Friday Forecast

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7:16AM

DAYS 1-5 (MAY 24-28)
Low pressure east of New England combined with high pressure approaching from the west, and cold air aloft, will turn today into a day with lots of clouds and a cool breeze, before clearing arrives tonight and Saturday is quite a nice day as high pressure moves across the region. A trough of low pressure will cross the region Saturday night and first thing Sunday, the most unsettled part of the Memorial Day Weekend, with the only other shower threat being of the isolated variety as a secondary trough crosses the area during Sunday afternoon. Sunday will be the warmest and most humid of the 3-day span. High pressure will ensure a splendid Memorial Day, which will be mild, though slightly cooler and less humid than Sunday. Another small area of low pressure will approach by Tuesday with a threat of additional showers at that time.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Early sun then lots of clouds. A slight risk of a passing shower. Highs 68-75 except 60-67 immediate coast. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Clearing. Lows 48-55. Wind light W.
SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 71-78, except 63-70 South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows 55-62. Wind SW 10-20 MPH shifting to W.
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy. Risk of a passing shower or brief thunderstorm, favoring early morning and late afternoon hours. Highs 75-82 except cooler Cape Cod. Wind W 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 55-62. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Mostly sunny. Highs 68-75. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 50-57, 45-50 some interior valleys. Wind calm.
TUESDAY: Increasing clouds. Afternoon showers possible. Highs 63-70, coolest coast. Wind light variable becoming SE.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 29-JUNE 2)
West to east flow, timing of systems should bring greatest chance of rain showers in the late May 29 to early May 30 time frame and in the late May 31 to early June 1 time frame. By no means does this look like a wet pattern, however. Temperatures should average slightly above normal for the 5-day period.

DAYS 11-15 (JUNE 3-7)
Disturbances with shower and possible t-storm risks June 3, 5, and 7 otherwise mainly dry weather with temperatures near to above normal.

55 thoughts on “Friday Forecast”

  1. Thanks TK !

    Slept through the quick moving thunderstorm last night.

    Beautiful start to the day !!

    Happy Friday all !!

  4. Good morning and thank you TK.

    I can’t believe how beautiful it is this morning and quite mild to boot.
    It was 64 at the house when I left shortly after 8AM.

    One of those days where one draws in a breath and goes AHHHHHHHHH…… 🙂

    Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all…

  5. Re: Thunderstorms last night
    Ha ha ha ha…. Nothing left when they reached the coast.
    A few rumbles of thunder and a brief downpour and that was all she wrote.
    Not surprising in the slightest. Eric said they were weakening as they moved
    Eastward. How many freaken times does that happen around here????
    Almost always it seems. 🙂 🙂

      1. Afraid so. I guess if I want thunderstorms, I should moved to
        Oklahoma or Kansas. 🙂

        I’ll take this weather today, thank you very much.

        1. I’m not at the coast enough to say this with confidence; but when we have had one there, it has been very strong. Could it be they have to be to survive that far

          1. I think in general it is difficult for them
            to survive to the coast due to several factors:

            1. They start bumping into a marine influence (ie generally a SW wind introduces marine air from
            Long Island sound and the Atlantic South of Long island and RI)
            2. Some down sloping as altitude decreases towards the coast.
            3. For whatever other reason the better dynamics are to the West.

            If the wind is more WSW (reducing or eliminating the marine influence), then they can and do survive.

            Also, one more thing… IF by chance the storms
            start to develop at or just before the coast with the correct dynamics, then really bad storms can occur at the coast.

            It’s a CRAP SHOOT for strong to severe storms at the coast.

            In all honesty, I have lived in the City of Boston
            since 1970 (49 years) and the only storm I have
            witnessed that truly met severe thunderstorm
            criteria was the one a few years ago with severe hail and oh I nearly forgot, I did see a tornado
            during the 70s, but that technically was not in the city as it was Newton and Brookline. The revere tornado was close, but the storm was not severe as it passed me in the city. In short, it happens, but is quite rare.

            I have seen a few with vicious lightning.
            IMHO, severe cloud to ground lightning should
            be part of the severe thunderstorm criteria, but alas, it is not.

            Criteria:

            A severe thunderstorm refers to a thunderstorm producing hail that is at least 1 inch in diameter or larger, and/or wind gusts of 58 mph or greater, and/or a tornado. Although lightning can be deadly, the NWS doesn’t use it to define a severe thunderstorm.

  7. North wind now in Portland, ME.

    I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of temp drop materializes in SE Mass mid afternoon on, when the wind turns to the NNE

  8. Current ocean temp is 51.8, thus a NE wind could drop the temp down to
    the lower 60s, perhaps upper 50s, right at the shore. Get 5 miles inland, and upper
    60s to near 70 “should” be maintained. We shall see. Depends HOW strong
    that wind is. If it is strong enough, could be even cooler.

    1. Special Weather Statement for Western Plymouth for winds 35-45 mph this afternoon.

  16. It seems to me it is windy every day. I haven’t had a fire all week. There are too many trees and it worries me. But I’ll take the wind. I enjoy watching those same trees in the wind.

  17. Boston Harbor Buoy wind direction is 030 with an air temp of 54F

    Here, in Marshfield, where we probably are exactly south of that buoy also now have a NE wind and a temp down to 61F.

    I’d think Logan temp is going to tumble 10 to 12F upon the wind shift.

  18. Logan just switched to NE wind and temp has dropped to 63. 🙂
    that ain’t no sea breeze, that is synoptic wind.

  19. Well now, I saw advertised 90 degree weather next week (not here, saw Eric last night and have heard elsewhere)

    EURO says wait just a minute now and has 70s at best ALL NEXT WEEK!!!

    LOVE IT, if it is correct. 🙂 🙂

        1. Hope that is the case!! I was preparing to install a couple of ACs this weekend. Perhaps I won’t have to do so.

  25. Longshot, I’ll be checking email shortly!

    Jp Dave, Eric put the 90 to Thursday now. 😉

      1. We’ll see. I know it will likely be warm that day. How warm, I am not sure.

        But the fact is, we are in the time of the year where 80 and 90 degree weather can happen.

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