Slow & Steady Decline

Posted by Chris Lambert

TGIF everyone!  I'm certainly looking forward to the quiet weather this weekend, and I'm sure many of you are looking forward to the weekend in general after the long week we've had.  I hope all the recovery and clean-up efforts are going as well as they can in our area.  For those folks in NY and NJ, they'll have dry weather the next 5 days. Granted, it'll be cold at night with temps in the 30s, but let's hope for a lot of progress being made during the dry stretch of weather they have.

The average high this time of year runs in the mid 50s, and we'll be close to it today, just under it tomorrow, and well below it by Monday.  In fact, Monday afternoon, temperatures won't even get out of the middle 40s for many.

I don't expect much rain over the next several days as a dry Northwesterly flow takes over.  Maybe an isolated sprinkle today, that's pretty much it.  Also, overnight lows trend down and by Sunday night, we'll watch the numbers fall into the 20s in many of the suburbs.  That, combined with an early sunset (4:33PM) thanks to the end of Daylight Saving Time ending, will certainly foreshadow what season lies ahead. 

By Tuesday night we do have to watch the progress of a coastal storm running up the East Coast.  Rain works in late at night and the rain and wind will pick up on Wednesday as a nor'easter sits just offshore.  Winds increase out of the northeast at first, then turn more southeast later in the day, bringing in warmer air.  As the way I see it now, winds could gust 30-40mph at the coast, but nothing close to what we had with Sandy, and there is no tropical storm or hurricane to get pulled north this go around.  Cold enough air may support some snow across western New England, Northern New England and upstate NY, but too much warm air infiltrates our area to support snow.

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.