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Sunshine and clouds will be the weather story early today before the arrival of strong to severe scattered storms this afternoon and evening. The best chance for storms will be after 12 noon for Central Mass. and after 4pm for Eastern and SE Mass..
In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Irene has grown from a Category 1 to a Category 3 hurricane, what is considered to be a "major" hurricane.
We have sunny day #3 on tap today! High temperatures will be slightly warmer in the upper 70s to lower 80s...the coolest along the Cape/Islands.
Sunday appears to be the day of greatest concern here in New England, when the majority of rain and wind would occur from Hurricane Irene.
The sunshine will prevail along with the low humidity and seasonable high temperatures between 75-80F.
Skies will be partly cloudy late in the afternoon as a 500H trough sweeps across Southern New England. This will be the culprit for the diurnal cumulus clouds and potentially a brief shower or sprinkle for our north and west suburbs. Highs will be in 77F-82F range.
We will be soaking in some sunshine this morning before introducing a few showers and storms late this afternoon and evening. The CAPE and LI values along with a negligible CAP are all indicative of potentially strong to severe storms. These storms will be soakers! Highs will be in the lower to middle 80s today...upper 70s for the Islands.
sunshine and the 80s will make a comeback. Highs will range from 80-85F inland and the upper 70s/near 80F for the Coast/Cape/Islands as a seabreeze develops.
Today will start off with mist,drizzle, and patchy fog. Then, there will off-and-on showers this afternoon before showing signs of drying out this evening.
Rain, heavy at times, will hang around Southern New England through the day. Highs will hover in the upper 60 to lower 70s as a strong onshore wind blows.
It's setting up to be another beauty! The sun will be beaming and the humidity will remain low. Your thermometer will read between the upper 70s and lower 80s during the midst of daytime heat.
Our night sky will be 'lighting-up' the next couple of nights.
Today, we will be basking in sunshine and a fair-weather cumulus clouds this afternoon. Highs temperatures will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s (southern interior).
Today, skies will become partly sunny before we reintroduce a chance of a few storms later this afternoon (mainly after 3pm). These storms have the potential of becoming strong to severe with the high moisture content in the air along with CAPE vales between 1000-1500 and LI values between -2 and -4. Highs will range from the upper 70s along the coast to the lower 80s inland.
We will start off with patchy fog and sun before clouds begin to thicken this afternoon. Highs will reach the middle and upper 70s for the coast to as warm as the lower 80s for Metrowest/interior.
Today, we will have a few dry breaks this morning before more showers and thunderstorms fire up this afternoon and evening. The main concern will be the heavy rain which could lead to localized flooding.
Skies will become mostly sunny today with highs temperatures very similar to yesterday...73-80F...coolest at the coast.
Overall, it will be a comfortable August day with a sun/cloud combo along with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s...coolest for coastal communities.
We will be basking in a lot of sunshine this morning, but a secondary cold front/trough will sweep across Southern New England this afternoon.
As we kick-off the month of August, the sun will be around in the morning before strong storms pass by during the afternoon and early evening (mainly between 1pm-8pm).
We will have more clouds than sun today with the *main* threat for storms coming after 3pm for the 'burbs north and west and after 6pm across Eastern and SE Mass.. These storms will produce heavy rain and may produce damaging winds.
It will be another good-looking day with a sunny start and a milky/hazy end to the day. High clouds will be travelling eastward as a warm front heads our way. Highs will be in the lower to middle 80s...70s for the coast.
It's going to be a gorgeous summer day as the sun shines, dewpoints drop, and temperatures set-up shop in the 80s.
Showers will depart Eastern Mass. this morning while a few more spot storms will develop later this afternoon (mainly after 2pm). In between, we will be viewing crepuscular rays of sunshine amongst the broken clouds cover.
Today, we will have more clouds than sun today accompanied by an onshore wind. There will be a chance of showers (north and west) this late this afternoon and this evening. Highs will range between 75-80F degrees.
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