Wednesday Forecast

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7:36AM

DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 29-MAY 3)
Mobile update this morning. Net outage at WHW home base. Again no big changes. A nice day today before we get impacted by the next storm – a low that tracks northwest of the region and drags a warm front toward but not through the region Thursday, bringing clouds and the threat of a bit of rain. As the low pressure center moves into the St. Lawrence Valley on Friday and drags an occluded front through, we will see the bulk of our rainfall in the form of numerous to widespread showers and possible embedded thunderstorms. This system will also bring a good deal of wind with it. due to some blocking in the atmosphere the low pressure system will not be able to make a clean getaway and exit via the maritime provinces of Canada, So it will be forced southeastward as a decaying surface low pressure system underneath an upper level low pressure system on Saturday, and that spells out another unsettled day, not likely a washout but probably not a lot of sun and definitely a good opportunity for showers. That leaves Sunday as the pick of the weekend, with dry and warmer weather as we get more of a westerly wind combined with mostly clear sky. As is always the case in the spring, there will be exceptions, and on Sunday the limited places where a west wind finds its way over water before hitting land again will be cooler.
TODAY: Sun gives way to clouds. Highs 50-57, coolest coast. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Lows 40-47. Wind light SE.
THURSDAY: Cloudy. Risk of light rain at times. Highs 47-54. Wind SE 5-15 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of rain. Lows 40-47. Wind SE 5-15 MPH, a few higher gusts especially South Coast.
FRIDAY: Cloudy with numerous showers and possible thunderstorms morning. Highs 48-55. Wind SE-S 10-20 MPH gusting over 30 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Any lingering showers ending. Lows 42-49. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely.
Highs 48-55. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Decreasing clouds. Lows 40-47. Wind W 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY: Sunny to partly cloudy. Highs ranging from near 50 Nantucket and outer Cape Cod to 65-70 interior Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MAY 4-8)
The overall outlook for this 5-day period is for below normal temperatures and a couple opportunities for wet weather.
Milder May 3, but a rain shower risk late-day or evening. Cooler May 4-6 and milder May 7 but some additional unsettled weather possible.

DAYS 11-15 (MAY 9-13)
A pattern of below normal temperatures is expected to continue for this period as well, though it may trend drier.

18 thoughts on “Wednesday Forecast”

  5. I don’t know if it was or met the criteria, but peaking at the radar periodically overnight, it sure looks like there was a long travelled derecho event that started in the central Plains, and is now exiting the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, etc.

  6. Good morning and thanks, TK…

    Winds tomorrow night and Friday…bad enough to cause outages?
    The sump pump in the basement is running a lot and, with more rain on the horizon, need to keep the pump pumpin’.

    Hope everyone is staying well.

    1. Hope you are well too, Captain !!

      I’m sure you are getting communications on new expectations next week for students and teachers, based on the DESE guidelines. Good luck !!

    1. These are so fun!! does it say 1980?? I have not heard of any, but I do love sauerkraut and it is also very good for you!

    2. I have 2 ancient ones sitting here, if they haven’t fallen apart yet. I should look. They are from before 1950.

  9. Taking a look at tomorrow-Friday’s storm… several days ago I floated the idea of this one being a significant rainmaker, and tossed out a first guess range of widespread 1.5-2.5″of rain. That looks pretty good down this way, and Flood Watches are up for a large area. Probably a lot of urban/small stream flooding, sizable rises on the main stem rivers with a few at least making a run at minor flooding. I do see some signs today that things may be progressive enough to keep most places on the lower end of that range, though some will also likely hit or locally exceed the higher end. For SNE, it looks like the main “firehose” starts to gradually run out of gas and also speeds up a little more by the time it gets there. So your totals should generally be lower than in the mid-Atlantic, but still probably a lot of 1-2″ storm totals.

    Down here, the wind potential has also increased and it looks like we could see gusts in the range of 50mph tomorrow afternoon just ahead of the precip as we briefly mix out a bit in the lower levels. For SNE, the low levels will probably never destabilize enough to see gust values as high as areas to the southwest. Any higher gusts for you guys will likely have to be enhanced by heavy precip. I’d wager most places stay under 40mph.

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