Sunny finish to the week

Pleasant to finish this work week but then we'll deal with some rain over the upcoming weekend.

Today:  Sunny south, clouds and sun north with the chance of rain and snow showers north, breezy, highs in the 50s south, 40s north.

Tonight:  Any clouds depart, lows in the low to mid 30s south, 20s north.

Tomorrow:  Lots of sun, highs in the low 50s north and south.

Tomorrow night:  Increasing clouds, lows in the upper 30s to near 40 south, 20s north.

Saturday:  Rain develops from southwest to northeast, highs in the low 50s south, upper 40s to near 50 north.

Discussion: 

A small area of high pressure is generally in control of the weather here in New England today and tomorrow.  The only exception is a little leftover instability across Northern and Central New England.  This will kick off a few rain and snow showers, especially during the first half of the day.  Temperatures will be on the cool side for the next few days thanks to some colder air aloft.  So despite a good amount of sunshine, our potential highs won't be all that warm because of that cool air overhead.

As we head into Friday evening a storm system will be approaching New England.  This will result in increasing clouds on Friday night and then rain during the day on Saturday.  This storm system isn't as strong as the last few that have moved through.  We'll see some rain, but it will likely be less than half an inch and will be spread out over a 12 hour period.  The rain should taper off on Saturday night and then we'll have a 50/50 shot at a decent day on Sunday.  I don't think there will be much sun on Sunday, but it should be warmer.  The question is whether or not we'll have any rain or not.  There looks like there will be a few showers near New England on Sunday, but where they set up remains to be seen.

Until then, do what you can to enjoy the next two days and then hope that we can salvage at least half of the weekend.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.