3 Days and Counting...
Mark another day off the calender...we are now one day closer to some sunshine and it can't come soon enough! We just completed day three of this wet pattern and surprisingly rain amounts are still fairly slim in most areas...1 inch or less. That won't change much over the next 24 hours as the plume of highest moisture still remains just south and west of the area. With that said, areas of rain and that persistent mist will continue through the night and tomorrow.
Late Wednesday night and more so on Thursday morning the rain intensity should pick up with that plume of heavy rain shifting over us as the whole system begins creeping east and the nose of the low-level jet sneaks up into Central and Eastern MA. The dynamics will be weakening at that point so we won't get it as bad as the folks in the Mid-Atlantic but an additional inch or so is likely.
The system starts opening up on Friday...meaning it will continue the weakening process and most importantly it will be picking up forward momentum...closer and closer to departure. While Friday will be a little better, that's not saying much. Plenty of clouds...a few showers...but also some brightening in the sky...a good omen.
The weekend will be much better but still not perfect. We will still be under the influence of the departing low...cyclonic flow will keep it mostly cloudy and cool near the coast but sunny breaks will develop inland only to produce scattered showers and storms. On Sunday, SW flow will finally succeed in blowing the low cloudiness out of here and a warm up should commence. I have concern with a frontal system coming in from the west but regardless it will be much better than what we are seeing now.
