5:24PM
Updated forecast for the Boston area…
THROUGH SUNSET: Areas of showers, some heavy, and a slight chance of thunderstorms, but also breaking clouds from the SSW before sunset with a glimpse of sun not impossible. Temperature in the 60s. Wind S under 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11PM. Low 50-55. Wind S 5-15 MPH shifting to W and increasing to 15-20 MPH late.
SATURDAY: Sunny start then clouds developing during the day, and more moving in from the west later in the day with a slight chance of an isolated showers especially west of Boston. High 62-67. Wind W 15-25 MPH gusting 30-40 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Low 43-48. Wind W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. High 60-65. Wind W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.
MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers early. Low 46. High 64.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers late. Low 51. High 66.
WEDNESDAY: Chance of rain. Low 50. High 62.
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers early. Low 48. High 60.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 44. High 59.
Thundering in Sudbury right now. Radar looks a little impressive as bands of heavy showers moving north.
Thanks for the update, TK.
Had some thunder in Newton an hour ago.
Its been fun tracking thunderstorms the past few months but I can’t wait until we start tracking potential snow makers.
I heard rain shines thunder but it wasn’t close enough for my liking:). I agree with JJ. Time for snow.
I just started reading David McColloughs (sp) book about Johnstown flood. Has anyone read it. I’ve read his 1776 which ws ok and his John Adams which I loved enough to read three times.
Thanks for the update!!
Any thought yet for Paris next weekend. I am reading and from I can tell rain through early Thursday and then I see high pressure building in throughout the weekend?
The early call is just that. But I’m trying to figure out if GFS or Euro is the way to go there. At the moment, lean toward a dry pattern.
Watched the BZ forecast at 6:30 AM. Joe said temps near the coast could reach 70. Also said there will be a wind advisory after 4 PM today — strongest winds in SE MA and the Cape.
It will be rather mild considering… But the air is very dry so it won’t feel all that warm.
I hope there aren’t power issues down here.
We lost power during the night last night, woke up and had it.
Its going to feel like fall this weekend unlike last weekend. I wonder if we have seen the last of those 80 degree temperatures for 2011.
I think 80F might be done, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see 2 or 3 more episodes of 60F + dewpoints as the region gets into warm sectors on storms going to the west of New England.
One more 70+ after November 1.
Hopefully that 70 degree plus day in November will be when I am off so I could get one last round of golf in before putting the clubs away for the winter.
Thru Oct. 14th
Logan is running 6.4F above normal
Worcester is 4.8F above normal
Providence (TF Green) is 5.0F above normal
Hartford is 3.5F above normal
While the Columbus Day Weekend warmth certainly impacted this, its also days like yesterday where most lows were in the upper 50s to low 60s that are well above normal that also add to this amazingly warm start to the month.
During warm regimes it is often the higher low temps that skew the averages rather than the warm daytime readings, which tend to be tempered in wet/mild regimes due to daytime cloudcover and rainfall.
Tom, I’m drawing a blank. Did you say you couldn’t make the conference this year or you will be there?
Unfortunately, cant make it this year. Commitment next weekend I cant reschedule or miss.