Summeriffic

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9:06PM

High pressure holds strong enough, I believe, to keep the region mainly dry for the foreseeable future. The position of the high pressure at the surface being a little further north for a time at midweek along with low pressure to the south will bring a wind in off the ocean, keeping east coastal areas somewhat cooler. A more southwesterly flow late in the week will bring some heat into the region along with an increase in humidity.

Forecast for eastern MA, southern NH, and RI…

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows drop to around 50 inland valleys to lower 60s in Boston. Wind light variable.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 82-87 except cooler south-facing coasts. Wind S up to 10 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows from the middle 50s inland  to lower 60s coast. Wind light variable.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs from 75 east-facing coastal areas to 85 well inland. Wind E 5-15 MPH.

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Low 61. High 75 coast to 85 inland.

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 64. High 88.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 68. High 88.

SUNDAY: Partly sunny. Low 68. High 86.

20 thoughts on “Summeriffic”

  1. Thanks TK and yes this week is as you said summerific! Humidity will be in check until the weekend and with those overnight lows in the upper 60s its a good indication it will be a sticky day.
    While tomorrow will be quiet that was not the case 23 years ago during the Northeastern Torando Outbreak of 1989. I was five years old at the time and to me is still the biggest outbreak of severe weather across the Northeast including an F4 in Hamden, CT which was the strongest of the tornadoes that day.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Northeastern_United_States_tornado_outbreak

    1. Thanks for the info JJ. I didn’t realize we had such a large tornado outbreak (for this area anyways). Makes the June tornados of last year seem relatively small, although not to those affected I should add. The stat that stands out to me the most is only 1 fatality. With all those tornados, and some very strong in heavily populated areas, I’m surprised, yet very glad, there weren’t more. Not sure how forecasting/warnings were back then, but I wonder how much of a warning there was.

    2. I remember that outbreak very well. I was in college and my local chase partner and I were monitoring storms. I had something to do close to home that Monday evening so I stayed local and didn’t see too much around here, but he went southwest and saw the storms that produce the Hamden CT tornado. He didn’t see the actual tornado, however.

      A distinctive non-weather memory from that day was I could not get away from the song Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry. The chase then got named “The Buffalo Stance Chase” as many of the chases in those days got named for some oddity like that.

  2. Thanks TK. We have a wedding to attend in Falmouth on Saturday so I am hoping the weather cooperates!

  3. All you need to do TK is keep that forecast going for a month!! I start a month sabbatical on Saturday.

  4. Thanks TK !

    We are out by Ithica, NY and the finger lakes region. Lots of swimming areas around here very similar to lower falls up on the Kancimangus (sp?) Highway up in NH. The info packets I am reading on the area are saying this particular area shows a lot of the retreat of the glaciers 10,0oo yrs ago.

    Chilly this morning, briefly felt like it got down towards 50F, but warming up quickly now. Have a good day all !

    1. What a beautiful area? We’ve been to Canandaigua a few times and love it out there. Enjoy Tom!!!!!

  5. TK, in reading the NWS forecast discussions out of Taunton, Upton, and Albany, they are sounding a bit ominous for the threat of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday (possibly some slow moving with heavy downpours) as a stalled front pushes north into the region and at the same time a weak cold front comes down from Quebec. However, I see you have kept your forecast dry through the weekend. Any change in your thinking today? Do you think the timing of front will hold off till early next week? I sure hope you are right as we are having 50 people over to the house for my son’s b-day party on Sunday (11AM-2PM) and have rented an inflatable water slide and slip and slide. We do have the opportunity to reschedule if we let them know by Thursday. Just curious how you think it will pan out here (we are 20 mi. east of Hartford). Thanks!

    1. It’s a coin flip at this point. Models that far out are split. I am holding dry for now, but I would not bet much money on that.

      1. Thanks. If the worst case scenario pans out, would you see this as a widespread rain event or more pop up showers and storms?

        1. A couple GFS runs wanted to have you think it would be a day of numerous showers and storms with many downpours, but I think worst-case it’s more of a scattered or clustered setup. Still 5 days out though so I can’t say that with total confidence. I still favor it as a mainly rain-free day.

  6. Ray Allen has switched from Joselin in Boston to a diabetes hospital in Miami, it’s to bad he’s taking his charity there

  8. Hey guys, so I’m going on an Alaskan cruise from the 14th to the 21st, and it goes from Seattle, up the coast to Juneau and back. I was wondering if any of you guys could give me a general forecast for that area for the week? This would be greatly appreciated, thanks! It seems to me that it will be generally damp most of the time but I know people here would know better…

      1. Thanks Vicki! It’s quite exciting since it’s my first cruise and a ton of family is going as well.

  9. heat and humidity returns to the area later part of the week. Who sees it also being unsettled sunday?

  10. Just updated, but not much new on it. Same forecast, just a couple days added to the end. Don’t like the GFS right now and I think it’s overdoing the shower threat for Sunday. I’m going to gamble and stay dry.

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