3:59PM
Your favorite weather, right? Overcast, 40s, east wind off the still-cold North Atlantic? Personally, I don’t mind it. It’s part of Spring in the Northeast. Most, on the other hand, would trade this for something warmer. Well, you can thank this wedge of dankness for saving us from severe weather, because it is very possible that if we had not been under its strong influence leading up to and into the beginning of the passage of the upcoming storm system, we may have gotten into some of the severe weather that has been battering the South and southern Midwest. We would not have come close to the amount of devastating tornadoes, which have quickly put a big dent in one of the slowest-starting severe weather season in recorded history. Nevertheless, we’re protected, and even though the moisture from this nasty Spring storm is going to get here, it will do so in the form of moderate to briefly heavy rain in a time frame from Wednesday night to early Thursday morning, with nothing worse than a few rumbles of thunder, but no severe weather.
Before that, even though we have plentiful Atlantic moisture bringing lots of low cloudiness and a few areas of drizzle to southeastern New England, drier air above will continue to hold the rain off and will put up quite the fight through Wednesday afternoon, before finally giving in. The storm is being driven by a very broad closed upper level low pressure area which will take several days to make its way through the northeastern US. It will not complete the journey through the area until the start of next week, when its cold core center will cross the region and may even bring some very late season snowflakes to some higher elevations. But we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. It won’t be all bad from now through then. After the ribbon of heavier rain goes through and departs early Thursday, some partial clearing will take place later Thursday into Friday, with fairly mild air, and a southwesterly to westerly breeze as opposed to the chilly easterly wind we’ve had. As the broad upper low exerts its influence through the weekend, we cannot expect complete clearing, but it will be on the mild side through Sunday anyway. Saturday will likely feature more sun than clouds, with Sunday being the opposite, and a shower threat will exist both days, though no all-day rains will occur. Then comes the unsettled and chilly Monday before some drier and cool weather follows that.
Forecast for southeastern New England…
TONIGHT: Cloudy. Patchy drizzle. Lows 38-44. Wind E 10-20 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy. Patchy drizzle. Areas of very light to light rain mainly north and west of Boston in the afternoon. Highs 42-50. Wind E to SE 10-20 MPH, higher gusts especially in coastal areas.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Areas of fog. Rain becoming steadier from west to east early, possibly heavy at times later at night with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Temperatures rising to the lower 50s. Wind SE 10-20 MPH and gusty, shifting to S.
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy with rain ending west to east early, then mostly cloudy to partly sunny with an additional passing shower possible at times remainder of the day. Highs in the 60s most areas, may hit 70 some inland areas, but 50s South Coast area. Wind S to SW 10-20 MPH and gusty.
FRIDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Low 48. High 66.
SATURDAY: Partly to mostly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers. Low 49. High 66.
SUNDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Low 49. High 64.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain/mix showers. Low 38. High 48.
TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Low 37. High 58.