Happy Monday all! Hopefully last weekend’s snowfall melted quickly for you and Spring began to bloom on Sunday. Let’s take a look at what the week ahead has in store.

Monday

Southern New England is socked in with overcast Monday as an ocean storm exiting off the East Coast passes southeast of the region. The system may brush the south coast with a sprinkle or two. Afternoon temperatures in the upper 40s for southern and central areas; near 40 north.

Monday Precipitation Forecast – WeatherBell, LLC

Tuesday

On Tuesday a vigorous piece of atmospheric energy approaches the region from the west-northwest out of the Great Lakes. Shown below is the upper atmospheric vorticity (think energy) chart for tomorrow.

Tuesday 500 mb Vorticity – WeatherBell, LLC

So while afternoon temperatures may only reach into the low 50s for most of New England, the atmospheric energy diving out the of the Great Lakes may trigger a rumble of thunder or two. Currently, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK has most of New England under a Marginal Risk for severe weather.

SPC Day 2 Outlook

Tuesday afternoon a line of thunderstorms may try to form in eastern New York state and push eastward through the area. Rain exits the coast around 8 pm.

Tuesday Afternoon Simulated Radar – WeatherBell, LLC

Wednesday

Wednesday morning will be a chilly one as the system exiting the coast Tuesday night brings with it a round of cold air. Lows in many locations will dip into the 20s.

Wednesday AM Low Temperatures – WeatherBell, LLC

Temperatures are slow to rebound during the day with afternoon highs only in the 40s south and 30s north.

Thursday

Temperatures begin to rebound on Thursday with afternoon highs in the 50s south and 40s north as another storm system pushes up from the southwest.

Thursday Afternoon Temperatures – WeatherBell, LLC

Friday

There is a bit of model disagreement for Friday’s forecast as a storm system moves past the region. Some models have the bulk of precipitation offshore while others bring it through the area.  The below image provides the probability of a location receiving greater than 0.1″ of rainfall Friday. As you can see, the probabilities steadily increase the further south one lives. Afternoon temperatures near 60.

Friday Rainfall >0.1″ Probabilities – WeatherBell, LLC

Weekend Preview

Right now it looks like Saturday is the pick of the weekend as yet another round of precipitation moves through the region on Sunday.

-Chris

 


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