New England Weather Discussion

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Current Weather Readings:

(FYI: The number in parenthesis below is the change in the last hour)

• Time of the readings below: 22 Oct 2024 6:56 AM

• Current Temperature: 49.0°F (-0.7)

• High Temperature for today: 56.5 at 12:01 AM.

• Low Temperature for Today: 49.0 at 6:55 AM.

• Rainfall Today: 0.00 inches

• Current Dewpoint Temperature: 46.5°F (-0.4)

• Hours of Daylight Tomorrow: 10:41

• Highest Heat Index Reading Today: 56.5 at 12:01 AM

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  Rich`s Weather Discussion

  Another mild day and sunny today, but not quite as warm as yesterday. Temperatures begin to slide back towards more seasonal temps starting Thursday. 
  
  Programming Note: I will update the site Wednesday Morning 10/23 but there will be no evening update on Wednesday. There will be no morning update on Thursday 10/24, but the regular evening update can be expected Thursday. My every Thursday evening weekend outlook e-mail, may or may not happen this week. We will see.
  
  We have become abnormally dry, and this is reflected in the Drought Report.
  
  On this day in 1854, Florence Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses left England to serve in the Crimean War, laying the foundation for modern nursing practices.
  
  I have posted some pictures of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in the Visitor Pixs Section.
  
   Oscar has weakened to a Tropical Storm as its moves across Cuba. Flooding in Cuba is currently underway..

  Patchy valley fog will lift around sunrise as daytime heating takes over. The passage of a weak Shortwave Trough thru the Maritimes this morning will position a subtle backdoor front thru the forecast area. Northeast winds across much of western ME and Seacoast NH will lead to temps near 70. Still well above normal...but the warmest readings will be over interior NH where mid 70s are likely.
  
  Tonight winds remain onshore as backdoor front starts to lift north like a warm front. As winds increase over the waters, convergence will also increase near the coast. This will likely be the forcing mechanism for the fog/stratus that High Resolution guidance is showing for tonight. I have used the High Resolution Ensemble Forecast guidance for coverage of patchy fog.
  
  Behind the warm front Wednesday temps will be warmer than today. Western ME rebounds in the 70s...while parts of southern NH will be pushing the upper 70s again.
  
  Long Range Forecast:
  
  The front crosses the region Wednesday night, bringing scattered rain showers along with it but little in the way of relief to the ongoing dry conditions as moisture is limited and the better forcing looks to remain to the north. Higher amounts are forecast toward the International Border and up to a tenth or two of an inch of rain while amounts quickly decrease to a few hundredths across southern areas.
  
  The mountains will see a period of the usual upslope clouds and/or rain/snow showers into the first part of Thursday, but otherwise cooler and drier air funnels in behind the front resulting in partly to mostly sunny conditions for the rest of the area. Good mixing and a tight gradient will also make it a breezy day with gusts out of the northwest of 20 to 30 mph (a few up to 35 mph), but these will begin to ease by late afternoon early evening as high pressure starts to settle overhead. Speaking of which, that may set up good radiational cooling Thursday night, and I have gone a little lower than the models with forecast lows in the 20s to lower 30s for much of the area.
  
  The high pressure brings dry and mostly sunny weather for Friday with seasonable temperatures, but the high will quickly give way to an upper trough moving across eastern Canada that will push another cold front through New England either late Friday night or sometime on Saturday. Potential for more in the way of rainfall exists with this system, but overall amounts still look light with most members within the GFS/ECMWF models depicting less than 0.25" across the area.
  
  Depending on how quickly the front passes, Saturday could be a breezy day, but with what models are showing now Sunday looks to be the breezier of the two days with global models in good agreement of mixing down stronger winds from aloft. The mountains will probably keep mostly cloudy skies and scattered rain/snow showers for much of the weekend while Areas to the south look mostly dry. However, given the pattern of cold advection and steep lapse rates with an upper trough still present, a few showers could be been south of the mountains. The majority of ensemble members have high pressure settling in for Monday offering a dry start to early next week.
  

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  Regional Synopsis

  New Hampshire and Maine

  SYNOPSIS...
  Onshore winds will keep temperatures cooler for the next couple of days, but they will remain well above normal for this time of year. A cold front will cross the region Wednesday night, but at this time is looking like more of a temperature changer than a good chance of rain. Behind that front cooler but near normal temperatures return to New Hampshire and western Maine. Another cold front brings an additional chance of showers Friday night and into Saturday.
  

  Massachusetts

  SYNOPSIS...
  High pressure remains in control through tonight. A weak front arrives Wednesday night and could bring a few showers. Cooler conditions take hold Thursday and continue into early next week. Dry conditions persist, although another cold front could provide another chance for some showers Saturday.
  
  LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Key Points...
  
  * Dry weather continues for much of this portion of the forecast, outside of a low chance for rain late Wednesday night into early Thursday, as well as Saturday.
  
  * Turning cooler Thursday into early next week, with near to below normal temperatures
  

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