Thursday March 27 2025 Forecast (7:13AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 27-31)

A disturbance moving through our region tonight will bring scattered rain/mix/snow showers of little impact, with fair weather during the daylight hours both today and Friday. While it is breezy at times, it won’t be all that harsh for late March. A back-door cold front slips southward through the region Friday night and slows down near the southwestern portion of the WHW forecast (western RI / eastern CT) on Saturday. As this takes place, overrunning will spread a deck of clouds into our region Friday night. Eventually we end up with some lower clouds off the ocean via the Gulf of Maine as well. How quickly these 2 things occur will determine if we have any shot whatsoever to see a short-duration partial solar eclipse at sunrise on Saturday. Odds are against it, but we have a narrow chance to “luck out”, so I’ll keep an eye on that time frame and update here in tomorrow’s discussion and/or in the comments as needed. Saturday’s weather does turn out wet with a band of rain reaching into the region near and especially north of the frontal boundary. It can be cold enough in southern NH and maybe near the northern border of MA for some sleet and snow to occur for a while, but most of the precipitation will be in the form of rain. The big dilemma is the temperature forecast, which will be relatively “easy” if the front is entirely south and southwest of the region, with highs in the upper 30s to middle 40s, but if the boundary sits over a portion of the forecast area, those on the other side of it will be significantly warmer. I do expect the boundary to slip more to the south and southwest Saturday night and Sunday, which will will be a cloudy and chilly period, but with limited precipitation. As an area of low pressure then moves northeastward through the Great Lakes on Monday, it appears the frontal boundary will be pulled to the north and northeast and all of us get into the warm sector, but an approaching cold front and stronger south to southwest air flow will result in a mainly cloudy sky with a strong chance of rain showers for the final day of March.

TODAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 48-55. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. A brief passing rain/mix/snow shower possible. Lows 30-37. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 50-57. Wind W to NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. A chance of some light rain/sleet/snow southern NH and northern to east central MA, and light rain central MA overnight. Lows 32-39 southern NH / northern MA and 40-47 elsewhere. Wind variable up to 10 MPH, mainly N to NE in northeastern areas, S to SW in southwestern areas.

SATURDAY: Mainly cloudy. Periods of rain with potential sleet and snow in southern NH and possibly far northern MA. Highs ranging widely from 35-42 southern NH and northeastern MA to 42-49 in the balance of eastern MA to 50-57 central MA and eastern RI to 58-65 western RI and eastern CT. Wind NE 5-15 MPH except S 5-15 MPH in western RI and eastern CT.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Areas of drizzle eastern coastal locations. Lows 35-42. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY: Cloudy. Areas of drizzle eastern coastal locations. Highs 38-45. Wind NE up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with rain likely. Areas of fog. Temperature steady 38-45 evening, rising overnight. Wind NE to variable up to 10 MPH, becoming S 10-20 MPH with higher gusts from south to north overnight.

MONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Highs 48-55 South Coast, 56-63 elsewhere. Wind S 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 1-5)

Dry, cool, breezy weather behind a cold front to start the new month April 1. Low pressure brings a warm front / cold front combo in the time frame from later April 2 to early April 4 with additional unsettled weather – details TBD. Dry, cool weather returns for the end of the period, based on current expected timing.

DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 6-10)

Two systems have the potential to impact the region with precipitation during an unsettled early April pattern with near to below normal temperatures.

45 thoughts on “Thursday March 27 2025 Forecast (7:13AM)”

  11. The Red Sox just released their 2025, 26-player roster and my former student, Sean Newcomb, is on it. He starts for Boston Monday in Baltimore!!!! 🙂

    1. How exciting. I will watch….i may need a reminder but am putting on my calendar so hopefully will remember.

    2. That is fantastic!

      I am excited that my “Bus” decided to try out for high school baseball and found his way onto the JV team. Baseball is not his strongest sport but selfishly I am excited to watch games this spring.

    1. Pop-ups & popcorn!

      I actually have a pretty good feeling about the Sox this year. Of course it won’t be that hard to be better than last year.

        1. Well the Bruins are still falling into the tank. But they’ll be back. It’ll just take a little while. 🙂

          Again, I’m a realistic fan. Unrealistic fans expect continuous perfection. You know, 82-0 regular season, win every game by a shut-out. Win the Stanley Cup every year. Not how it works. 😉

          That said, this season has become abrasive to experience, but as a true fan, I stay right with them all the way and hope for the best. 🙂

          Just like in weather, I am not simply a fair weather fan. 😉

          1. I don’t think I missed a single game for Bruins and Pats and missed very few for the Sox. In sports there are always ups and downs.

            1. I never miss a Bruins game. I also never miss a Pats game (though many I listen to on radio).

              Celtics & Red Sox I catch some, but I usually rely on highlights.

                1. 7 game winning streak, while the Bruins have a 7 game losing streak. Totally opposite directions.

                  Meanwhile, Sox and Rangers tied in the bottom of the 6th.

  15. Sox are involved in 3 “Home Openers” in 8 days.

    Today: @ Texas.
    Monday: @ Balitmore.
    Friday (4/4): Fenway.

  17. For the Boston area this evening (Thursday)…

    International Space Station pass in a favorably clear sky.

    Appears at 8:42 p.m. about 10 degrees above the horizon in the west northwest sky, reaches peak of 70 degrees above the southwestern horizon at 8:45 p.m., then disappears into earth’s shadow at 57 degrees above the south southeast horizon at 8:46 p.m.

    This is a pretty high-up entrance into earth’s shadow, so should be easily visible and a great example of what that looks like. The ISS will appear to vanish over a span of a couple seconds as it loses the reflecting sunlight. If you were to be on the station and look toward the sun, you would see it set rapidly.

    If you miss this pass, there’s another shot tomorrow about 1 hour earlier. I’ll post about it.

    If you’re outside the Boston area, the timing will be very slightly different, but this is generally the same for the WHW forecast area with differences essentially negligible.

    1. Thank you. Finally got deck set up and my coyote fence set at opening and had been planning to head out and listen to a book.

      Perfect timing as always TK

      1. It was pretty much exactly the same time there. The max elevation there was probably 72 degrees vs 70 degrees. Wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

    3. I read this at 8:45pm and ran outside immediately. It was very obvious when I got there and, as you explained, it went dark very soon after that.

      Thanks.

      I used to regularly check on the chances to view the ISS, but have gotten out of the habit. It looks like it might be cloudy for tomorrow’s opportunity. That would be too bad since it would be just as bright as tonight, but stay in the sunlight 2:11 longer.

    1. They’d be worried about wind there based on the forecasts for the low level jet and with some convective showers around.

      This would not be a “classic severe outbreak” or anything like that. Hence putting that area in a low probability at this point.

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