It’s as if Mother Nature is aware of when the calendar is formally turning to fall.
Right on schedule within the Boston space, it’s going to flip from summer-like temperatures over the weekend to autumn-like temps as the primary day of fall approaches this week. Temps on Monday ought to drop into the 60s.
“We’ll have cooler conditions on Monday across eastern Massachusetts as a backdoor cold front comes through the region,” Matthew Belk, meteorologist on the National Weather Service’s Boston workplace, instructed the Herald.
Meanwhile, because the backdoor chilly entrance stalls throughout southern New England, some much-needed rain showers and scattered thunderstorms are anticipated to develop Monday afternoon. The area continues to be dealing with a extreme drought, so any rain is welcomed.
A number of lingering showers and thunderstorms might final into Tuesday earlier than issues dry out. Temps on Tuesday ought to stay within the mid-60s.
Then the decide of the week might be on Wednesday with partly sunny skies within the low 70s. Another spherical of showers and thunderstorms is feasible Wednesday evening into Thursday forward of a robust chilly entrance.
The coldest air of the season up to now will arrive Friday simply in time for fall, with excessive temps struggling to get out of the 50s. So the primary full day of astronomical autumn will really feel like fall.
“We’ll have a significant cool down Friday into the weekend,” Belk mentioned.
Ahead of the beginning of fall, Hurricane Fiona is gaining steam close to Puerto Rico, and will impression the East Coast by the top of the week. Fiona could produce 12 to 16 inches of rain, presumably as much as 25 inches, over parts of Puerto Rico — triggering excessive life-threatening flooding threat.
The National Hurricane Center reported that “catastrophic flooding” is predicted.
“There will probably be some rough surf here,” Belk mentioned concerning the native Cape Cod impacts. “We’ll have to see what swells it will generate, but there will most likely be rough seas at beaches as we get into the later part of the week.”
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