Cool Clouds Sunday... Move To The Mild
A chilly cool and cloudy day across much of the region. A warm front remains south of New England for much of the day and slowly pushes northward tonight. Warmer air from the South and west is overriding the cool dome of air in place over New England this morning. The clouds will win the day...but a few breaks of sun through a thinner overcast are possible...especially in southern New England. Any sun will be extremely limited. Clouds will block the radiation form the sun...making for a cooler day with less wind...compared to Saturday. The forecast was for highs to climb 55-59 by this afternoon in southern New England. Lwr 50's in NH ans southern ME. Breaks of sun will be needed to reach those numbers this afternoon....otherwise we may spend the afternoon in the 50-55 degree range. Winds are starting to shift to the SSE direction...this should help to make it a bit wamer south of Boston...but still cool onshore winds will help to keep the clouds around and quite raw at the beaches.
Showers are moving from New York State into Northern New England for the afternoon. I expect only a few spinkles or a brief shower in southern New England from this. Most will be lifting north. The batch of showers will likely be snow above 4,000 feet again. Mt Washington has a temps of 25 with dewpoint of 0. It will turn to a snowy afternoon on the summit....but warmer air will continue to move with temps rising above freezing by the end of the day. Temps will remain above freezing here through Thursday morning. This balmy air will certainly help to rid Mt Washington of it's early season snowfall. The warmer air moving in aloft first before finally mixing down to the ground.
So where is the warmth? It is knocking on the door! In Ohio and Pennsylvania, highs will be in the 70's today. This air will start to move in through the midweek. Clouds will lower and thicken overnight with the cool moist SE wind. The warm front will be moving into Northern New England Monday. Morning Low clouds should erode enough in southern New England by afternoon to allow for a few breaks of sunshine. SW winds will help boost temps into the Upper 60's to near 70 as we move into the warm sector.
Our next round of rain wil develop Monday Night through Dawn on Tuesday. Expect about .25-.50" of rainfall. An upper level disturbance will push off the coast Tuesday...with breaking afternoon and SW winds...this will keep the warming trend going with highs climbing into the Lwr 70's
An energized storm is slamming into the Northwest US today. This low will hug the border of the US and Canada and become a major wind and snow maker for the northern plains. This Low will become Occuded...but a cold front will slowly push through Wednesday and Early Thursday...The front will stall and could keep showers going into Thursday morning in southern New England. This next round of rain could deliver another .25-1" of rain. We will warm ahead of the front into the mid 70's Wednesday...before a return to a more seasonal airmass heading into next weekend with cooler air back into the lwr 50's.
Is Indian Summer still allowed to said in public???? Ugh. Give me a break. I can't stand this kind of over the top political correctness.
An Indian summer is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere. It is characterized by a period of sunny, warm weather, after the leaves have turned following an onset of frost, but before the first snowfall.
I think this will qualify as warm up after a frost...it just won't have that much sunshine along with it....although there will be breaks of sun along the way....Monday and Tuesday Afternoons. Call this late season warm up what you will....I call it....Very Welcome!
