Summer Soaker...
A Monday back from vacation and greeted by a washout...this was a tough pill to swallow. And because I'm still in vacation mode I feel for the folks that have been locked up in their camps all day...hang in there...I assure you will be rewarded later this week. Just play lots of family games...that's what we did...I recommend Apples to Apples!
We are looking at this storm as kind of a mini Noreaster...it's got it all, heavy precip, gusty winds and large waves too! The heaviest band of rain that put down 1-2" across Eastern and Central Mass is about to taper off from south to north but it won't, unfortunately, dry out until late tomorrow behind a departing midlevel shortwave. That shortwave will be responsible for bubbling up additional showers during the day tomorrow too...so a little more wet weather.
High pressure from the Lakes will cruise in following the storm return us to sunshine and temps clearing 80 for a couple of days. That high will shift offshore later on Thursday and transport in muggier air for the end of the week. An approaching coldfront will squeeze out some thunderstorms on Friday. Any leftover moisture and a piece of upper level energy could produce a pop-up shower or thunderstorm on Saturday but the end of the weekend looks great!
