Solid Second Half

Posted by Chris Lambert

After a great start to the weekend, it's nice to see the second half of it will finish strong with sunny to partly cloudy skies and highs in the 80s on this Sunday.   Coolest temps can be found this afternoon across Cape Ann and Cape Cod, with those locations holding in the middle to upper 70s thanks to a S to SSE breeze.  For the rest of us, mid 80s are the target.  With highs reaching the middle 80s, there will be enough moisture and instability for some cumulous clouds to puff up, but I don't expect any rain out of them this afternoon.  That chance holds off for tomorrow.

Higher humidity and warmer temps return Monday and Tuesday and along with it... scattered storms each afternoon.  Each day features a 30% chance of rain, so neither day is a washout by any stretch, but you know how it goes it the summer, any storm good produce localized downpours.  Highs near 90 both day.  The strength of the storms Tuesday depend on the timing of the front coming though.  If we do indeed warm to 90+ with the front coming through mid-day or in the afternoon, a few of these storms may be capable of gusty winds and hail, so we'll keep an eye on it.

Low humidity and sunshine and cooler temps return on Wednesday.

Come On Ride The Train

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Heavy rain is on the move! All afternoon long it was stalled over Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Heavy pulses of rain traveled over the same towns and cities - a process meteorologists call "training" - resulting in flash flooding in some counties to our west.

Unsettling

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Another day where we have cool, ocean air battling warmer land air leading to a clash of air. That means clouds, drizzle, fog, humidity (frizzy hair) for much of the day. It's not a washout though. The highest chance of rain is this morning--until 9:30am and then later this afternoon (after 3pm). In between, you will see a lot of clouds but also some sunshine at times. Even limited sun will be able to shove temps well into the 70s. This warm & humid air is what will lead to another round of showers & t-storms later today. Some of the storms will be intense. Like the past two days the strongest storms will be in western New England. Only isolated showers/ thunderstorms are expected along the coastline later today. Sox game will have the risk of some showers but they should be able to play that game. Welcome back Tito!

Saved by The Sea Breeze

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Although my forecast was busted today, there was one good thing that came out of it.

Stability.

That gray overcast that hung over the eastern half of the Commonwealth provided a stablizing influence to our atmosphere. The cool air blowing in from the ocean kept the temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way back to Metrowest. While that makes for lousy short-and-t-shirt weather, it is poison to thunderstorms.

Wild & Wacky

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Wild temperatures yesterday---from the 80s down into the low 60s in just an hour AND some heavy duty thunderstorms. The reason was a cool front that dropped in from Maine. That front is in western New England this morning and it's a chameleon as it will become a warm front and try to warm things back up during the day.