A Few Bumps Along The Way
An upper level low sitting near Northern New England will continue to provide diurnal clouds and a few pop-up daytime showers. This stubborn pattern is going to break just in time for the Red Sox Home Opener this Friday!
Think of it like the spokes on a bicycle tire. The large area of low pressure, spiraling in a counter-clockwise fashion, and minor disturbances (shortwaves) swinging around the vortex of the low. That's the upper air flow from now through Thursday.
With a breezy west-southwest wind, high temperatures will reach the upper 50s to lower 60s. Clouds will build as we head into the midday hours and create a chance of a few late pop-up showers later this afternoon. These will be hit or miss. Most of us will remain dry today.
Wednesday and Thursday show more promise in terms of a few showers popping-up in your neighborhood. The morning hours will start off with some sunshine, which will give way to building clouds and eventually those pop-up showers. Highs for both days will be a little cooler and more seasonable around the lower to middle 50s due to north-northeast winds.
Red Sox Home Opener on Friday is looking 'A-Ok'! Winds will be oriented from the north-northwest, and the sky cover will be described as partly cloudy to mostly sunny. For 1st pitch, we can expect the thermometer to be reading in the middle to upper 50s.
The weekend is looking dry for the most part. The GFSx is about 24 hours faster with the passage of a warm front than the EURO solution. The GFSx has the warm front pushing northward during the day on Saturday while the EURO holds the warm front back until midday Sunday. The EURO shows a more pronounced upper leverl ridge. The end result with both models is a warmer set-up this weekend. Highs appear to be heading for the middle 60s on Saturday and into the middle 70s on Sunday. So, this weekend's synopsis is mainly dry conditions with a warm-up in store!
The GFSx cools us off on Marathon Monday (Patriots' Day) due to the passage of a cold front and the wind shift associated with its passage. The EURO never has the front come through completely as it stalls the front across the area. This hints at a warmer solution. Regardless, both models depict a chance for showers on Monday. So, temperatures could end up being the 60s or 70s depending on the positioning of this front.
~Melissa :)
