April in June...
Today's high temperature was only 53 degrees and that occurred just after midnight very early this morning! That temp was just one degree off the record coldest high temp for this date set back in the 1800s. It is also the same high temp we should see in the beginning of April...just not fair!
Well the atmosphere remains all blocked up so improvements will be subtle and very gradual as we head through the week. First off, very high tides from the full strawberry moon, persistent NE winds and battering waves are shoving water towards our coastline. This is eroding our East facing beaches and making some shore roads impassable from high water and debris. In fact, if you saw flooding in your community last night you will absolutely see it again tonight with similar conditions expected either side of the midnight high tide. The tides will be getting smaller over the next few days diminishing the threat.
For the rest of us, the large stacked cyclone sitting off of Nantucket continues to throw moisture at us. The heavy rain is over but occasional showers and the pockets of mist and drizzle remain, and we will see it all again tomorrow. By the middle of the week the pattern starts moving again. But just like a traffic jam, it will take time to get back up to full speed so while breaks of sun will start being seen, with a cooler pool of air aloft, any sun will lead to scattered PM showers. This will be the case pretty all workweek.
Early thoughts on the weekend are very promising. We will see an atmospheric transition from the cool trough to a warm ridge over the weekend and early next week. Interior New England shouldn't have any problem getting to or exceeding 80 degrees with lots of sunshine. However, at the coast it will be a bit more difficult. Clouds will be stubborn on Saturday near the water keeping temps in the 70-75 degree range. We should find more success on Sunday in the sun and warmth department with highs of 75-80 to finish up the weekend.
