Video: Warm start to week with temps in 70s
COMING OFF A WET WEEKEND. LOOK AT THIS. WE HAD MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN HERE IN THE YELLOW COLORING. JUST AS YOU GO INTO PARTS OF WORCESTER COUNTY, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT IN THE BOSTON AREA, BUT IT WAS WET ON SATURDAY, ESPECIALLY WITH OVER A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN. HAD A LOT OF DAYS WITH RAIN IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, BUT THE AMOUNT OF RAIN STILL ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE BY JUST UNDER 2/10 OF AN INCH. IT IS GOING TO BE DRYING OUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS THOUGH. THAT STORM FROM THE WEEKEND YOU SEE KIND OF SPINNING SPINNING EAST OF NOVA SCOTIA NOW. AND AS IT CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY, WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY SUNSHINE ALL DAY LONG. SO IT’S A BRIGHT, SUNNY MONDAY. TEMPERATURES QUICKLY COMING OUT OF THE 50S INTO THE MID 60S BY LATE MORNING. AND LOOK AT THIS THIS AFTERNOON. WE’RE AT OR ABOVE 70 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THAT WIND OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ONLY ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR. SO NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE SEA BREEZE AWAY. SO LOW. 70S FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEA COAST ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTH SHORE. NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE STILL OFF CAPE COD BAY FOR YOU ON THE CAPE. SO MID 60S THERE. BUT NOTICE THE MID 70S AS YOU GO BACK INTO METRO WEST, THE MERRIMACK VALLEY COULD GET AS MILD AS ABOUT 77. IN NORWOOD. KEEP IN MIND AN AVERAGE HIGH AT THE END OF APRIL IS JUST 61 DEGREES, SO WE ARE RUNNING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THAT’S GIVING US THE SUNSHINE TODAY. TURNING DOWN THE WINDS. BUT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS HIGH WE’VE GOT SOME STORMS BREWING. YOU CAN SEE SOME ENERGY LIFTING UP THROUGH THE DAKOTAS, INTO MINNESOTA AND AROUND MINNEAPOLIS AREA, STRETCHING DOWN THROUGH IOWA TOWARDS CHICAGO. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. IN FACT, A HIGH RISK THAT WE DO SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS THAT COULD SPAWN TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, AND THAT AXIS OF SEVERE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE SHIFTING EAST TOMORROW, GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER TO US, BUT STILL TO THE WEST THROUGH WESTERN NEW YORK STATE, PENNSYLVANIA, EASTERN OHIO, THERE COULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TOMORROW. THIS IS ALL ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT THAT WILL COME THROUGH OUR AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT. BUT AS IT DOES SO, THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO WEAKEN. IN FACT, BASICALLY FALL APART. SO I WON’T ANTICIPATE MUCH OF ANY RAIN IN THE BOSTON AREA AS YOU GO NORTH AND WEST, WE MIGHT SQUEAK OUT ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH, IF THAT, THROUGH A LOT OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SO NOT MUCH FOR WET WEATHER. THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS HOLDING OFF UNTIL FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW, SATURDAY IS NOT LOOKING LIKE A WATCH. WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT THROUGH THE WEEK. TONIGHT SKIES ARE GOING TO BE MOSTLY CLEAR. IT WILL BE CHILLY. WE’LL FALL BACK INTO THE 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES DOWNTOWN TOMORROW. LOOKS GREAT. MOSTLY SUNNY, EVEN WARMER THAN TODAY WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND. WE’LL STAY IN THE 60S ON CAPE COD, BUT ELSEWHERE, 70S AND LOW 80S FEELING A BIT MORE LIKE JUNE, I WOULD SAY, THAN THE END OF APRIL. AROUND HERE. THAT WARMTH AND THE BREEZE COMING UP OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE THE STORMS FIRING TO OUR WEST. AND THEN AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH ON TUESDAY NIGHT, YOU SEE HOW THE STORMS FALL APART AND THAT FRONT WILL BE TO OUR EAST BY WEDNESDAY. SO NOTICE HOW THE STORMS APPROACH. YOU CAN SEE OUT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE HOLDING TOGETHER, AND THEN REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN A PASSING SHOWER OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FIRST THING YOU COULD HAVE A LINGERING SHOWER ON CAPE COD, AND THEN THE SKIES WILL CLEAR. WE’RE BACK TO SUNSHINE WITH A BIT OF A BREEZE ON WEDNESDAY. THAT WIND WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST, BRINGING IN DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL GUST NEAR 30MPH. COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER ON THURSDAY. AND THEN THERE YOU SEE THAT NEXT CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AS WE HE
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Video: Warm start to week with temps in 70s
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