Not All Bad

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7:00PM

SUMMARY…
High pressure provided 100% sunshine Thursday with light wind, but this allowed for the typical cooling Spring sea breezes near the coast. High pressure moves offshore tonight and Friday and then a warm front moves into southern New England Friday night and Saturday but fails to make it through the entire region. A couple disturbances moving along this front will bring lots of clouds and a couple threats of wet weather. Timing such threats in this set-up is always tough, but it appears they will take place in the pre-dawn to the mid morning hours of Saturday and again late Saturday afternoon to early Saturday night. During Sunday, the main disturbance will move offshore and enough dry air should work in from the north for at least partial clearing, though some cooling will take place from the north and northeast due to the air flow on the back side of the disturbance, so don’t look for a return to Summer-like temperatures this weekend. If the wind turns enough northeasterly, we may have to watch for some low clouds off the ocean later Sunday or even Monday. By later Monday, the wind should turn more to the south ahead of an approaching frontal system, and this front is likely to bring showers at some point on Tuesday of next week, followed by a return to dry weather during the middle of next week, lead in by a cooler, gusty breeze behind the front Wednesday and a more tranquil day as high pressure moves in on Thursday.

SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND FORECAST…
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 35-40 interior valleys, 40s elsewhere. Wind light W.
FRIDAY: Sunshine, dimmed at times by variable high cloudiness. Highs from near 60 coast to near 70 interior. Wind W up to 10 MPH shifting to SE.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Clouding up. Showers likely after 3AM from west to east. Lows in the 50s. Wind S up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY: Cloudy through mid morning with showers ending west to east. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny later morning into afternoon then cloudy again with showers possible later in the day. Highs 60-65 coast, 65-70 inland, may reach lower 70s inland with any sun.
SUNDAY: Clouds break for sun but low clouds may return to the coast late. Lows in the 50s. Highs from near 60 immediate coast to near 70 interior.
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Highs 60 coast to 70 interior.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the 50s. Highs in the 60s.
WEDNESDAY: Sun and clouds with a gusty wind. Lows 45-55. Highs in the 60s.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Lows in the 40s, coolest interior. Highs 65-75, coolest coast.

64 thoughts on “Not All Bad”

  2. The difference between the 12z & 18z GFS runs in the longer term is astounding.

    1. Is one of the long term outlooks better than the other ……… or …….. because they are so different, we shouldnt conclude anything about the long term.

      Memorial Day weekend starts a week from tomorrow and I must admit to be trying to get early big picture ideas about the weather 7 to 10 days from now.

  4. Thanks TK. These are the cooler periods you forecast quite a bit ago so no surprises. Well done. I love this weather and the ups and downs. A bit more rain would be helpful.

        1. Good summer song….brings me back to 1963

          When the deep purple falls
          Over sleepy garden walls

  6. Photo after Gloria in 1985.

    In addition to this tree there were about 6 others down in the back yard.
    That’s my wife’s cousin’s garage that was flattened.
    I think there might have been a spin up or a tremendous wind gust of some sort.
    Our house is 4 houses away and I didn’t see any particularly strong winds, perhaps 50 mph tops.

    http://i.imgur.com/8VxHJgU.jpg

  8. Thanks Tk.

    Lovely sleeping weather. Couldn’t ask for me imo for mid day. My youngest’s 3rd birthday today. Time sure flies by.

    2. All the dates this week are palindromes if you use the 2-digit year.
      Happy Birthday to him! My friend has a bday today. 5-15-15

      1. I think Longshot’s birthday may be today also. If I am correct, Happy Birthday, Longshot! Happy birthday to your son, Hadi. I cannot believe it has been three years since we were waiting to hear from you re his birth! And happy birthday to your friend, TK.

  10. SAT pic will make you think we’re going solid overcast soon but many of these clouds are high and will be thinning out as they move east today.

    1. Been pretty cloudy out there today, will these thin out into the later afternoon hours?

  11. I wonder if we’re seeing the overall big picture summer pattern ……

    For weeks now, western Canada and the Northwest Territories have had an anomalous ridge. Its been unbelievably warm up there. The retreat of snowcover, compared to normal up there, has been astounding.

    North-central and eastern Canada have been under a trof and have been cool or cooler than normal.

    And, in general, the very cool air of mid Spring has been north of the lower 48. Occasionally, a bubble of high pressure has sunk close enough out of SE Canada to us to backdoor our region with cool airmasses from the north and east.

    Looking at the long range GFS, looks like more of the same.

    This all leads me to think above normal temps (perhaps 2 to as much as 4F for our region this summer) and below normal precip.

  12. Thanks TK. Back home in Wrentham for the summer now, one year of college down! Looking forward to enjoying the summer weather.

  13. Thanks, TK – and Happy Birthday to your friend.

    And Happy Birthday to Longshot.

    We’ve had some beautiful weather but I hope we get some rain, soon. We have a holly bush in front of our house that looks very sad and dry. Some other bushes around look kind of dried up, too.

      1. Sorry to hear about the car Vicki.

        Hoping for great results for Mac !!

        Yes, that letter is a grand slam.

        Whoever is advising Robert Kraft (yesterday’s context report) needs to give him better advice or if he is making his own decisions, someone needs to intercede. 🙂 🙂

        1. Death penalty is wrong. Also too easy for him.
          Life in max security prison a more fitting
          Sentence.

          1. I was hoping for that as well. But said from the start that I very much admire this jury and also cannot imagine what they have had to ensure as well. It is an example of how the best system in the world works I think. Not always what we (me) hoped for but an amazing process. And because of our process that relies on burden of proof, as it should, there may now be appeal after appeal.

              1. The appeals process is not as long as you think…5-6 years at most. We are not talking years and years by any means.

                1. I was somewhat surprised at the verdict but either way I won’t lose any sleep over it.

                2. No, I know that but it is 5-6 more years of him in the news for the families…some of whom I do know wanted death. And not that it should come to dollars is very costly.

                3. I respectfully disagree . It could be at least 10 yrs min to as much as decades. Look at the other case Garry Sampson. He will be alive for years to come. All I can say is I want peace for all of those families affected by this. And regarding the jury it will take sometime for them to heal from this case.

  17. Thanks TK for the new color background (deep purple or purple-blue?) and the summer fern scene above as well. 🙂

  18. No way!! Look up the cost, not going by the globe, that paper as everyone knows is corrupted. I don’t want any of my taxes going to this loser, good riddance to the afterlife, I would have been with the jurors 🙂

  19. Spectacular night. 65. 35 dP. Wind quiet. The noise of kids and adults playing outside.

  22. Beautiful night at the football field. My boys flag football team is 4-0 after a double header tonight. Love to watch them play.

  23. The cost of keeping a convicted felon in prison for life is expensive. However, the cost of 8 years of appeals is astronomical. Regardless of what you believe though, cost should probably not be the determinant.

  25. Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quizzes.

    1.What is a syzygy?
    A. A severe storm complex
    B. An active hurricane season
    C. An alignment of three celestial objects
    D. A star exploding

    2. On average how many tropical storms or hurricanes are named each year in the Atlantic.

    A. 10
    B. 12
    C. 14
    D. 16

    Answers later today. No cheating.

  26. I’m going to post a short update in a few minutes.

    Longshot, I’ll repost the quizzes for you.

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