A bit unsettled this week

After some heavy rain and wind last night, our weather will stay a bit unsettled through the upcoming week.

Today:   Becoming partly sunny, highs near 60 south, upper 40s to near 50 north.

Tonight:  Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 30s to near 40 south, upper 20s to near 30 north.

Tomorrow:  Mostly cloudy, slight chance of an afternoon shower, highs near 60 south, near 50 north.

Tomorrow night:  Lots of clouds, chance of a few showers, snow showers north of Concord, NH, lows in the upper 30s to near 40 south, upper 20s to near 30 north.

Tuesday:  Occasional sun, maybe a passing shower, highs in the mid 50s south, upper 40s north.

Discussion:

A strong cold front moved through New England overnight last night.  This brought heavy rain, wind and a few thunderstorms to the region.  Even though this was a cold front, temperatures won't drop off today, they will actually be warmer.  For one, we'll have sunshine today and secondly, the wind direction makes a difference as well.  We had an easterly component to our wind yesterday, bringing cooler air in off the ocean.  Today we'll have a westerly wind, this will bring air down from the mountains to our the west.  When air descends in height, it gets compressed by increased pressure and this is a warming mechanism.

As we head into the upcoming week, we'll be in area of battle between warm and cold air.  There will essentially be a warm front draped over New England for much of the week.  This warm front is extending eastward from a low pressure system that will gradually develop in the Central United States the next few days.  Our best chance of precipitation will be on Wednesday and Wednesday night as the low pressure system moves through the region.  It looks like the majority of the precipitation will be north of New England at this point.

So overall, conditions won't be wet all the time, but the instability will be there at times.  Spotty showers aren't out of the question.  This storm is probably going to kick off more severe weather across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys Tuesday/Wednesday time frame, but not as severe as what was seen on Friday and Saturday.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.