SATURDAY	TONIGHT	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Mostly Cloudy    Clearing Late	Clearing, Cool and Dry	Partly Cloudy   Warmer	Partly Cloudy         Storms Late
67 - 76	49 - 56	73 - 80	71- 77

Forecast Discussion

How about some good news in the weather forecast?!?!  The large storm responsible for all the showers, thunderstorms, and flooding the last few days is finally showing signs of clearing, and conditions will slowly improve over the next few days.  Overnight into Saturday morning, skies will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.  On Saturday, the core of the vortex will rotate through northern New England.  The cold air aloft and unstable conditions will keep the clouds around for most of the day, along with a few showers.  It will be cooler, with highs only in the upper 60s across the higher elevations and in the north, to the mid 70s in the southern Pioneer Valley.  The low will pull away late in they day, and look for the skies to break up in time for fireworks in the evening.  It will be breezy throughout the day, and with temperatures falling back into the 60s during the evening, a light jacket for sweatshirt might be in order.  Saturday night will feature clearing skies and cool lows in the upper 40s in the normally colder spots to the mid 50s in the urban areas.  Sunday...finally a nice day!  It will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny, with highs warming through the 70s to around 80. 

Monday, the clouds and scattered storms will return, but this will just be a one day event.  The duration of the week will be mainly dry with climbing temperatures.  By the end of the week, real July heat and humidity will build across the northeast.  By Friday, highs could top out around 90!  Maybe true summer weather will be here to stay!

Stay tuned for updates on the holiday weekend and forecasts for fireworks displays.

Remember, you can monitor the weather as-it-happens, by looking at the continually updated "Forecast Center", as well as observations and maps in our "Current Conditions" center. And, you can tune into our 24-hour online webstream "WeatherNow". As always, if you have any observations or weather photos of your own, you can send them in.

Meteorologist Curtis Grevenitz
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