Cloudy, raw, patchy drizzle and a stiff northeast wind keeping temps in the mid 50s all day—pretty typical for early November…not late September! My collogues, Jadiann & Ryan, asked a question while on TV—Do you like this weather or hate it? Great question—My response is it depends on what time of year—in April & May–NO—I can’t stand it….. but this time of year, I absolutely love it! The clouds aren’t really tied to a storm but rather a result of a northeast wind flowing off the Gulf of Maine. This northeast wind direction–any time of year–is cool and usually raw and also loaded with moisture and when you check out this satellite picture from earlier today you can see the result:
#Clouds. If you look up across Maine you see mostly sunny skies with few clouds. I point that out because I think that drier air will find its way into parts of southern New England tomorrow afternoon. We’ll hold onto the clouds tonight and into early tomorrow morning but I do think some sun is likely, especially north & west of Boston. in fact, in those locations it could end up quite nice–mostly sunny! This map here shows where I think most of the clouds will be tomorrow afternoon..south! :
Where you have the sunshine (west & north of Boston) plan on temps in the low & mid 60s but along the South Shore, South Coast & Cape the clouds keep temps in the upper 50s. For all of us, a cool northeast wind is still with us. Overall, not a bad fall day. By Friday, a storm located way out in Indiana slowly spins some clouds & showers up into New England by days end. the storm is too far away to wallop us with any significant rains but plan for a few showers Friday evening and through the day on Saturday. Even Sunday the risk of a few showers is likely as that storm slowly wobbles closer to us while weakening. Not an ideal fall weekend with clouds both days but neither day is completely lost to rain either.
Meanwhile…….. way down in the tropics we have a brand new Tropical Storm Matthew.
it’s easy to locate on that satellite–that big red paint bomb toward the middle-bottom of the map. It is moving west and will do so the next few days before slowing down this weekend. here is the latest official track from the National Hurricane Center:
Nearing Jamaica early next week as a Category 2 hurricane. Formidable. Too early to say how or even if it will affect North America but it is something we will watch with great interest next week.
~JR