The Week Ahead

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1:38AM

High pressure noses southward across New England today then slides eastward a little on Tuesday, finally retreating northeastward into southeastern Canada as unsettled weather moves in from the south and west at midweek. High pressure regains control late in the week. This outlook is pretty much unchanged from the previous post.

Forecast for the week ahead for eastern MA, RI, and southeastern NH…

TODAY: Partly cloudy. High from the upper 60s coast to upper 70s well inland. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low from the lower 50s inland valleys to near 60 at the coast. Wind S under 10 MPH.

TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. High from near 70 coastal areas to near 80 well inland. Wind S 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Low 61. High 69.

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers. Low 58. High 71.

FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 56. High 74.

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 57. High 75.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 57. High 75.

35 thoughts on “The Week Ahead”

  2. Thanks TK

    I was listening to coverage of the horrible fires in Colorado this morning. Al Roker said there are dry thunder storms due today in that area. I know they exist but never really thought about how they occur. Does anyone know how there is thunder and lightening without rain and does it occur only in certain areas for a specific reason or can it occur anywhere?

    1. I think its that the rain literally evaporates in the dry air below the storm. The rockies probably provide enough lift to generate the cumulus cloud and thunderstorm despite the dry air, but the rain never actually makes it to the ground.

        1. Yes, thanks Tom. Is it possible to have those thunderstorms and virga combo here in NE as well?

          1. Do the tstorms without rain tend to be more severe? I have a vague memory of being somewhere when younger (could have been here or in south) when there was no rain with a tstorm and remembering a comment that it was the sign of a very severe storm.

            1. Philip, I think virga is common in New England. But, not with thunderstorms because when we get the majority of our storms, the lower layers of the atmosphere are moist and thus, as you know, the rain is usually very heavy. Vicki, they are severe from the standpoint that the lightning strikes ignite fires and then the winds with the storms usually fan the flames……..

            2. There may be a reference to low precipitation supercell thunderstorms there, but those tend to occur in the High Plains especially West Texas and nearby areas, where the dry line sets up.

              Those storms with very little precipitation are often tornado producers.

  4. While high pressure holds the warmth off and keeps it mild in New England, the warmth surges northward into southeast Canada. Its 86F in Moosonee, Canada at the southern end of James Bay, which is the southernmost part overall of Hudson Bay.

  5. Thanks, TK.

    What a glorious wknd. it was weather-wise! My wknd. was good, too. I met a friend on Sat. for ice-cream and yesterday my husband and me went to a cook-out at a friend’s home in Millis. Today isn’t quite as nice – a little sun here and there. Although the past wknd. was beautiful, I still am hoping we get some hazy, hot and humid weather before the summer is out! BTW – I enjoy the HHH weather as long as there is some sort of breeze to give some ventilation. We do have air-conditioning but I prefer to keep the windows open – unless my allergies are bad at the time.

    1. It wouldn’t be summer without the HHH days – so far I’d say we have had a spectacular year overall weatherwise – except for lack of snow 🙁 Do you have a favorite place in this area for ice cream?

      1. I met my friend at the Fatima Shrine in Holliston where we walked around a little then we went to Rosewood’s in Bellingham. Very good ice cream!

        1. I don’t know many places around Sudbury for ice cream, except Friendly’s. I hear Erickson’s is good which is a little north of here. But another place that has really, really good ice cream is Wally’s ice cream in Auburndale. Another of my friends who lives in that area took me there.

        2. That sounds like tons of fun. I’ll have to check Rosewoods. Gerard Farm in Framingham is open again and they have GREAT ice cream at really great prices!

  7. Not a great day, at least for my liking. So far June has been a big disappointment. I was a little afraid of this too. That nao has been too negative for any stretch of nice weather to take hold. Now I see it’s going to stay neutral to slight negative for at least another week to ten days. 🙁

  9. Hey it’s been a while since I posted here but I was wondering if any of you had any idea if Monday (the 18th) is going to be good beach weather…

    1. It will be the best day of the year – it’s my birthday 🙂

      Maybe that isn’t scientific enough – sorry 🙁

  10. The point forecast generator at NWS went haywire. It has clear nights and sunny days for the next 7 days. OK RIGHT.

  12. I have not seen Old Salty comment in a very long time. I hope he is okay. I look forward to hearing his thoughts when thunderstorms are threatening.
    More of a rain than a thunderstorm threat coming up tomorrow night and Wednesday.

    1. Me too. I honestly miss his posts and wish he’d come back there are few things in blogging that bother me but his not being here is definitely one of those few

    1. June 18??? You’re kidding. I’ll be darned. I am sure she has told you it’s a very special day reserved for very special people 😀

  14. Brett Anderson’s long range ECMWF model displays a seasonable summer and fall this year…

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