1:30AM
Not a great deal of change from the previous post , so just a quick update here, and a new forecast to tweak timing.
A frontal boundary along the East Coast and tropical moisture riding up along this front means that we are in for a few unsettled days today into the weekend. The wettest weather is expected this morning and for a good portion of Friday. We may catch a break for at least part of the weekend as much of the wet weather may shift to the east and be mostly just off the coast Saturday. Just enough drier air may work in on Sunday for partial sun, but we will not be able to rule out a shower threat completely if any sun does pop out.
A more organized low pressure system in upper levels and a couple disturbances at the surface spell out a greater chance of rain for the beginning of next week.
The tropics have become a little more active again, with Tropical Storm Ophelia located far east of the Caribbean and moving to the west. This system may threaten the northeastern Caribbean Islands sometime over the coming weekend. Ophelia is many days away from being any possible concern to Bermuda or the US East Coast.
Boston Area Forecast…
TODAY: Cloudy. Episodes of showers, heaviest and most numerous during the morning. Mild and muggy. High 70-75. Wind S under 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Patchy fog and isolated showers. Mild and humid. Low 61-66. Wind S under 10 MPH.
FRIDAY: Cloudy. Showers likely. Mild and humid. High 67-72. Wind S-SE up to 10 MPH.
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers. Low 63. High 72.
SUNDAY: Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Low 63. High 77.
MONDAY: Cloudy. Rain likely. Low 62. High 68.
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Rain likely. Low 61. High 66.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Low 56. High 64.
Thanks TK ! Had some heavy downpours overnight, which really seemed to increase the humidity. Almost tempted to hit the A/C……
You may very well need that A/C come Sunday…I believe that day will have the warmest temps (80F) with some sun.
I agree about Sunday and also have it on now. I know its only 70F or so, but so is the dewpoint and it feels kind of tropical.
Not going to be a pretty start to fall with the rain. Hopefully this will be the last stretch of humid weather for 2011.
I wouldn’t count on it Jimmy with October expected to be above normal. Hopefully we can start cooling down more “permanently” after Columbus Day weekend. The one positive is that no real heating bills expected in the short term at least.
Personally though, I need some dry days to continue my yardwork before the leaves fall. I did manage to get some done yesterday, but not likely to be doing any more any time soon.
My lawn is going to be a jungle by the time I get a chance to mow it next. Good thing they picked up all the yard waste in town this week because I’ll be filling up again shortly. A vast difference from last year when the lawns were pretty much dead from mid July onward and just a little bit of late-season growth in September/October.