Down the Drains

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Weekend forecast may be spiraling downward, but the wet weather will correct a few issues:

pollen will be washed out of the air

you'll get to catch up on sleep

won't have to worry about watering you lawn/garden

and (insert glass-half-full-anecdote here)

Anyway, this isn't a run-of-the-mill weather system we're talking about here. We have a serious rainstorm heading our way - one that we'd typically see in March or April. With the potential for 1-3 inches of rain this weekend, you may be thinking we're going to be underwater around here, but I have two comments on that: it's been dry, so we should be able to handle it AND it could be worse...much worse. Parts of Southern and Central Maine may see 6-8 inches of water!

I'm not one to wish ill-will on anyone, but I'm also wiping my brow and whispering, "glad it's not us". Unfortunately, this is a scene that's been played out many times in the last decade: wet storm stalls; someone gets hammered.

Sunday will feature SLIGHT improvement. Should dry out for a few hours in the morning, before the LIGHT showers return in the afternoon. All in all not the best of weekends.

I will tell you - on this day of remembrance of the June 1st tornado outbreak - this pattern has shades of the summer of 2009: wet, cool winds off the water, stalled storms, torrential rain, some flooding...BUT I don't see this pattern holding for the next week to ten days. In fact, it may loosen up by the end of next week.

We'll see how it plays out.

Pete

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.

Pretty Good Weekend Overall

Posted by Chris Lambert

Sure, it's a cool start with many of the suburbs down into the upper 30s and lower 40s, but we'll warm up quickly through the day as that sun helps us out.

Strong Finish

Posted by Chris Lambert

An overall cooler day, but also a great end to the workweek as highs neared 70, low humidity continued and plenty of sunshine dominated the skies.  Now all we need is this to continue through the weekend right?

Still Good

Posted by Chris Lambert

How about yesterday?  The 82 in Boston matched the warmest temp we've had since September 13th.  Of course, with a wind gusting past 30mph and relative humidity near 18%, it certainly didn't feel oppressive.