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I hope anybody traveling today has made it safely to their destination! If you have to travel on the holiday itself, no worries from the weather. Looks great as high pressure dominates. This high will hang around for “Black Friday” which will be a splendid day, with sunshine and mild air. It won’t last though. The chilly/dry pattern that we have been in will continue. We’ll snap right back to it with the passage of a strong cold front Saturday morning (a little earlier than I thought yesterday). This will bring a band of rain showers as the air will still be mild. But right behind it, in will flow the cold on a gusty wind later Saturday. This chilly air will stick around into early next week. The next “event of note” will be the passage of a fairly weak storm system around the middle of next week. The timing is a little slower than on the previous forecast (Wednesday vs. Tuesday), and again it remains too early at 7 days distance to figure out the track and if any mix/snow will be involved, so a generic and low confidence forecast will be presented here regarding that event.
I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are all with people you love and can enjoy the day. Be safe this weekend! I will continue to update the blog throughout.
Forecast for eastern MA, RI, and southern NH…
TONIGHT: Areas of low clouds near the coast. A few high clouds otherwise. Patchy fog forming in valleys, swamps, and bogs. Areas of frost. Lows upper 20s to middle 30s, lowest in the valley areas. Wind NE under 10 MPH becoming calm.
THURSDAY – THANKSGIVING: Any low clouds and patches of fog dissipating in the morning as any frost melts, then sunny. Highs 48-53. Wind light variable.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 33-38. Wind S under 10 MPH.
FRIDAY: Sunny until late in the day when the sun will set into a deck of clouds in the west. Highs 53-58. Wind S to SW around 10 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Clouds move in west to east along with a threat of rain showers toward dawn. Lows 43-48. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy with passing rain showers in the morning, then partly cloudy. Highs around 50 then falling through the 40s during the day and into the 30s by evening. Wind SW 5-15 MPH shifting to NW and increasing to 15-25 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 23-28. Wind NW 10-20 MPH and gusty.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 38-43. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 24. High 42.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 28. High 47.
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with rain/mix AM. Variably cloudy PM. Low 33. High 43.