Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Could turn out to be nice Thursday afternoon

Mark

Hi everyone, here’s what’s On My Radar today…I guess you could say I am “cautiously optimistic” about the weather Thursday afternoon. We’ll have a damp, cloudy, foggy start in places as the remnants of the dying front sit off to our south & east but indications are that we’ll see brightening skies take shape across inland areas by late morning, spreading toward the coast in the afternoon. Temperatures will stay cool (upper 40s to near 50°) near the coast due to the clouds and southerly breeze but with enough sunshine inland areas will reach close to 60°...so, again, a pretty nice Thursday.

Friday’s rain looks to be heaviest in the afternoon as low pressure passes to our west with a warm front pressing in across the south coast. All indications continue to point to the rain lasting into Friday night then shifting away to our northeast early Saturday morning. Low pressure sitting to our north will likely keep some clouds in the area, especially in the morning, with brightening slowly taking shape in the afternoon. Sunday looks mostly sunny as some ridging (high pressure) quickly builds across southern New England.

The storm pattern will take on a familiar “omega” shape early next week featuring troughs of low pressure along the east & west coasts…high pressure ridging in the middle of the country. This will yield a potentially sustained period of showery weather Monday into Wednesday…the exact amount and duration of rain will depend on where the trough sets up. Typical of early Spring…thanks for reading Mark