Wanted: April Showers
We are running very low in the 'rain bucket'.
Since January 1, 2012, we have only had 5.07" of precipitation, which is 5.99" below normal.
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For the month of March, we received 1.21" of precipitation, which is 3.11" below normal. This will be the reason for a heightened fire danger later this week with sunny, warm, and breezy conditions in the forecast.
Today will not contribute much to the precipitation drought.
A few lingering showers this morning will give way to increasing sunshine throughout the latter half of the day. Highs will be seasonable in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds will be breezy, and winds will gust up to 25 mph at times.
It's going to be a beauty on Tuesday with sunny skies before clouds begin moving in during the evening hours. Highs will be in the middle 50s. Again, the northwest winds will be breezy.
A weak cold front will travel through New England on Tuesday night.
This front will induce increasing clouds as well as a slight chance of a spot shower as we near sunrise on Wednesday.
Otherwise, Wednesday will be partly cloudy to partly sunny. With an upper level trough/2nd shot of cooler air, we will see diurnal clouds during the 'heat' of the day and a few showers will develop mainly across northern New England where there is more support. Highs on Wednesday will be around 60.
Thursday and Friday will be beautiful as large surface high sets up shop.
Sunny skies and breezy northwest winds will dominate the weather pattern those two days. Highs will be in the middle 50s on Thursday to near 60 on Friday.
Easter weekend is looking lovely!
Saturday (1st day of Passover) and Sunday are currently looking sunny with highs in the lower 60s on Saturday and near 70 on Easter Sunday.
~Melissa :)
