SUNday Indeed!

What a funny title! I know, my humor is amazing sometimes. I am sitting here in lovely Somerville, enjoying this fine spring day from my couch. Don't fret though, I will be heading outdoors soon enough to soak in some nice weather.

What a week it has been. We hit 90 degrees on Wednesday, setting a new record in Boston for that day. 90 degrees in April, one week after record setting rainfall. The atmosphere sure is active these days.

Climate Data for Boston, MA on Wednesday April 7th
High Temp 90
Departure from Normal 37!!!!!

We came back down to Earth on Thursday though, only hitting a high of 59 in Boston and on Thursday night, the city was a whopping 40 degrees cooler than the recorded temperature on Wednesday night! New England certainly is an interesting place for weather. Not many places see such a temperature swing in 24 hours.

Anyways, this weekend has been seasonable. The rain on Friday caught me a little by surprise. I was not expecting it to stick around all day, but it makes sense looking back, given that a pretty strong change in airmass was tracking though with the passing cold front, triggering some locally heavy rainfall. We actually ended up with just under an inch of rain, putting our annual total at 22 inches. I am very interested to see where we end up at the end of this year.

Today will continue to be pleasant, with a high temp topping out around 69 degrees and plenty of sunshine to boot.

This upcoming week will feature a dry, cool pattern. As I mentioned before, typically after a very rainy pattern like the one we had in late March, the atmosphere tends to balance itself out. Except for Friday, we have been in a pretty dry pattern since our last big rainfall and all signs point to it continuing at least through Friday of this week. A blocking high pressure system will dominate our weather this week, giving us dry conditions but also shifting our winds to the cooler northwest direction, keeping us in the 50's mid to late week.

No rain is a good thing though. And for my friends running Boston a week from Monday, long range forecasts look good, with no real break in sight from our dry seasonable weather. In general though, it is still way too early to be confident in a solid forecast for Marathon Monday, but it looks good right now.

Have a great Sunday!