Premium Weekly Outlook 5/16 – 5/22: Moderation to around average temperatures late week

After some cooler temperatures today and then some more unsettled weather for Tuesday and Wednesday, moderating temperatures to near normal with pleasant weather returns late this week. But there is a potential fly in the ointment for a warming trend to continue this weekend as a coastal storm may try to develop. For this weekly outlook, we’ll discuss some technical details and thoughts on the weather through this week and this coming weekend.

After a very chilly start with temperatures near record lows across the region, temperatures today should be a little warmer than Sunday’s high temperatures with slightly warmer mid-level temperatures, deep mixing and more sunshine in the afternoon. High temperatures should rise into the lower to middle 60s for much of the region today. A tight pressure gradient and winds around 40kts on top of a deep mixed layer will also cause west-northwest winds to gust between 30mph and 40mph again today. The west-northwest winds will also keep sea-breezes from developing this afternoon for coastal locations.

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Premium: Tropical forcing likely to support warmer late May pattern

Cooler temperatures are on their way tomorrow and early next week with a large anomalous upper-level low moving over the Northeast. Some waves along a stalled frontal boundary may also affect the weather during the middle of next week. But we are still anticipating warmer temperatures in late May.  We have already discussed a number of reasons why we believe more warmth is on the way. But a major influence in this pattern shift will likely be tropical forcing from an active MJO event occurring over the Indian Ocean now.

First, the ensembles guidance still show the AO/NAO turning positive with more troughiness over Greenland/Davis Strait. This will not support as much troughiness, nor an upper-level low over the Northeast or Southeast Canada. Also a -PNA pattern will be developing with troughiness digging over the Southwest US. This will causes heights to build over much of the Central and Eastern United States.

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Sunshine then strong t-storms with gusty winds possible by this evening

Mostly sunny skies will continue into early this afternoon, before  some clouds increase ahead of an approaching cold front and upper-level trough later today. Enough lift and ascent  will likely result in some showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon or this evening. High temperatures will reach the lower to middle 70s away from the coast by early this afternoon. Over Long Island and Connecticut coastal southerly winds will keep high temperatures in the middle to upper 60s.

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Sportscast: Showers Taper off For The Yankees Game Tonight

*Notice: This post was published on May 16, 2016

Hey, Yankee fans it looks like showers will taper off mostly in time for the game tonight. If you are going to the game, you might still want to take an umbrella this evening. Some of the latest guidance shows some showers that could move through the early innings.  Our forecast from our SportsCast page is below.

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