Cooler temps, showers observe immediately’s heat

THAT’S OKAY. WE’LL ENJOY IT WHILE IT’S HERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES ALL THE WAY UP INTO BANGOR, MAINE. BURLINGTON, VERMONT, RUNNING IN THE MID 60S. SO ALL THE SNOW AND THE ICE FROM THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS NOW MELTING AND OBVIOUSLY CAUSING THOSE PROBLEMS UP THERE. WE’VE GOT LOW TO MID 60S HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO 70 DEGREES, A TEMPERATURE WE HAVE NOT HIT, AND 153 DAYS IT WAS OCTOBER 8TH, OUR LAST TIME HITTING THE 70 DEGREE MARK IN BOSTON. AND I DO THINK WE’RE GOING TO DO IT TODAY. JUST KIND OF WATCHING THAT SEA BREEZE. THE TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY DROPPED A DEGREE WITH THE WIND SHIFTING AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST. WE’RE DOWN TO 64 IN BOSTON, BUT THE BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE AND YOU CAN SEE WORCESTER SITTING AT 67 DEGREES. WE’VE ACTUALLY TIED THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE THERE. SO WE’VE GOT THESE NEAR RECORD HIGHS AROUND 70 THIS AFTERNOON. AND THE FEEL OF SPRING IS GOING TO BE WITH US INTO THE EVENING AND WITH SUNSET NOT UNTIL CLOSE TO 7 P.M. NOW YOU’VE GOT SEVERAL MORE HOURS TO ENJOY THIS WARMTH BECAUSE IT IS FLEETING. THE NEXT THREAT ON OUR RADAR IS A COOL DOWN COMING FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. IT COMES WITH CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS THAT COULD ACTUALLY END TO SOME WET SNOWFLAKES. THURSDAY EVENING. NOT GOING TO AMOUNT TO ANYTHING, BUT JUST A SIGN OF THE TIMES. YOUR WEEKEND IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MORE SEASONABLE. AVERAGE HIGHS THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE 40S. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE HEADED, AND IT’S A MOSTLY DRY WEEKEND. I THINK RAIN AND WET WEATHER HOLDS OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. HERE’S WHERE WE’RE HEADED THIS AFTERNOON, RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORE MARBLEHEAD TO HULL. WE’LL KEEP IT IN THE MID 60S, BUT I THINK WE GET THAT WIND TO PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND PUSH TEMPERATURE IN BOSTON TO ABOUT 70 DEGREES, BUT LOOK AT WALTHAM AND WAKEFIELD 75 COULD HIT 76. IN BILLERICA 76 OUT TOWARD WESTBOROUGH NASHUA IN THE MID 70S. SO METROWEST MERRIMACK VALLEY. THOSE ARE YOUR WARM SPOTS. AND WITH THAT SOUTHWESTERLY WIND IT IS ONLY NEAR 60 ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BEDFORD AND 50 ON CAPE COD. SO THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU ARE COOLER DOWN THAT WAY. BY THE WAY, WORCESTER, I DO THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BEAT YOUR RECORD HIGH FOR THE DAY, WHICH IS 67. WE’RE EYEING THAT RECORD OF 71 IN BOSTON. THE WARMTH GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO D.C., WHERE IT’S IN THE LOW 80S TODAY. AND THEN AS YOU HEAD BACK TO CHICAGO, LOOK, THE TEMPERATURES START DROPPING. YOU GET INTO THE 30S THROUGH THE DAKOTAS. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE BATTLE ZONE BETWEEN THE WARMTH AND COLDER AIR RETURNING. AND THAT IS GOING TO SPAWN SOME SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. IN FACT, THERE MAY BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT TURN TORNADIC SOUTH OF CHICAGO, STRETCHING DOWN TOWARD DALLAS AS WELL. AND THAT ZONE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE WEAKENING. BUT THE FRONT PRODUCING IT IS SHIFTING IN OUR DIRECTION. AND SO WE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS HERE MID-WEEK BEFORE WE DRY THINGS OUT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, NOT EXPECTING MUCH WET WEATHER AT ALL, I THINK ANY RAINFALL IS LIKELY UNDER A HALF AN INCH, WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS HERE OUT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE AS THAT WORKS ON THROUGH. SO LET ME STEP YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE HERE, HOUR BY HOUR, CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING. BUT LOOK AT THE LOW CLOUDS HERE DOWN IN BUZZARDS BAY AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAPE COD. THESE WILL START FILLING IN OVERNIGHT AND THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS AS WELL. SO WE’RE CLOUDING OVER TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF FOG 35 TO 40 FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. WE DO STAY ABOVE FREEZING TOMORROW. ANY FOG IN THE MORNING GIVES WAY TO JUST A MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER DAY. AS OUR WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. LOOK AT OUR HIGHS TOMORROW. YOU CAN SEE IT’S ONLY GOING TO BE IN THE LOW 40S ON THE NORTH SHORE. WITH THAT NORTHEASTERLY WIND NEAR 50 IN BOSTON AND STILL AROUND AND OVER 60 THROUGH PARTS OF CONNECTICUT. BUT THIS BACK DOOR FRONT IS BRINGING IN THE COOLER TEMPERATURES DESPITE ALL THE CLOUDS. DON’T EXPECT MUCH FOR SHOWERS. SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. I THINK A BETTER CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS LATE DAY INTO THE EVENING. AND THOSE WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT STARTS LIFTING BACK NORTH AGAIN, PUSHING A SOUTHERLY WIND, SO I THINK WE SNEAK BACK INTO THE MID 50S ON THURSDAY. AND THEN AS THIS FRONT KICKS ON THROUGH, WE’VE GOT A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. COLDER AIR RUSHING IN COULD FLIP THOSE OVER TO SOME WET SNOWFLAKES BEFORE THEY KICK ON OUT. AND WE DO CLEAR OUT OUR SKIES ON FRIDAY. BUT LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE WE GO FROM THE MID 50S ON THURSDAY TO THE MID 40S ON FRIDAY WITH THE SUNSHINE. LOOK AT THOSE MORNING LOWS TOO. WE’RE BACK IN THE 20S ON FRIDAY MORNING, SO DEFINITELY A COLDER, MORE TYPICAL MARCH FEEL HERE. HEADING INTO YOUR WEEKEND. COULD BE A FEW FLURRIES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE WE WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY TO GET BACK INTO SOME WET WEATHER. GOOD NEWS DOES LOOK