Friday July 19 2024 Forecast (7:04AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (JULY 19-23)

High pressure brings comfortably dry, seasonably warm air to our region today. A warm front lifts across the region Saturday with a large shield of high to some mid level cloudiness, but it will remain dry with no rain generated by the front. Sunday, a weak cold front settles southward through the region, but again it will be a boundary without any real fanfare, producing a few showers only over northern New England, leaving the WHW forecast area in SNE rain-free. So it turns out to be quite a nice weekend, despite some limitation to the sunshine mainly on Saturday. Humidity increases early next week as a southwesterly air flow returns. This time it will come without major heat though, but not without shower and thunderstorm chances, which return in a limited fashion Monday and a more prominent fashion Tuesday.

TODAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 78-85, coolest coast. Dew point upper 50s to 60. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes developing.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Patchy inland lower elevation ground fog. Lows 54-61, warmest urban areas. Dew point middle to upper 50s. Wind calm.

SATURDAY: Limited sun – lots of clouds (potential for a colorful sunset). Highs 80-87. Dew point rising a little – 60+. Wind variable to S up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing west to east. Patchy ground fog inland low spots. Lows 60-67, coolest inland valleys. Dew point lower 60s. Wind SW under 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 82-89. Dew point lower 60s. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 61-68. Dew point lower 60s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

MONDAY: Partly sunny. An isolated shower or thunderstorm possible, especially south of I-90. Highs 79-86, coolest coast. Dew point lower 60s. Wind variable to SE up to 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 61-68. Dew point 60+. Wind SW up to 10 MPH.

TUESDAY: Variably cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms become more likely. Highs 78-85. Dew point middle to upper 60s. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (JULY 24-28)

Higher humidity and shower chances in the July 24-26 period before drier air returns as the end of the period. No major heat expected.

DAYS 11-15 (JULY 29 – AUGUST 2)

Moderate to higher humidity returns along with a few shower and thunderstorm chances, but not an excessively wet pattern. No prolonged major heat.

39 thoughts on “Friday July 19 2024 Forecast (7:04AM)”

  1. July 4-18 .. a 15-day stretch where Boston’s dew point hit 70 or higher. Tied with 2nd place for July 23 – August 6 of 1979.

    In 3rd place is a stretch from August 3 through 16 of 2003.

    Also tied for 3rd place are TWO 14-day stretches in the same summer, July 7-20 and July 25 – August 7 of 1988. You’ve often heard me refer to that summer as one of the most brutal of all time. 100% true, and not just for New England. I’ll show you some stats / maps soon that show you it blows many others away.

    Which 70+ degree dew point stretch is in first place you ask?
    July 19 – August 5 1994. 18 days.

    1. I remember 88 well. I tend to get the years wrong and will sometimes say 89. We did not have AC. Somewhere we have a photo of Mac in our tiny kids pool with all three kids. It was truly brutal.

    2. Thanks TK! great stats – 88 was the year I graduated high school and the first summer I fell in love – it was a hot one all around!!

  3. Good morning and thank you TK. AHHHHHHH, feels really nice for a change!!!!!

    Made 87 here yesterday with dp starting at 70 and only falling very slowing and still at 60 at midnight!

    Overnight low 66
    Currently 70 dp 54 AHHHHHH!!!!!

    Ocean temp: 61 (Boston buoy)

    1. Same here.

      Around 5:30pm yesterday, dp tumbled from 70 to 59F, then hung around either side of 60F til 1am, then dropped steadily to the 54F it is now.

      Both times had a few OBs where the NW wind gusts got into the mid teens.

      Neat to see the dry air move in, in surges.

  8. Up to 73 from 61. DP 59.

    Nice start to the day till one of the dogs pulled a baby bunny from its nest. Its back legs seem injured. We have a rehabber name from my older daughter who has bunnies, but I’m guessing this little one is on its way to tufts.

    1. Awwww …..

      Carley, our dog before Artesia, well, I’d say btwn ages 4 and 8, she was fast enough to unfortunately catch a few.

      Last night, Artesia chased 1 but thankfully, it escaped.

      1. Its nature for the dogs of course. But sad for the kids. Blu got this one right in the nest. Older daughter had a bunny nest in the middle of their yard. Momma covered it so well after feeding them that, even knowing where it was, you couldn’t find it. Once the babies moved out my daughter looked inside. She said the hole is so perfectly constructed with sides packed smoothly that think it was made with tools.

        Momma doesn’t live with babies. She uncovers nest, sits over it to feed and then recovers perfectly. Nature is fascinating

    1. With the ac and even the fan off and all the windows open, I can hear birds, cars driving up and down the road, sounds I don’t think I’ve heard in 2 weeks.

  15. Better air today, to be sure. The really better air on a consistent basis is still a good 6 to 7 weeks away.

  16. My next door neighbor is in IT for a local, high profile tech company. From home, she monitors and resolves issues for a dozen worldwide locations. Last time i saw her today, she was doing cartwheels around our complex. I’ll have to offer her a glass of wine later today.

  19. SARS-CoV-2 does not behave like a normal respiratory virus. I’ve studied rhinoviruses (essentially cold viruses), influenza (also a virus) and childhood viruses like 5th disease (which my son got as a kid; he was very sick). All the viruses I just mentioned practically disappear in summer. Not entirely, but almost. They make their presence felt from late fall to early spring.

    The coronavirus is different. While it tends to spike higher in winter it also can spike in ANY season, including summer! This summer’s wave is quite impressive from the standpoint of how many people are getting infected (again).

    I’m not a biologist or virologist. But what I think is going on are two things: 1. A remarkable series of mutations and (sub)variants; much more rapid and extensive than, say, influenza strains; 2. Tremendous transmissibility, both indoors and outdoors. Less so outdoors, but I believe it’s more transmissible outdoors than any respiratory virus we’ve ever recorded.

  20. Getting ready for our cruise to Bermuda – leaving out of New Jersey on Sunday on the Celebrity to celebrate my wife and Is 25th wedding anniversary. Looks like smooth seas – thank you Bermuda high and Sahara dust!!

  21. https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=44020&hours=72

    Nantucket Sound buoy reporting a water temp
    of 77F

    One southeast of Block Island is 73F

    With light wind maybe if there is any, it’s from the south, that water is so warm that it literally on its own, provides some humidity to the air.

    Not that it’s high humidity this evening, but a bit of humidity from that warm ocean south of New England has oozed into some areas sending dps into the low 60s.

    https://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/regions/southNE/sst/noaa/2024/img/240720.202.0100.n24.jpg

    Credit to Rutgers marine lab

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