Columbus Day Weekend – Sunday AM Update

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3:00AM

Another quick update to the forecast for the Boston area…

TODAY: Sunny. High 82-87. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

TONIGHT: Clear. Low 55-60. Wind NW 5-10 MPH.

MONDAY – COLUMBUS DAY: Sunny. High 75-80. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 55. High 70.

WEDNESDAY: Increasing clouds. Low 50. High 65.

THURSDAY: Cloudy. Rain likely. Low 50. High 63.

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Low 50. High 64.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 45. High 61.

36 thoughts on “Columbus Day Weekend – Sunday AM Update”

  1. Good Morning and Thank you TK – I’ve been watching for Saturday next week and appreciate your adding it in. More golf for my husband and son 🙂

    1. Cautiously optimistic about Saturday. 00z GFS still has us in cyclonic flow with the trough axis west of us, which means that we could go unsettled. The good news is, it appears that the trough will be lifting more north northeast than moving east, weakening, and not cutting off. That leaves more hope of just a breezy day with sun/clouds and fairly mild temps. But it’s many days away so you can bet some fine-tuning will be done.

      1. thank you TK – since it’s Saturday it’s much more flexible for both guys than a week day which requires vacation time. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for them.

        Has anyone here who golfs tried the Ranch in Southwick? Husband (Mac) and son (Scott) went there last Thursday and said it is easily as nice as any private course they have ever played. It’s a bit of a hike but they felt well worth it. And it was one of the six on the $100 golf discount card for this past season.

  2. I find 13 days at 90 or above for this past summer season. Please correct me if I am wrong.

    That makes JimmyJames the “winner” 🙂 A lot of other guesses were very close!

    Below are guesses

    Philip 11
    JimmyJames 13
    Scott 16
    Vicki 9
    Rainshine 15
    Tom 14
    Coastal 10
    Hadi 18
    John 12
    JMA 12
    TK 14

  3. For the first 8 days of October, Logan is running 3.2F above normal and with today and Monday, that will probably only go up. Mild nights later in the week should add to the above normal trend.

    In the unlikely event it hits 90F today at Logan, are we adding that to this season’s total ? 🙂 🙂

    Go Pats !

    2. I’d definitely say yes, Tom since it’s still “the season” but as much as I’d love to see you get credit please let’s not have 90 degrees 🙂

  4. It’s crazy how the trees r still mostly green not much color Here south south west of Boston, we could still have leaves for thanksgiving, latest I’ve ever seen in following weather since the 70’s

      1. I don’t remember them changing this late either. Mac said when they went to Southwick Thursday he didn’t think it was that much further along for foliage than here.

  5. I think a few eastern communities are going to be very close to 90F. 2 reasons……

    Just observing the morning breeze which seems to be picking up some. It is from the W/NW which tends to be the best direction for adding a few more degrees to a very warm day.

    Mt washington is up to 50F. Very warm airmass above. At the surface, the dewpoints are relatively low and dry air warms quickly.

    Heading out……have a good day all.

  6. Vicki…I have to say I am pleasantly surprised that I got as close as I did with the 90F temp prediction. For awhile there I figured that we would run up a huge stretch of days of 90+ and that Hadi would be the clear winner. Congrats to Jimmy! 🙂

    Vicki…as for the snow totals, by all means you can keep track. You did a great job with keeping up with the records over the summer. The only question I have is that should the snowfall totals be in ranges (i.e. 45-55″) or specific numbers?

    Certainly the latter will be more challenging, but I will accept whatever the majority decide. 🙂

  7. I predict that officially no one will hit 90 today, however, there will always be those bank thermometers exposed to the sun that will “display” 90F. More likely the highest “official” temp today will be 88F with Logan reaching 87.

    The latest “90” in October was on the 12th back in 1954…the “real” Columbus Day.

  8. Suggestion…the total snowfall “competition” the end date should be on April 30, 2012.

    As for the 90F temp, the end date next time perhaps should be October 31st…just in case. Boston has reached 90 three times in October: 1881, 1954 and 1963 and within 2-3 degrees numerous times believe it or not.

  9. I haven’t kept track of snow predictions to date. TK is it possible to incorporate predictions into one topic along with the forecast ? I have no idea how it should be done so will wait to hear what others think. And April 30 sounds good to me

    Thanks Philip

  10. I can’t believe I got the 90 degree days right on the nose. Will see how I do when it comes to snowfall. As I have said before I am thinking 40-45 inches.

        1. I do also – it was a great game!

          Daughter and husband took their son to Humarock this morning and said it was a top 10 day – spectacular!

  13. TK one more international forecast needed… I will be in Paris on 10/21 returning 10/24. I know its a little early, but if you can keep an eye out for me I would really appreciate it!! I doubt we could do any better then what I just had!!

    Thanks

  14. 87F yesterday at Logan…..We were at a festival yesterday and until about 3 to 4pm, it was kind of funny watching everyone try to cram into shaded areas. However, the mild evening weather without the sun was perfect.

    Interesting little spinning system crossing northern Florida with an early morning blowup of thunderstorms.

    Long range GFS shows a return to more realistic temps, but not much cold air either building in most any part of Canada.

  15. 1 thing about mid 80’s in July and mid 80’s in Oct, don’t don’t feel the same to me at all, sun is much lower in sky

  18. Just curious…did any town (officially or “un”officially) reach 88 degrees yesterday?

    I have to say that if these dewpoints weren’t in the 50’s though, it would be feeling quite miserable for most activities as well as sleeping. Too bad that there is very little color around, even in the suburbs.

  19. According to Brett Anderson’s morning blog, most of Canada this winter will be pretty much “normal” in terms of temperature and snowfall. This indicates to me at least that this should translate into a mostly normal winter for us as well. I just don’t see much of a repeat of big snows for SNE…NNE might be a different story, however.

    1. I don’t believe it is really that humid even now. Dewpoints are at their highest now, upper 50s, which is still on the dry side. This has been a very comfortable warm spell. And as mentioned above, the lower sun angle is lessening the impact of how warm it feels out there.

      Updating the blog now. Warm regime continues for the foreseeable future, as had been anticipated for this month.

      1. I’m just done with summer, and these upper 50 dew points are for the summer, also I can’t get enough of that fall feel we had just a few days ago.
        It’s only October, let’s run this warm weather out now so winter can come in with a bang.

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