Boy yesterday was fun huh?  The image above shows the severe weather reports that have been submitted to the National Weather Service.  The most impressive thunderstorm of the day ended up being the first thunderstorm of the day.  It originated along the MA/NH border and moved ESE through Lowell and eventually offshore through the Lynn area.  This thunderstorm was the one responsible for the tornado warning that was issued for the Lynn and Saugus areas.

What was amazing about this storm was how it interacted with what is known as the seabreeze front.  Typically a seabreeze will kill any convection that it interacts with, but yesterday’s actually helped to intensify any storms that converged with it.  What the front did was increase the amount of shear in the environment that the storm was feeding off of.  By increasing the amount of shear, this allowed the storm to better organize itself and take on characteristics of a supercell.  This allowed the storm to look like the thunderstorms that are seen out in the midwest, not New England.

But now that yesterday is behind us, we have a beautiful stretch of weather to look forward too.  There isn’t a single high temperature in my forecast that is higher than 85.  Combine that with the occasional shower or thunderstorm and that makes one great forecast!!

7 DAY FORECAST

Today: Leftover clouds from yesterdays cold front that are currently draped across CT, RI, SE MA and the CAPE will move offshore.  Giving way to the sunshine that the rest of us are experiencing.  Today’s high right around 80. Combine that with dew points in the low 50s and it is perfect outside.  Great day to go play some golf.

Tonight:  Mostly clear skies making for a nice evening.  Lows around 60.

Tomorrow:  Cooler.  Partly cloudy.  Highs 70-75.  Chance of a shower along the South Coast.

Saturday:   Sunny with highs in the upper 80s.

Sunday:  Running out of ways to say it is going to be nice outside.  Highs in the low 80s.

Monday:  Highs 80-85.  Chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm.  Mainly for the western half of New England.

Tuesday:  Highs in the low 80s.  Chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm.

Wednesday:  Back to saying how nice it is going to be.  Highs around 80.

-Chris

 


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