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Video: Cloudy, cool, threat of rain in days ahead

Video: Cloudy, cool, threat of rain in days ahead
YOU HAD TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE LOW 50S AS WELL. WE’VE HAD A LITTLE THIN OVERCAST AFTER A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY THIS MORNING. IT’S 49 DEGREES, BUT LOOK HOW DRY THE AIR IS. DEW POINTS DOWN IN THE UPPER 30S AT THIS POINT, AND THEY’RE STILL A BREEZE OFF THE WATER, KEEPING US COOL. THAT DRY AIR IS IMPACTING THIS RAIN MOVING IN. SO YOU SEE HOW THE RAIN TRIES TO GET IN HERE. BUT WITH SUCH DRY AIR IN PLACE, IT KIND OF JUST RUNS OUT OF STEAM AND EVAPORATES BEFORE IT EVEN GETS HERE. THAT’S WHY YOU’VE SEEN THE CLOUDS THICKENING UP. BOY, THE CLOUDS ARE REALLY THICKENED UP OUT TOWARDS CLEVELAND RIGHT NOW. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE, BUT THIS LINE IS NOT GOING TO COME STRAIGHT AT US. INSTEAD, IT’S GOING TO WEAKEN DRAMATICALLY. AND A LOT OF THE ENERGY IS ACTUALLY HEADED ITS WAY UP TOWARDS CANADA. BUT WE HAVE SEEN CLOUD COVER COMING FROM IT, EVEN THOUGH IT’S WAY OUT THERE TO THE WEST. AND THOSE SHOWERS LOOK, THEY’RE JUST KIND OF INCHING THEIR WAY EASTWARD. BUT I DON’T KNOW THAT WE’LL GET MUCH IN BOSTON BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING. IF YOU’RE OUT TO THE WEST, PERHAPS FROM THE WORCESTER AREA, WE MIGHT SEE SOME BY ABOUT 11:00 TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT IT’S MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE SHOWERS OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST, MAINLY INTO CONNECTICUT, 40 TO 44 FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW TOMORROW. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING RAIN TOMORROW WILL BE DURING THE MORNING. BUT THIS IS LIGHT STUFF. IT’S A CLOUDY DAY ALL DAY AND THERE COULD BE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS EVEN DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE MUCH OUT OF THIS AT ALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW 48 TO 52. BUT INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING COOL AT THE COAST HERE, THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, IT’S COOL ALL THE WAY INLAND AND ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE. SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE COAST TODAY IS NOW GOING TO BE HAPPENING ALL THE WAY INTO WESTERN MASS, AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW. NOW, AS FAR AS THE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO PICK UP SOME RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, MOST OF IT OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST. BUT REALLY NOT MUCH AS YOU GET TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN COMING IN HERE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THAT ONE’S GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE MORE EASTWARD PROGRESS, BUT STILL, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. NOT BIG RAIN EVENTS COMING IN OUR DIRECTION. AND THAT’S WELCOME NEWS. SO THE COOLER AIR FLOWS IN HERE TOMORROW WITH A LOT OF CLOUDS. THIS KIND OF FALLS APART RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF US. AND THAT’S WHY I SAY THE BEST CHANCE IT COULD BE DURING THE MORNING. A LOT OF GRAY SKIES IN HERE FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT WE’VE GOT ANOTHER SYSTEM COMING THROUGH THAT MAY GIVE US A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THAT COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE DRY WEATHER MOVES IN. SO A LOT OF CLOUDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT NOT A LOT OF RAIN WITH IT. SATURDAY MORNING, A FEW EARLY SHOWERS AND THEN WE’LL GET SOME SUNSHINE BACK AND TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK INTO THE 60S. IF YOU LIKE TODAY, OR AT LEAST THIS MORNING ANYWAY, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SUNSHINE, DRY WEATHER, AND LOW 60S. I KNOW T
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Video: Cloudy, cool, threat of rain in days ahead
Mike Wankum has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

Mike Wankum has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

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