Saturday Forecast

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9:23AM

DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 24-28)
Quick update this morning. High pressure controls the weather for a few days, but its position will create a northeasterly air flow across the region, keeping it cooler than average with some ocean cloudiness impacting the region, along with patchy fog and even some drizzle for a time especially eastern MA and RI the first half of Sunday. Overall though, not a bad stretch of weather, just on the cool side for things like pools and beaches, although far inland it will be somewhat warmer, like at the Six Flags water park, where I’ll be on Monday. Haha! Beyond that, we increase the humidity and the temperature somewhat as low pressure passes well south of the region Tuesday/Wednesday and the air flow gradually turns more southerly. A weak cold front may get close enough to kick off some showers/thunderstorms Wednesday.
Forecast details…
TODAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 70-77, coolest coast. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH.
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 53-60. Wind light NE.
SUNDAY: Variably cloudy with areas of fog and a slight chance of patchy drizzle coast. More sun inland. Highs 68-75, coolest coast. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy with areas of fog coast. Partly cloudy with patchy fog inland. Lows 55-62. Wind NE to E up to 10 MPH.
MONDAY: Partly sunny with areas of fog coast. Mostly sunny inland. Highs 70-75 coast, 75-80 inland. Wind light E.
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 58-65. Wind light SE.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 70-77. Wind light SE.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 60-67. Wind light S.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of showers/thunderstorms afternoon-evening. Humid. Highs 75-82. Wind S 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2)
A shower or thunderstorm possible early in the period as a weak trough and frontal system passes through, then high pressure ridging takes over with mainly rain-free weather, moderate to high humidity, and above normal temperatures through the Labor Day Weekend, although a weakening trough to the north may be close enough to kick off a few showers and thunderstorms at some point August 31 or September 1.

DAYS 11-15 (SEPTEMBER 3-7)
Pattern should be dominated by high pressure centered southwest of the region with limited shower chances and above normal temperatures.

35 thoughts on “Saturday Forecast”

    1. Will do! Thanks! I’m not much of a swimmer/diver, but I do like the water park. I’m more of a lazy river floater. 😉

      After we are there, we’ll be doing the regular park for several hours. I’m not much of a roller coaster person or thrill rider, but I am a bumper car driver and a cell phone holder and people watcher. I definitely find a way to enjoy those days. And it’s really for my son, who turns 20 on Monday. He’ll have a grand time!

  2. Thanks TK !

    Beautiful out there !

    If I could control the weather, I’d rather see this cool stretch next week.

    I’m sure 80s and higher humidity will be back then 🙂

    1. We will be putting a trough in the Plains & Midwest soon and the result will be a ridge in the East for a while. We will still be feeling summer in the final days of summer in September.

  3. Repost from the Friday blog.

    WATD format is not like WJIB’s. Bob Bittner who owns WJIB along with a few stations in Maine. WJIB’s format is MOYL (Music of Your Life). Ed Perry owns WATD and the format is AC (Adult Contemporary). WATD’s weekend format is a bit more varied on weeknights and weekends. WJIB does play some classic country on Sunday I believe.

    1. Also I concur on WPLM. They are doing a great job imho with the format and some of the specialty stuff they are playing. I believe they have Ron Della Chiesa doing a Sinatra show on Sunday nights. For years Ron was heard on WGBH with a jazz show.

      Finally getting back to WATD. A year or so ago Ed bought 1510 AM which was the old WMEX (Who remembers Arnie Ginsburg, Fenway – the DJ not the park, Bud Ballou and others). While the station is silent right now Ed is planning on bringing it back with an oldies format.

    2. Have you noticed how many stations have morphed into the same mix format? More than half of them now…

      1. Depends on which stations you are talking about…..formats don’t last as long as they used on radio today…

        1. One example is Magic 106.7 and Mix 104.1 are essentially the same format now when a couple years ago the difference was much more noticeable. A couple people I work with have noticed this, as well as a friend of mine who has followed radio stations (kind of as a hobby) for a long while. I don’t listen to very much radio myself these days. I control my own music from my collection. 🙂

            1. Mix is “Hot AC” and Magic is “AC”. It may seem at times to be the same but there is a difference. But Magic no longer “Soft AC” for sure.

              1. Another “Hot AC” station in Boston is WBQT on 96.9 and a CHR (Contemporary Hits) station on 103.3 (WODS) and there is probably crossover there between the two but you probably see less crossover between WODS and Mix 104.1

                1. A little more info and then I’ll stop since I’m probably boring everyone. There is as we know the “Classic Rock” Format which is different from “Classic Hits” which is then again different from “Oldies”. Probably some crossover between Classic Rock and Classic Hits and then again between Classic Hits and Oldies but probably very rarely betwen Classic Rock and Oldies.

  4. A lot of AC Stuff can be tough to call in terms of format. Bob would never consider his format like WATD…trust me on that one 🙂

  8. Tropical Storm Dorian has formed in the Atlantic, well east of the Lesser Antilles.

    A battle of man vs machine is looming. The NHC intensity forecast is exponentially higher than any available guidance, calling for the storm to reach hurricane strength as it plows into the Caribbean. Most models say the storm will dissipate entirely within a couple of days. It is unusual for the NHC to stray so far from the model consensus. If the NHC forecast verifies better than guidance, Dorian may eventually bear watching for the East Coast.

  9. The third round of the PGA TOUR Championship in Atlanta was suspended for the day after six spectators were injured when tree debris apparently fell on them after a lightning bolt struck that tree. I hear that their injuries are not life-threatening. Play had been suspended because a storm popped up on the course 28 minutes before the spectators were injured.

      1. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard the tournament director say on NBC that the spectators were not struck by lightning, but the tree they were taking shelter under was and they were hurt by the tree debris.

          1. I’m reading a tree was struck. Maybe two. Not sure if lightning traveled through the ground to the spectators or it was tree parts flying

  12. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Boston radio was at its pinnacle, in my view. Innovative, individual, varied, and fun. I’m addicted to radio, and so one of things I sorely missed while I was in the Netherlands was good radio. Radio in Europe is truly awful. Always has been and still is. Even the news programs aren’t very good (BBC is an exception). In the summer I’d return home and listen to radio every waking moment that I could. WBCN was cutting edge at the time. I went to some of the early WFNX parties. College radio was (and is) epic at times. WZBC was the most `out there,’ but I learned a lot about new forms of music from that station. WERS helped shape world music as a format. WAAF was great for classic rock, and lots of emphasis on full albums late at night, sometimes concerts (lots of contests and giveaways, too). Chuck Nolan knew how to DJ (great voice). WZLX was perhaps more mainstream classic rock, but I loved it, too. Ken Shelton, Carter Alan, Oedipus. It’s a long list. I believe Alan and Nolan are still working as DJs. For classical music, there was WCRB with several great voices like Cathy Fuller and Ron Della Chiesa (he often was the DJ for live events like Tanglewood performances), and WGBH’s Robert Lurtsema, whose combination of news, quirky items, and choice of classical music, was priceless. And, I haven’t even mentioned WBUR (NPR) and WGBH for news with a liberal slant, WBZ for news and great talk shows (te libertarian David Brudnoy was one of my favorites; as well as Eddie Andelman), and then in the 90s the advent of 24/7 sports radio. In my view there’s no medium like radio. You have to think a little when you’re listening to a talk show. And you have to imagine, too.

    Here are some pictures Julie Kramer took (DJ at WFNX for many years):

    https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/10/13/julie-kramer-photos-rock-icons-wfnx

    1. Totally agree…Boston radio was at its best during the period of 1970-1990 but also a special shout out to the 60s is needed. During the 60s I cut my radio teeth on WHDH with Norm Nathan and his Sounds in the Night jazz show as well as Jess Cain in the morning on my little transistor radio. For contemporary music it was WBZ with DJ’s Ron Landry, Carl DeSuze, Dave Maynard, Bruce Bradley and Dick Summer. WRKO’s early days were fun with Dale Dorman, Joel Cash and others. Also loved listening to long distance stations such CKLW (a big Top 40 station from the Windsor/Detroit area), WKBW, WABC and others. When the 70s came around it was WBCN, WBZ FM (before it became Magic), WCOZ (later WZOU), WVBF, WMEX during the 70s and then WHTT, WFNX and Kiss 108 during the the 80s along with WBZ AM (when they still played a mix of MOR music and news. Today WERS, WSHL, WMLN are 3 college stations that I listen fairly frequently to these days. Also listen to WATD, WPLM and when I get them (which is fairly frequently) WFUV 90.7 from NYC. There are a few good New England stations that are worth a listen online…WCLZ 98.9 from Portland Maine (think of a mix of the River, WBCN and WHTT), Kool 105.1 from Plattsburg/Burlington with a great Classic Hits format and WZID 95.7 from Manchester whose format is more like what Mix 104.1’s was like in the early 90s. Finally a shameless plug for WBLI 106.1 on Long Island NY and my good friend Al Levine who does the 10am to 3pm shift (Al Levine on the Scene).

        1. Thank you for all the tips! And yes, the 60s were a great time for radio in Boston, too. My mother tells me that frequently. She mentions many of the same names you did. I was just a bit too young to appreciate it at the time, though I’m sure I was listening. My mother had the radio on all the time.

      2. My mom was a big Jess Cain fan. I liked him. I have some old audio recordings of radio broadcasts (mainly in the background of other stuff) from WHDH and their mid to late 1970s DJ line-up, and a few from the early 1980s as well.

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