Cold Blast A Comin’

Mark

Hi everyone, here’s what’s On My Radar today…an unseasonably cold airmass for late March is working its way across the region and we will REALLY feel its true impact Monday! The wind chill will run in the single numbers to lower teens with afternoon highs struggling to climb back into the mid 30s! This even with mostly sunny skies all day! The core of the frigid air will swing off to our northeast Tuesday afternoon so temperatures will SLOWLY start to creep up…although Tuesday’s highs will still run 8-10° below normal. Wednesday looks seasonable with highs in the 50° range.

Now, there is a bit of uncertainty concerning the late week storm pattern…mainly in what happens to the ridge of high pressure across the east coast. If this ridge remains established then we will see temperatures continue to climb…maybe even near 60° by Friday afternoon. Looks to me like the ridge might break down a bit Thursday…allowing a few more clouds and a scattered shower in spots then re-establish Friday and Saturday.

Wind direction is always an issue in southern New England but especially in the spring. A subtle southeasterly shift can mean a huge temperature difference since the ocean waters are still only in the lower 40s so this makes long range temperature forecasting a bit tricky but the overall storm track is still in our favor meaning little to no threat of any sizeable storms over the next week or so. So enjoy the dry stretch of weather just get the hat & gloves ready for Monday…brrrr!  Thanks for reading