change.

    I’m paraphrasing. But so sad that we cannot see that

  43. 49F in Boston; 63F in Providence; 78F in Washington DC.

    That’s a VERY typical April scenario.

    I’m exhausted from my otherwise very nice trip to my daughter overseas. Travel and jet lag can be draining on both the outbound and inbound trips. I sincerely don’t know how others do it, especially as we age. I managed well 30 years ago, but not now. I admire people’s capacity to do long distance travel and quickly overcome jet lag: Actually sleep; I’ve essentially been up for most of the last 48 hours; when I sleep it’s basically nap sleeps that only last an hour or 2.

    1. This is one of the reasons I LOVE spring. 🙂 I love those big temperature contrasts!

    2. So glad you had a special trip, Joshua.

      Does anyone know how to find Boston’s temp 46 years ago today (1978)? I think that week was much like today but I may have the wrong year.

      1. i can tell you that o 4/8 there were snow showers in the air with tempd in the 30s. Day my son was born 46 years ago.

        1. Then I have wrong year. I remember our company international client conference ….always held marathon week,,,,was unusually warm one year. Mac asked me to Marry him 46 years ago today and we had dinner at the Copley where the conference was always held. And wondered if it was that year.

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