Weather Madness...
We actually had a day with below normal temps and boy did it feel cold...the high was a very raw 42. I know that doesn't sound that harsh but without the sunshine that 42 had a bite to it. i don't expect much to change through Saturday morning...cool, moist onshore flow will be present that entire time and therefore temps will stay in the lower 40s and we will see occasional showers and pockets of drizzle.
We will finally break this pattern over the weekend as high pressure and drier air will migrate south from Northern New England. It will take some time to erode the low clouds so half of Saturday will be gray and gloomy but we will finish up St. Paddy's Day with lots of sunshine and temps in the lower 50s at the Coast and upper 50s to around 60 inland. From there, high pressure will slide offshore and pump warmer air into New England on SW winds for Sunday...highs will range from 65-70.
I am still concerned with a backdoor coldfront on Monday cooling us down in the afternoon...it will be in the area and therefore I'll hold highs down around 60 degrees for that reason. But ridging on the East Coast will bulge north and on The first day of Spring (next Tuesday), it will feel more like Summer with highs in the mid 70s. It still looks likely that we see highs near 80 on both Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
