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Regional Weather Discussion

Your Daily Forecast 3 Days at a Time

Updates twice per day, weekdays, by 7:00AM and again by 7:30PM- 9AM/7PM on Weekend
Forecasts are for Southern NH (Nashua) with other locations noted.
(PB = Peterborough, NH) - (KE = Keene, NH)

Last Updated: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:17 PM

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Rich's Local Weather Discussion:

10/23 -  5:05 PM:  It was a cloudy day and that will translate into a cloudy night. That will keep the temps from dropping very far. A trailing cold front extended southward through the Mississippi Valley. While we managed to break out into some sunshine near the international border...GOES imagery showed an extensive low cloud deck persisted across the remainder of the area. We may see a few glimpses of sunshine across extreme southeast New Hampshire through dusk as clouds have begun to thin there. However...there was an area of marine stratus lurking offshore that was moving westward towards the coast. Where we`ve seen sunshine today temperatures had warmed into the 60s with a few 70 degree readings over far northern New Hampshire. For tonight...low clouds and some patchy fog should be the rule in an increasingly moist southerly flow ahead of the approaching cold front. It`ll be an unseasonably mild night with lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. On Saturday...a strong cold front will cross the area with clouds and scattered rain showers across interior sections. The best dynamics pass well to our north and we`ll be lucky to wring out a few showers across mainly the higher terrain with its passage. The southern half of New Hampshire as well as the coastal plain of Maine will warm into the lower and mid 60s ahead of the front. The remainder of the area will see highs only in the 50s given cloud cover...scattered showers...and a morning frontal passage. We`ll see afternoon clearing behind the departing cold front along with a developing westerly breeze. Mountain sections should hang on to a few clouds in the post- frontal upslope flow. Mainly clear and cold tomorrow night with winds become light. Lows will range from the mid and upper 20s in the mountains to lower and mid 30s elsewhere. Fast moving systems with a west to southwest flow aloft through the period. High pressure builds in Sunday with cold temperatures. This sets the stage for a cold Sunday night as high pressure crests overhead. temperatures will fall into the 20s and 30s. Clouds will increase late Sunday night and light precipitation will break out Monday morning in western New Hampshire. With cold temperatures the precipitation will likely start as snow but quickly change to rain. The precipitation spreads northeast with rain in southern areas and snow in the mountains for a time. Warmer air will gradually change precipitation to rain in the north but the higher elevations may see up to an inch of snow before the changeover. Tuesday the cold front will be slow to sink south and there might be some lingering precipitation in southern areas. Wednesday high pressure will build in making for a nice day but colder than normal. Wednesday night a cold front will approach and move off the coast Thursday morning. This front might produce a few light showers. Friday will see high pressure build overhead but temperatures will be cold with highs in the 30s and 40s. Stay tuned.

SYNOPSIS...NH/ME
Low pressure passing to our west will drag a warm front north across
the area tonight. A trailing cold front will cross the area
Saturday bringing a chance for showers across interior sections. High
pressure follows the front for Saturday night and Sunday with
cooler temperatures and fair weather. An active weather pattern
is expected for the upcoming work week with chances for precipitation
Monday and Tuesday.

SYNOPSIS...MA
High pressure will maintain dry and mild weather tonight and
Saturday. A dry cold front will move across southern New
England Saturday afternoon and evening. In wake of the front
much colder is expected as a Canadian high builds in. The dry
weather continues but it will be much cooler on Sunday. A
couple waves of low pressure and a frontal boundary will result
in several chances of showers next week. Not a washout as there
will be many hours of dry weather especially around Wednesday.
Seasonably cool temperatures expected much of next week, with
highs in the 50s to near 60 and night time lows in the 30s and 40s.

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...

Highlights...

* Cloudy with areas of fog. Could have some drizzle across the
eastern slopes of the Berkshires.

SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...

Highlights...

* Few light showers possible across the west, but generally a dry
cold frontal passage on Saturday. Skies clearing out during the
afternoon.

* Much cooler Saturday night into Sunday morning.

10/23 -  6:03 AM:  There are some pockets of drizzle around early this morning. Early morning satellite imagery reveals a somewhat complex weather pattern this morning. High pressure entering the Gulf of Saint Lawrence is getting shoved in between low pressure moving northeast out of the Great Lakes and the tropical system moving north through the North Atlantic. Mid level cloudiness exists across northern parts of the area in association with warm advection ahead of the low pressure system developing to our west. The warm front is gradually sharpening to our west and north, so will only provide a sprinkle at best this morning in the far north. Meanwhile low level clouds continue to curl in from the North Atlantic around the southern periphery of high pressure. Expect this cloud cover over southern and coastal areas to linger through most of the day today while northern areas, especially on the other side of the mountain ridges, clear out at least somewhat. With onshore flow spreading area wide today, expect temperatures to be relatively steady over the coastal plain in the upper 50s to near 60. Meanwhile on the other side of the mountains in western and northern New Hampshire the temperature will warm into the mid 60s with more sunshine. We continue to see an onshore flow tonight around the back side of the lingering high pressure axis between the approaching frontal system and the offshore tropical system. Indications are some greater low level moisture gets sucked in toward the coast this evening which should provide a fresh batch of low clouds and possibly some fog and drizzle tonight. This will be most likely to affect the coast of Maine but could spread westward into eastern New Hampshire as well. Temperatures will be relatively steady in the 50s given the very moist air mass in place. Favored the raw model guidance for lows tonight as MOS was too cool. Temperatures should be similar to this morning if not a few degrees warmer. As low pressure pulls northeast through Quebec a sharp cold front pushes in from the west across New England on Saturday. While much of the energy with this wave tracks to the north, we won`t see a whole lot of precipitation as the front moves through. The best chance for showers along the front will be in the north. The whole area will see a wind shift to the northwest with drier air moving in behind the front Saturday evening. Much cooler on Sunday with highs around 50°. Stay tuned.

SYNOPSIS...NH/ME
Low pressure will pass to our west today lifting a warm front
through the area with mainly dry conditions and mostly cloudy
skies. A cold front will cross the area Saturday bringing a
chance of showers across the interior. High pressure builds in
behind the front Sunday with cooler temperatures. An active
weather pattern is expected for the upcoming work week with
chances for precipitation Monday and Tuesday.

SYNOPSIS...MA
High pressure near coastal New England will maintain dry and
unseasonably mild weather through tonight. A mainly dry cold
front will progress through Southern New England Saturday
afternoon, bringing a change in air mass toward more seasonable
temperatures by later Saturday. Canadian high pressure will
result in continued dry but much cooler temperatures Saturday
night and Sunday. A couple waves of low pressure and a frontal
boundary will likely result in a period or two of wet weather
sometime Monday into Tuesday. Seasonably cool temperatures are
expected into the second half of next week.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Highlights...

* Dry & becoming much cooler Saturday night & Sunday

* A period or two of wet weather likely Mon into Tue

* Seasonably cool Wed and Thu

 

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Regional Weather Discussion ...

Manchester NH:

Low clouds/fog Friday am will give way to some brightening by afternoon. It will be cooler but very close to normal for this time of year (upper 50s to low 60s for many).

Another front will move through Saturday with a passing shower possible (some partial sun too). Highs in the mid to upper 60s for many (upper 50s north).

A partly sunny and cooler Sunday follows as highs will be mainly back into the 50s (40s up north).

Showers likely on Monday that could begin as a wintry mix up north.

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