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Weekend Outlook: December 19-22, 2025

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Astronomical Winter begins at 10:03am Sunday, but until then, Mother Nature can’t decide which season we’ll get to experience.

Temperatures will get well into the 50s on Friday. Image provided by Weathermodels.com

A low pressure system that prompted blizzard warnings in the Dakotas today will quickly move into southeastern Canada by tomorrow. Don’t worry, we’re not expecting blizzard conditions around here, but some heavy rain and strong winds are a lot more likely. With the system passing to our north, we’ll be in the warm side, and southwest to southerly winds will increase ahead of a cold front trailing the system. As the clouds move in later today and tonight the increasing winds will allow temperatures to rise for much of the night, climbing well into the 50s. The rain moves in after midnight, and it could be briefly heavy Friday morning. South winds of 20-30 mph, gusting to 50 mph at times will bring in unseasonably warm air, with some places possibly reaching 60. The cold front comes marching through around midday, quickly bringing an end to the rain. As winds shift into the west they will diminish a little, but will also usher much cooler air in, with temperatures quickly dropping into the 40s and 30s by evening. There could be a few rain or snow showers as the colder air rushes in, but for the most part, once the front moves through we’ll dry out. The gusty winds will also help to dry out the roads, so black ice shouldn’t be a problem Friday night and early Saturday, but you should probably use some caution if you’re heading out.

Wind gusts of 40-50 mph are expected on Friday, a little stronger on Cape Cod. Image provided by WeatherBell.

We’ll clear out and turn colder for Friday night and Saturday, but clouds quickly stream back in Saturday afternoon and evening. Another weak system passes by to our north, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be accompanied by much, if any precipitation Saturday night and Sunday. It will bring in some milder weather once again, as temperatures get back into the 40s Sunday afternoon. Skies clear out behind that system later Sunday, with gusty west winds bringing cooler air back in for Sunday night and Monday as high pressure builds back in.

Temperatures Saturday morning will be 25-35 degrees colder than they were at the same time Friday morning. Image provided by WeatherBell.

Thursday night: Becoming mostly cloudy and breezy with rain developing after midnight. Low 33-40 during the evening, temperatures rise overnight.

Friday: Cloudy and windy with rain, possibly heavy in the morning, ending in the afternoon. High 52-59, temperatures start dropping quickly in the afternoon.

Friday night: Chance for a few rain or snow showers during the evening, gradual clearing overnight, breezy. Low 22-29.

Saturday: Sunny in the morning, clouds return in the afternoon. High 35-42.

Saturday night: Plenty of clouds, becoming breezy. Low 28-35 during the evening, temperatures hold steady or rise a little overnight.

Sunday: Becoming partly sunny and breezy. High 41-48.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy, breezy, colder. Low 18-25.

Monday: Mostly sunny, breezy in the morning. High 26-33.

Weekly Outlook: December 8-14, 2025

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The weather pattern this week will be active, but not that impactful.

Wind chills will be in the single numbers and teens today behind a strong cold front. Image provided by WeatherBell.

We start the week on a chilly note as an arctic cold front crossed the region early this morning. Skies will clear out behind it today, but breezy and chilly weather is expected. As winds die down this evening, skies will be mostly clear, setting up a very chilly night, with many places once again dipping into the single numbers Tuesday morning. The cold weather will be short-lived as low pressure sures toward southeastern Canada, sending a warm front our way. We’ll see clouds moving in during the day, with a few snow showers accompanying the warm front in the evening. Wednesday should be a milder day, with a few places making a run at 50 degrees. However, we’ll also have some precipitation, mostly in the form of rain showers, possibly starting as a little snow, especially well north and west of Boston. The cold front moves through late in the day, then we’ll see some clearing for Thursday with cooler weather returning, but with an upper-level low moving through we could see a few snow showers popping up. High pressure settles in for Friday with cool and dry conditions. Another quick moving system may bring in some snow showers Friday night and early Saturday, though some models keep the system off to our south, then high pressure returns with colder weather once again later Saturday into Sunday.

Some mild weather and rain are expected on Wednesday. Image provided by Weathermodels.com

Monday: Partly to mostly sunny, breezy in the morning. High 21-28, a little milder across Cape Cod.

Monday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 5-12 inland, 13-20 in urban areas and along the coast.

Tuesday: Morning sunshine, then clouds stream in during the afternoon. High 26-33, a little milder across the South Coast and Cape Cod.

Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy, chance for some snow showers during the evening north of the Mass Pike, rain or snow showers south. Low 19-26 during the evening, a little milder across the South Coast and Cape Cod, temperatures rise overnight.

Wednesday: Plenty of clouds with showers likely, any snow will be confined to areas north of Concord, NH. High 39-46, a little milder across southeastern Massachusetts, southern Rhode Island, and Cape Cod.

Wednesday night: Showers ending, partial clearing late at night. Low 29-36.

Thursday: A mix of sun and clouds, breezy, chance for a snow shower. High 35-42.

Thursday night: Partly cloudy. Low 18-25.

Friday: Partly sunny, some snow showers possible at night. High 29-36.

Saturday: Snow showers end early, some late-day sunny breaks, breezy. High 29-36.

Sunday: A mix of sun and clouds, breezy. High 26-33.

Weekend Outlook: December 5-8, 2025

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Astronomical winter doesn’t start for a few more weeks, but Mother Nature is giving us a preview this weekend.

It’s going to be rather chilly when you head outside Friday morning. Image provided by Weathermodels.com

An arctic cold front crossed the region this evening, producing some snow showers and squalls as it moved through. Behind it, much colder air is going to settle in tonight on gusty northwest winds. By Friday morning, temperatures will be in the single numbers and teens across most of the region, with some subzero readings possible in areas with fresh snowcover. Despite some sunshine on Friday, temperatures will only get into the 20s and lower 30s as winds die down, but clouds will quickly return ahead of another weak system. That system will pass south of the region Friday night and early Saturday, keeping the bulk of the precipitation offshore, but a trough extending from the system may produce a few snow showers. Across eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod it should be mild enough for rain showers instead We’ll clear out Saturday night, then Sunday should be a decent day for early December, but another strong cold front moves through at night. This one will also produce some snow showers, and behind it we’ll turn rather cold again behind that front on Monday.

A couple of weak systems will impact our region this weekend. Loop provided by Tropical Tidbits.

Thursday night: Snow showers end in the evening, then becoming clear, except remaining partly to mostly cloudy across the Outer Cape. Breezy through the evening, winds start to diminish after midnight. Low 2-9. except 10-17 in urban areas and right along the coast.

Friday: Sunshine gives way to increasing afternoon clouds. High 22-29, a little milder across Cape Cod.

Friday night: Becoming cloudy, some snow showers possible after midnight, mainly south of the Mass Pike. Low 12-19 during the evening, a little milder in urban areas and right along the coast. Temperatures will slowly rise overnight.

Saturday: Plenty of clouds with snow showers likely inland, rain showers south and east of I-95. High 36-43.

Saturday night: Clearing. Low 19-26, a little milder across Cape Cod.

Sunday: Morning sun, then clouds return. High 33-40.

Sunday night: Plenty of clouds with some snow showers likely, some clearing late at night. Low 15-22.

Monday: Becoming mostly sunny, breezy. High 24-31, a little milder across Cape Cod.

Weekly/Tropical Outlook: August 11-17, 2025

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Once again, most of this week will be fair quiet weather-wise. The tropics, however, are not going to be quiet.

Drought conditions are beginning to re-emerge, especially in SE Massachusetts and Cape Cod. Image produce by the National Drought Mitigation Center.

High pressure remains in control for the first half of the week with warm and increasingly humid conditions. While the humidity levels will be on the rise, it won’t be oppressive, certainly not like it was earlier in the summer. Temperatures will likely be near or over 90 degrees for the next few days inland, but a seabreeze will keep coastal areas cooler each afternoon. We could see a shower or thunderstorm across inland areas Wednesday, but otherwise, it should remain dry. A cold front will move in on Thursday, likely producing some showers and thunderstorms, along with some cooler weather. Temperatures on Thursday will be dependent on the timing of the front and the associated thunderstorms. A later arriving front likely means another day of 90-degress temperatures inland, but and earlier-arriving front would prevent that. High pressure builds back in with drier and cooler conditions on Friday. As the high slides off to the east, warmer weather will return for the weekend.

Tuesday looks like the hottest day with temperatures well into the 90s away from the coast. Image provided by Weathermodels.com

Now we’ll talk about the tropics. As you may have seen from all the Facebook Forecasters out there, Major Hurricane Erin is going to wipe out the East Coast in about 10 days. Well, that’s what a few of the models have shown at times over the past several days, and since the models show it, that’s what’s going to happen, because the models are always spot on 10 or more days in advance, right? Now, we’ll give you some real data. There is a strong tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa a few days ago. It has been fighting off some dry air and is over water that isn’t quite warm enough to sustain a tropical system, but it has shown some signs of organization in the past day or so. In fact, by the time some of you read this the National Hurricane Center may have already declared the system Tropical Depression 5. It will pass close to or over the Cabo Verde Islands today and then head in a general westward direction, likely strengthening as it does. The strengthening should be slow and steady as the system spending the next 5 day or so over the open waters of the Atlantic, and it will probably get upgraded to Tropical Storm Erin over the next day or two. It could become a hurricane later this week or next weekend. At that point, it should be approaching the longitude roughly near the Lesser Antilles. Most (but not all) of the models show the system passing north of the Islands, but that does not mean they are safe yet. However, around that point is an important spot to watch what the storm is doing. Some models show it turning more toward the northwest or even north at that point and heading out to sea (though possibly threatening Bermuda), while other models show it continuing off toward the west-northwest or even west. This would increase the threat to the Bahamas (and possibly the Greater Antilles). Of course, this is all still a week away, at which point the average error in the models is several hundred miles, so this really is just pure speculation. We won’t even get into how strong it might be, as intensity forecasts in the models are notoriously poor. For now, we’ll just say that it’s something to keep an eye on, but don’t worry about yet. *IF* it were to become a threat to the East Coast (and that’s a very big IF), we’ll give you plenty of advance notice. We’re not here for hype or page clicks (like the Facebook Forecasters), we’re here to give you a true look at what’s going on. We’ll likely be writing special blogs about this system (and the rest of the tropics) at various times this week. For now, ignore the noise, and listen to a trusted source, not one that picks out the scariest looking forecast model for 10 days from now and insists that is exactly what is going to happen (because it almost certainly won’t).

There’s still a wide range in model solutions for where the tropical system will track over the next 7 days. Image provided by Tomer Burg.

Monday: Sunshine and a few clouds. High 88-95, a little cooler along the coast.

Monday night: Clear skies. Low 65-72.

Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine. High 90-97, cooler along the coast.

Tuesday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 65-72.

Wednesday: Sunshine gives way to increasing afternoon clouds, chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm, humid. High 86-93, cooler along the coast.

Wednesday night: Partly to mostly cloudy. Low 67-74.

Thursday: Partly sunny, showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon. High 83-90, cooler across the South Coast and Cape Cod.

Thursday night: Becoming clear. Low 62-69.

Friday: Sunny, drier. High 78-85, coolest near the coast.

Saturday: More sunshine. High 81-88, a little cooler along the coast.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 86-93, cooler along the coast.

Weekly Outlook: July 28 – August 3, 2025

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Heat and humidity return for the first half of the week, but the latter half will tell a different story.

Heat Advisories are in effect for the first half of the week. Image provided by the National Weather Service office in Norton, MA.

We start the week off with high pressure moving offshore, resulting in hot and humid conditions into Wednesday. Tuesday looks the be the hottest day of this stretch, with temperatures well into the 90s, and only a stray shower or thunderstorm providing minimal relief. Wednesday could also be quite hot, but we’ll have a cold front moving in, with clouds and a few showers and thunderstorms ahead of it during the afternoon. The front moves through and then stalls out near or just off the South Coast, which is where things get tricky.

It will feel like it is near or over 100 degrees Tuesday afternoon. Image provided by WeatherBell.

A wave of low pressure will ride along that front, bringing some rain and cooler air into the region. What’s uncertain is where the front stalls out, and the timing of the wave. For now, it looks like the bulk of the rain will be South of the Mass Pike, but that is highly uncertain. The rain could get all the way into southern New Hampshire, or it could be confined to the South Coast. This will be dependent om where the front actually is. How much rain will be dependent on how strong the wave is. Some models have light to moderate rain in spots, some show the potential for some hefty amounts. The other question is the timing. Some models show most of the rain Thursday and Thursday night, some have the heavier rain Thursday night into Friday, some even have it linger into Friday night. What you’ll see below is our best estimate on all these variables at this time, but it is obviously very low confidence. Behind the system high pressure builds in with cooler and drier weather for the weekend.

There’s a lot of uncertainty with the rainfall potential for the end of the week. Images provided by Pivotal Weather.

Monday: Patchy morning fog, otherwise mostly sunny, hot, and humid. High 85-92, cooler along the coast.

Monday night: Clear skies, a little patchy fog again. Low 65-72.

Tuesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, slight chance for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. High 90-97, cooler across Cape Cod.

Tuesday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 66-73.

Wednesday: A mix of sun and clouds, chance for some late-day showers and thunderstorms. High 88-95, cooler across Cape Cod.

Wednesday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, showers and thunderstorms possible. Low 65-72.

Thursday: More clouds than sun with showers and thunderstorms likely. High 75-82.

Thursday night: Partly to mostly cloudy with more showers and thunderstorms. Low 58-65.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms ending, becoming partly sunny. High 70-77.

Saturday: Lots of sunshine. High 73-80.

Sunday: More sunshine. High 78-85.

Weekly Outlook: July 7-13, 2025

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Heat and humidity remain in place to start the week, but they won’t last too long.

The heat index will be in the lower to middle 90s again this afternoon. Image provided by WeatherBell.

High pressure sits offshore today while a cold front begins to approach from the west. That’s a recipe for hot and humid conditions across our region today. We could see a few showers and thunderstorms pop up during the afternoon, but they should not be widespread. Tuesday is the transition day, though it will be very warm to hot and quite humid once again. Across parts of southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod there is the potential for some heavy downpours early in the day as what’s left of Tropical Storm Chantal moves past the area. Later, that cold front will move across the region, resulting in more widespread showers and thunderstorms, a few of which could be strong to severe across the interior.

A few showers and storms are possible today, but they are more likely late Tuesday into Tuesday evening. Loop provided by Weathermodels.com

The front settles south of the region, but likely remains close enough for plenty of clouds on Wednesday with cooler temperatures and possibly a few showers as well. A wave of low pressure riding along the front brings in more showers for Thursday. For Friday, a few lingering showers are possible, but some drier air will start to move in as high pressure starts to build in across southeastern Canada. Saturday should be mostly dry, but with an upper level low pressure area moving through we’ll see some clouds and possibly a shower or two in the afternoon. High pressure should move offshore for Sunday with dry and warmer weather expected.

A few models show the potential for heavy rain near the South Coast Thursday, but many show nothing more than scattered showers. Images provided by Pivotal Weather.

Monday: Partly sunny, breezy, quite humid, chance for a few showers or thunderstorms. High 85-92, a little cooler across the South Coast and Cape Cod.

Monday night: Partly to mostly cloudy with areas of fog, some rain possible across southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod after midnight. Low 67-74.

Tuesday: A mix of sun and clouds, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon, a few could be strong. High 85-92, cooler across Cape Cod.

Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy, showers and storms taper off fog redevelops. Low 64-71.

Wednesday: Partly to mostly cloudy, a shower or two is possible, cooler. High 75-82.

Wednesday night: Plenty of clouds, some showers possible after midnight, mainly near the South Coast. Low 61-68.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. High 74-81.

Thursday night: Cloudy with more showers. Low 60-67.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, a few more showers, mainly in the morning, some sunny breaks possible in the afternoon. High 72-79.

Saturday: Becoming partly sunny, slight chance for a pop-up shower. High 75-82.

Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 77-84.

Weekend Outlook: July 4-7, 2025

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Some fantastic weather is on the way for the holiday weekend.

Dewpoints will drop into the 50s for the Fourth of July. Image provided by WeatherBell.

A cold front will cross the region this evening, bringing an end to the heat and humidity, and taking any lingering showers and thunderstorms offshore. High pressure then builds in for the Fourth of July with sunshine and a few clouds, much lower humidity, and seasonably warm temperatures. You won’t have any weather-related issues for outdoor activities during the day or at night. Saturday will be similar, perhaps a few degrees warmer, and maybe a touch more humid, but still very comfortable. For Sunday and Monday, the high will start to move offshore, so both temperatures and humidity will start to creep up, with temperatures above 90 in many areas.

Heat and humidity return on Sunday. Image provided by weathermodels.com

A cold front will also be starting to approach on Monday, so we’ll see clouds starting to move in, but it looks like any shower or thunderstorm activity associated with the front should hold off during the daylight hours. However, that’s not the only thing we’re keeping an eye on for Monday. There’s a cluster of showers and thunderstorms currently sitting off the Southeast coast along a decaying front. Forecast models show the potential for a little development this weekend and given NHC’s track record so far this year, it wouldn’t be a surprise it they decided to call it a Tropical Depression or even a Tropical Storm. It will bring some heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of the Carolinas this weekend before either dissipating or heading out to sea well south of New England. However, some of the moisture from that storm will move up the East Coast. If it does, it will interact with the aforementioned cold front coming through here on Tuesday, but some models show the potential for it to get up here as soon as Monday afternoon or evening. We’re not convinced that will be the case just yet, but we’re not ruling it out either. We’ll have more on that in our Weekly Outlook early Monday morning, and potentially in a special blog post this weekend if the system does develop.

Will a system to the south send in some rain late Monday? It’s a possibility. Images provided by Pivotal Weather.

Thursday night: Any lingering showers or thunderstorms end in the evening, clearing overnight. Low 58-65.

Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, much less humid. High 76-83.

Friday night: Clear during the evening, becoming partly cloudy late at night. Low 54-61.

Saturday: A mix of sun and clouds. High 79-86.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy. Low 62-69.

Sunday: Partly to mostly sunny, breezy in the afternoon, becoming humid. High 87-94, cooler along the South Coast and across Cape Cod.

Sunday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 66-73.

Monday: A mix of sun and clouds, breezy, chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm, humid. High 88-95, cooler along the South Coast and across Cape Cod.

Weekly Outlook: June 23-29, 2025

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The first half of the week is looking quite toasty, but the second half looks quite unsettled. There’s also the chance the first tropical depression of the season in the Atlantic could develop.

A large ridge of high pressure will bring heat and humidity to much of the East to start the week. Image provided by Pivotal Weather.

A ridge of high pressure will remain in place across the Eastern US to start the week, resulting in some very warm to hot and humid conditions. Temperatures will soar well into the 90s in many areas today with sunny skies, but a seabreeze will keep coastal areas a little cooler, mainly in the 80s. When you factor in dewpoints in the upper 60s and 70s, it’s going to feel like it is over 100 degrees outside, away from the coastline. Temperatures only drop into the 70s at night, setting us a brutally hot and humid day on Tuesday. Temperatures should be well into the 90s across much of the region, and it isn’t out of the question that a few places get close to 100 degrees. Again, with the humidity factored in, it will feel likely 100 to 110 once again. Wednesday is the transition day, as a weak backdoor cold front begins to drop down from the north. Inland areas will still be hot, likely topping 90 once again, but coastal areas may stay in the 80s as winds become onshore. A few showers or thunderstorms may accompany the front, bringing some relief from the heat.

The heat index will be over 100 across much of the region Tuesday afternoon. Image provided by WeatherBell.

That front should settle off to the south later Wednesday before stalling out, bringing an end to the heat and allowing much cooler air to settle into the region. As weak disturbances ride along the front, we’ll have episodes of showers and times between Thursday and Sunday. None of the days should be a washout, but it will definitely be cooler and wetter than the first half of the week, with temperatures likely below normal for the end of June. Sunday may actually turn out to be a decent day, with a lesser chance for showers and the potential for some milder temperatures.

The latter half of the week and the weekend will feature below normal temperatures. Image provided by weathermodels.com

Monday: Sunshine and a few clouds. High 90-97 inland, 82-89 along the coast, a little cooler across the Outer Cape.

Monday night: Mostly clear, a little patchy fog possible near the South Coast and Cape Cod. Low 69-76, a little cooler across Cape Cod.

Tuesday: Sunny, hot, and humid, just a slight chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm. High 93-100, cooler across Cape Cod and the immediate South Coast.

Tuesday night: Clear skies. Low 71-78, cooler across Cape Cod.

Wednesday: A mix of sun and clouds, slight chance for a shower. High 87-94, cooler along the immediate coast and across Cape Cod.

Wednesday night: Becoming partly to mostly cloudy, chance for a few showers. Low 62-69.

Thursday: More clouds than sunshine with some showers possible. High 71-78.

Thursday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, chance for a shower. Low 57-64.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with some showers likely. High 68-75.

Saturday: Plenty of clouds, chance for more showers. High 71-78.

Sunday: Partly sunny, slight chance for a shower. High 75-82.

Meanwhile, in the tropics, there is the chance that our first tropical depression of the season could be forming. A weak area of low pressure has developed a few hundred miles east of Bermuda. It is generating some thunderstorms, and conditions are marginally favorable for a little development today, then conditions become a little more hostile after that. Given that we are past the average date of the first tropical storm in the Atlantic (June 20), and there hasn’t been anything even resembling an organized system yet, the folks at the National Hurricane Center are probably bouncing off the walls with nothing to do, so they’ll probably end up naming this, even though it’s not purely tropical and won’t be around for more than 12-24 hours.

Low pressure east of Bermuda is being monitored for development. Loop provided by Tropical Tidbits.

Weekend Outlook: June 19-23, 2025

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We’ve got a fairly complicated forecast for the final days of Spring and initial days of Summer.

The heat index will reach the middle to upper 90s across much of the region on Thursday. Image provided by WeatherBell.

A warm and humid airmass has settled into the region, and it will be here into Thursday. We’ll have plenty of clouds through the evening with a few showers and possibly a rumble of thunder as a weak disturbance moves across the region. These showers should end before midnight, then we’ll see some fog developing. Once the fog burns off Thursday morning a hot and humid day is expected under partly to mostly sunny skies. Gusty southwest winds will help send temperatures into the upper 80s and lower 90s in much of the region, except along the South Coast and Cape Cod, where winds off the water will keep temperatures a little cooler. Dewpoints well get into the 60s and lower 70s, resulting in the heat index reaching the middle to upper 90s in many areas. A Heat Advisory has been issued for parts of the region as a result.

Severe weather is possible in the Northeast Thursday with damaging winds the greatest threat. Image provided by Pivotal Weather.

A cold front will move across the region late in the day, triggering some showers and thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. A few of these storms may produce strong winds, heavy downpours and some hail, but it looks like the best chance for severe storms will be off to our west. If the front were to move in a little faster than we currently expect, the odds for severe weather would rise, since it would be arriving around the time of maximum heating. Behind the front, drier air settles in for Friday, and while it won’t be as hot, it will still be quite warm. As we get to Saturday, it looks like we will finally break our streak of wet Saturdays with sunshine, mild temperatures, and lower humidity, but that doesn’t mean the entire weekend will be dry.

A cluster of thunderstorms could rumble across the region before daybreak Sunday, Loop provided by Tropical Tidbits.

Forecast models have been showing the potential for a cluster of potent thunderstorms to develop across the Northern Plains Friday evening which would then race across the Northern Great Lakes on Saturday before diving into New England after midnight Saturday night. While they should be weakening by the time they get here, don’t be surprised if you’re awakened early Sunday morning by frequent lightning and some heavy downpours. Once those storms move offshore, skies will become partly to mostly sunny again with another dry and warm day expected. Things change again by Monday. A ridge of high pressure will start to build in, resulting in heat and humidity returning on Monday, and possibly for at least a few more days beyond that heading into next week. We’ll have more on that in our Weekly Outlook early Monday morning.

The first half of next week could be quite toasty around here. Image provided by weathermodels.com

Wednesday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, chance for a few showers during the evening, areas of fog develop overnight, muggy. Low 61-68.

Thursday: Becoming mostly sunny, hot, and humid, showers and thunderstorms possible late in the day, breezy. High 87-94, cooler along the South Coast and across Cape Cod.

Thursday night: Showers and thunderstorms expected during the evening, clearing overnight, breezy. Low 61-68.

Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, not as humid, still breezy. High 76-83.

Friday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 58-65.

Saturday: Sunshine with some afternoon clouds. High 80-87, cooler across Cape Cod.

Saturday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, showers and thunderstorms possible after midnight. Low 61-68.

Sunday: Showers and storms end early, then a mix of sun and clouds. High 81-88, cooler across Cape Cod.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy. Low 63-70.

Monday: Partly to mostly sunny, hot, and humid. High 87-94, cooler along the South Coast and across Cape Cod.

Weekly Outlook: April 7-13, 2025

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Remember how great Friday was with sunshine and temperatures near or above 70? Yeah, there aren’t any days like that in this week’s forecast.

Temperatures will be 10-15 degrees below normal for much of the upcoming week. Image provided by Weathermodels.com

A frontal system is stalled out south of New England this morning and a wave of low pressure will ride along it, bringing us some precipitation. With enough cold air in place, we’ll see the precipitation start as snow this morning, mainly from the Mass Pike northward, eventually changing over to rain. With the high sun angle, and warmer ground, we’re not expecting any accumulation, except maybe in the hills of Worcester County and into the Monadnocks. Otherwise, it’s just a chilly rain today, gradually ending tonight as a cold front moves through, possibly allowing the rain to change to snow before ending. A few rain or snow showers are possible Tuesday, otherwise, drier and chillier conditions are expected for Tuesday into Wednesday with high pressure building in. Temperatures start to moderate on Thursday as the high moves offshore, but clouds will move in ahead of another system moving out of the nation’s mid-section. This will bring us some more rain Thursday night into Friday. Another slow-moving system follows for the weekend with more rain.

For now, Saturday is looking wet. Images provided by Pivotal Weather.

Monday: Cloudy with snow developing north of the Mass Pike, changing to rain during the afternoon, rain likely south of the Pike, possibly mixed with snow at the start. High 38-45.

Monday night: Cloudy with a few rain or snow showers. Low 30-37.

Tuesday: Any lingering rain or snow showers end in the morning, becoming partly sunny and breezy in the afternoon. High 39-46 early, temperatures may drop in the afternoon.

Tuesday night: Clear skies. Low 23-30.

Wednesday: Sunshine and a few clouds. High 40-47.

Wednesday night: Clear during the evening, becoming partly cloudy overnight. Low 25-32.

Thursday: Becoming mostly cloudy with showers possible late in the day. High 47-54.

Thursday night: Cloudy with a chance of showers, possibly mixed with wet snow in southern New Hampshire. Low 35-42.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers early, then becoming more likely by evening. High 50-57.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with rain likely. High 48-55.

Sunday: More clouds than sun with additional rain possible. High 49-56