While it started off cool early this morning, it was a quick bounce back up temperature-wise today thanks to the sunshine and low humidity in place as highs reached the lower to middle 80s for most. Although sea breezes kept it cooler across the coast and down the Cape.
Tonight is comfortable again, just not quite as cool. Overnight lows fall into the mid 50s in the burbs to the lower to middle 60s in the city.
More sunshine for Sunday? We can do that as morning sunshine yields to a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. The sea breeze takes longer to kick in, so even the coastline exceeds 80 degrees before any feeble sea breezes flirts with the shoreline. Beach temps fall into the 70s across Cape Ann and Cape Cod, but likely stay over 80 across the South Shore and most of the North Shore. We’ll hit the mid 80s in Boston, and upper 80s across the Merrimack Valley.
Warmth and the humidity continue to build next week with highs in the upper 80s Monday, and near or just shy of 90 Tuesday – Thursday in Boston and at or just above 90 in the Merrimack Valley. The storm threat is rather low to start the week, but gradually builds. A few storms may pop with the daytime heating Wednesday, but the areal coverage is limited. The higher storm threat is Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. The atmosphere will be loaded with moisture, so any thunderstorm will be capable of producing downpours. We could use the water, and despite just having rain a couple days ago, the lawns and gardens dry out fast this time of year, and will be parched by the time these storms make their way in. Also, we’ll watch for the potential of some of these storms to be feisty thanks to the high heat and humidity.
How about the Fourth? Still 6 days out, and timing this front that’ll bring the storms in along it, and the low humidity behind it, is a bit of a challenge. Right now, we’ll leave the chance for scattered showers and storms to linger into the day part of the Fourth, with perhaps clear for the evening and the rest of the weekend. Hopefully, we can speed up the timing, but we’ll iron out those details ahead.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
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