7:25AM

DAYS 1-5 (JULY 8-12)
A disturbance passing south of New England will toss some of its clouds across the sky in southern portions of the region this morning, otherwise look for sunshine dominating areas to the north and regaining dominance in southern areas this afternoon, and a regionwide sunny day Tuesday, and sort-of the same Wednesday, the difference being we’ll likely see a hazier looking sky due to high altitude smoke from Canada by Wednesday. A very slow build to warmth will lead to it feeling a little hotter by Wednesday, but humidity will be reasonably low. By Thursday, however, the combo will be back – not high heat, but warm to hot enough along with increased humidity, but as a cold front heads this way from the west we’ll also introduce the chance of showers and thunderstorms later Thursday and Thursday night. Right now it looks like this front will move right along and be exiting on Friday, but a chillier pool of air aloft could still trigger a few showers, so will hold those in the forecast for now, but overall Friday does not look like a bad day. Overall, this 5-day stretch is going to hold some great vacation weather.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Some clouds across southeastern MA, eastern CT, and RI this morning, otherwise sunshine. Highs 78-85, coolest along the coast. Wind light variable with sea breezes.
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 55-62. Wind light variable.
TUESDAY: Sunny. Highs 81-88. Wind W up to 10 MPH but still some light coastal sea breezes.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Clear but smoke arriving aloft. Lows 58-65. Wind light W.
WEDNESDAY: Smoke-filtered sunshine. Highs 85-92, except cooler Cape Cod. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. More humid. Lows 66-73. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Late-day showers/thunderstorms possible. Humid. Highs 86-91, cooler South Coast. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Showers/thunderstorms likely. Humid. Lows 67-74. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy with a risk of showers early. Partly sunny with a pop up shower or thunderstorm possible thereafter. Less humid. Highs 78-85. Wind W 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (JULY 13-17)
A general west to east flow with mean high pressure ridge position oscillating between Plains and Midwest. This pattern sends disturbances through the Northeast with brief shower/t-storm threats and otherwise generally dry but seasonably warm weather overall. Risk of passing showers/storms exists July 14, and later July 15 into July 16. We may have to watch tropical moisture to the south early next week but for now thinking that will not impact the region.

DAYS 11-15 (JULY 18-22)
The same general pattern is expected to continue with seasonably warm to briefly hot weather and a couple opportunities for showers/thunderstorms.