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Video: Sunday's showers to move out in time for Boston Marathon

Video: Sunday's showers to move out in time for Boston Marathon
WE’RE SEEING WIND SPEEDS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN 10 TO 17MPH. THERE’S A SLIGHT SHIFT IN OUR WIND DIRECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST AS WE STRETCH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS WE TRACK SOME OF THESE SHOWERS ADVANCING TOWARD US. NOTICE FOR BOSTON. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 50S TO JUST ABOUT HITTING 60. I THINK THE BEST CHANCE OF HITTING 60 WILL BE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY, ALONG AREAS ALONG 95. AS WELL, AND THEN MOVING FROM WORCESTER NORTHWARD. IT WILL BE STUCK IN THE MID 50S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. CLOUDS ARE THICK THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE SHOWERS AREN’T WIDESPREAD, SO IT’S NOT A WASHOUT OF A DAY. THEY LOOK REALLY SCATTERED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. UNLIKE YESTERDAY, I THINK SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PACK A LITTLE MORE OF A PUNCH. SO AS THEY DEVELOP INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND MORE SO INTO THE EARLY EVENING, THIS IS PAUSED AROUND 7 P.M. THESE SHOWERS COULD FEATURE SOME HEAVIER RAIN, ALTHOUGH SHORT LIVED. I THINK THAT’S WHEN WE COULD SEE SOME OF THAT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CHANCES HERE RIGHT THROUGH ABOUT 11:00 MIDNIGHT THEREAFTER. THIS IS MOVING OUT TO SEA, SO WE’RE DRYING OUT, AND WE ADVANCE TOWARD WHAT LOOKS TO BE A VERY BRIGHT START TO OUR MARATHON MONDAY FORECAST. WE’RE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 40S, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HOUR BY HOUR TOMORROW. AS EARLY AS 9 A.M. WE’RE CROSSING INTO THE 50S, SO IT’S A QUICK WARM UP. WE SEE SOME CLOUDS MIXING IN FOR THE AFTERNOON, BUT MID TO UPPER 60S WILL ABSOLUTELY FEEL WARM. AND AS MENTIONED, IT IS A TAILWIND FOR MOST OF THE ROUTE AS WE START OFF HERE AT 9 A.M. WITH A VERY LIGHT WIND OUT OF THE WEST, IT PICKS UP SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TO ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR, AND A HEADS UP IF YOU ARE A RUNNER AND WATCHING CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE FROM WELLESLEY RIGHT UP TO NEWTON. HERE IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A CROSSWIND, NOT A TAILWIND, BUT WE WILL SEE, OF COURSE, FOR THE LATER PORTION OF THE ROUTE, IT WILL BE A TAILWIND AS WE SEE THAT WIND SPEED GETTING UP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO ABOUT 14MPH. WE’RE SUNNY AND DRY FOR TUESDAY, SO I’VE GONE AHEAD AND MADE IT THE PICK OF THE WEEK WITH A HIGH OF 68, A LITTL
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Video: Sunday's showers to move out in time for Boston Marathon
StormTeam 5 has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

StormTeam 5 has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

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