It’s been a beautiful week so far and with the exception of some smoke from the Canadian wildfires and a couple of pop-up showers, you basically couldn’t ask for a more ideal vacation week. As we head into the weekend, there are some forecasting challenges that will impact the weather, especially Sunday. But for those of you working from home or off on Fridays, that day looks stunning with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low-80s.
It will be a nice day to get to the beach, especially since water temperatures are nearing their highest levels of the season. But remember, individual coves can have very different water temperatures due to winds and topographical features. In the broad sense there will be a trough of low pressure — a dip in the jet stream moving toward New England — over the weekend.
The slow nature of this movement will allow a generally dry day on Saturday. Some showers could infiltrate Western Mass. and Vermont by Saturday afternoon, but I think that eastern portions of Southern New England will remain dry and partly to mostly sunny for a very nice day.
Advertisement Temperatures will be in the 60s to start with more humidity in the air. It will reach the low-80s in the afternoon. On Sunday that trough will be closer and there’s a better chance for showers, especially in the afternoon.
If you have an early golf game or are hoping to get outside to do a run or some gardening, conditions should be OK for those activities. If you have any eveni.