Looks Promising...
A typical Spring chill returned to the region today as temperatures dropped from the 80s over the last couple of days back into the 50s today and without the sun late in the afternoon it actually felt kind of cold. Winds will be swinging around to a southerly direction escorting in more warmth for the second half of the week and temps will climb back through the 60s tomorrow and into the 70s on Friday.
Now if we could only get a little typical Spring rain around here. Our dry spell continues with sunshine returning for most of the second half of the week. But over the weekend, a front will be sliding south from Canada. We will be on the warmer and muggier side of the front on Saturday as clouds thicken up but without much forcing the day should remain mainly dry. But the front slides through Saturday night with a few showers and settles south of the region on Sunday as we wait for the main surge of moisture to migrate north.
A digging trough from the Pacific NW will slide across the country, the southern part of the through will dive across the south picking up Gulf of Mexico moisture. The northern part of the trough will catch the southern stream and phase the two late in the weekend and early next week. This will produce a good old-fashioned soaker for much of New England. Because the storm will be cutting off, the heaviest rain will be delayed until the surface low and the upper level energy guide it northward and that won't occur until early on Monday. The rain preceding that will be overrunning rain along that stalled front to our south. This could lead to steady rain on Sunday depending on its final resting place south of us but may actually settle far enough south to give us dry time during the day. With the origins of the system and the deep southerly fetch, 1-3" of rain looks quite possible...keep you fingers crossed!
