Good morning everybody, early morning patchy fog and low cloud cover will dissipate with time this morning, and by afternoon we should see partly sunny skies, though more clouds will be present day than anticipated yesterday. This is, in part, due to the influx of higher humidity and moisture throughout the column (i.e. the column of air from surface into the sky above).
While humidity has come up this morning with dewpoints in the 65-70º range, we may get a lowering of humidity this afternoon and evening, but it will only be temporary.
SYNOPSIS
High pressure will be parked to our south and encourage a southwesterly flow which will generally foster a humid week ahead with dewpoints ranging in the 65-70º range, which will surge into the low 70s by Wednesday and Thursday (and possibly even Friday, if the incoming cold front for late week takes its sweet old time getting here, which it may).
This atmospheric configuration will also cause the heat to rise well into the 80s over the high terrain and even into the low 90s from Monday through Wednesday in valley locations, so a low-level heat wave may be realized this week.
A spot shower or storm cannot be ruled out today, tomorrow or Tuesday, though most of us will remain dry. By Wednesday through Friday, much more unsettled conditions are expected as a slowing cold front approaches the region, and sets the table for pre-frontal troughiness with a side of showers, downpours and thunderstorms, some of which may become strong/severe late in the week before we cool down and dry out by next weekend.
DAILIES
For today, highs will reach the low to upper 80s from high terrain to low terrain, and skies will generally range from partly sunny at times to mostly cloudy at others. Humid, with a spot shower or storm possible. Lows tonight will be in the mid to upper 60s. We may get a lowering of humidity this afternoon if enough dry air aloft can mix down to the surface, but it will only last a short time.
For Monday, highs will range from the mid 80s to low 90s under mostly sunny skies with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm, though most stay dry. Humid, with lows in the upper 60s.
For Tuesday, pretty much a repeat of Monday. Early morning fog gives way to a hotter, mostly sunny day with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. A spot shower or thunderstorm may be possible, though showers may become more scattered (meaning, a few more around than today or Monday). Lows will be in the upper 60s to low 70s.
The Wednesday through Friday period, as previously mentioned, looks unsettled as a system slowly passes to our north with a trailing cold front that will sort of lay out across the region in the orientation of the preceding flow into New England, causing it to almost stall.
Wednesday is the pre-frontal day, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, and Thursday is the frontal day with the potential for stronger to even severe thunderstorms, showers and downpours, as lift/forcing moves into the region. Friday is the post-frontal day with a few trailing showers before we start to dry it out at night.
Highs will generally be in the 80s, but may reach 90 degrees in the Springfield/Hartford heat sink of southwestern New England on Wednesday.
Otherwise, 80s for highs, 60s for lows, humid, showery for mid to late in the week before a drier and more pleasant weekend arrives.
Have a great day, and I just want to say that I am so sorry that about 175,000 homes are still without power in Connecticut!! I hope they get your power on soon, this cannot be a good situation down there.
I am a firm believer in having a preparedness plan in place, and as I need to revisit and sure up my own, as I do so, I will publish one before the cold season in advance of the winter season to share my ideas with you.
Until then, we do our best to follow the illustrious and heartfelt foot stomps, I mean steps of Pebbles and Bamm Bamm from their famous Flintstones hit back in the 60s and 70s, “So let the sunshine in! Face it with a grin! Open up your heart, and let the sunshine in!”
You know, when we actually see some sunshine ;-)
Hang in there CT peeps, and any last-second MA stragglers, though most of those outages have been repaired, under 1000 to go…