A year ago today I was scraping my knuckles on ice trying to dislodge an ice dam on my roof– #GoodTimes–while today I was busy pulling up snow sticks, draining gas out of the snowblower & putting it away and then playing a game of 5, 6, pick up sticks in the yard. The past two years, March has featured a lot of cold but this year will be different. You will see evidence of this when glancing at the 7-day, several days of temps in the 40s & 50s and even one special day (Wednesday) when we run the temps up near 70! The average high temp for this week is right around 44 with no day offering below normal temps. Yahoo!
When checking out that 7-day you will also see words like *Cooler Cape*…or *40s Coast*. Those are strategically placed disclaimers on days where a sea breeze will do its thing. It’s an annual right of passage to summer for those of us along the coast. Even tho warm air can begin taking over New England, that ocean remains cold and takes longer to warm up. A Watched Pot Never Boils…well eventually it does but takes a long time…samesies with the ocean so unless you have a nice westerly wind to keep the chilly ocean air at bay, coastal cities & towns will be prone to the sea breeze.
That happens tomorrow. Sunshine is with us and that strong sun sends temps into the 50s inland but along the coast the sea breeze will keep your temps in the upper 40s. Boo, Hiss. Fear not, on Wednesday, we will have a nice westerly breeze around 15mph that will keep that sea breeze from developing…..plan on temps region-wide to get close to 70. Outstanding.
Thursday, we see another early spring phenomenon–the backdoor cool front…more on that later this week!
Congrats, Monday is in the rear-view mirror and so is winter.
~JR