Better weather is coming, just not yet...

Still under the influence of a marine layer and I'm not going to "wish cast" this front out of here before it's ready to go.

Today:  Cloudy, patchy drizzle and more showers, especially this afternoon, highs in the upper 50s to low 60s south, near 60 north.

Tonight:  Cloudy, showers possible, lows in the 50s south, upper 40s north.

Tomorrow:  Mainly cloudy, showers possible, patchy drizzle as well, milder, highs in the low to mid 60s.

Tomorrow night:  Mostly cloudy, chance of showers, lows in the low 50s south, upper 40s north.

Saturday:  More clouds than sun, showers and isolated thunderstorms possible in the afternoon, highs in the 60s north and south.

Discussion:

More of the same here in New England, though it is gradually getting warmer.  We are still under the influence of a large area of low pressure in the Eastern United States.  There is a frontal boundary that is still just to our south that has continually provided an easterly wind.  This wind coming in off the ocean has kept temperatures down and brought showers and drizzle into the region.  Fortunately, this low is weakening and starting to shift.  As a result, the easterly wind isn't as strong and the cloudiness is not as dense.  This will allow temperatures to get a few degrees warmer today and tomorrow as well.

However, I don't want to seem too optimistic here.  I want to see some sun as much as the next person, but this cloudiness and air mass in place is going to take some time to move out.  Saturday will probably seem like the nicest day we have had all year, but we still probably won't see much sunshine and rain is a good possibility.  It really won't be until Sunday where we are likely to stay generally dry, though how much sun we will see remains to be seen.  I guess I've been burned too many time by trying to rush the low clouds, fog and drizzle out of New England in the past and this time I'm not going to do that.  I hope I'm wrong and that we see some significant improvement tomorrow.  At this point however, I'm expecting Sunday will be the day that we finally break through.

Next week looks much much better.  Southwesterly flow though the lower levels of the atmosphere will keep our temperatures mild.  Looks like a cold front will slide through around Tuesday that may bring some showers and storms, but we will dry up right after that front.  So like I said in the title, better weather is coming, it just requires bit more patience.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.