Video: Rain threatens Mass. for Labor Day weekend
HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAT IS UPON US? WELL, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY. THAT RAIN THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOVING IN EACH DAY SEEMS TO BE. IT’S GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER TO GET HERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE CHECKING THE FORECAST ON MONDAY, IT LOOKED LIKE WE MIGHT SEE SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. THEN IT LOOKED MORE LIKE THE EVENING. NOW IT’S LOOKING LIKE IT MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT, SO THAT’S WHY I SAY IT’S A LATE START TO THAT WEEKEND RAIN. NOW OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT’S STARTING LATER. IT’S GOING TO CARRY INTO SUNDAY MORNING A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I THINK SUNDAY MORNING HAS RAIN, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME CLEARING, BUT NOT UNTIL PROBABLY LATE INTO THE DAY. AND AFTER THAT, WOW, WE’VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER COMING NEXT WEEK, SO OVER THE WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE THIS. YOUR SATURDAY IS PARTLY CLOUDY. THE LATE NIGHT SHOWERS PROBABLY NOT EVEN GETTING IN HERE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. AND THEN ON SUNDAY IT’S GOING TO BE EARLY RAIN, BUT IT WILL BE CLEARING LATE INTO THE DAY. BOTH DAYS WILL FEATURE TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND THEN ON MONDAY IT’S LOOKING AT A COOLER DAY, BUT THE SUNSHINE IS BACK. THE HUMIDITY IS DOWN AND THAT’S WHAT I MEAN. IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH THAT WE START WITH THE WEATHER. SO HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. NOTHING GOING ON. IF YOU LIKE TODAY YOU WILL LOVE TOMORROW. IN FACT, TOMORROW MORNING WILL ACTUALLY BE COLDER THAN WHAT IT WAS THIS MORNING. SO THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY. NOW ON SATURDAY WE START TO GET SOME CLOUDS COMING IN HERE. THIS IS 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE A STRAY SHOWER OUT THROUGH THE BERKSHIRES, BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT FOR MOST OF US. IT STAYS DRY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND THEN WE WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO SHOW UP. LOOK AT THE TIMING ON THIS. THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ABOUT 6:00 IN THE MORNING IS WHEN WE START TO SEE THE RAIN MOVING INTO BOSTON. AND THAT THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL CARRY WITH US THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY. AND THEN LATE INTO THE DAY, WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLEARING GOING ON TODAY. WELL, WE STARTED COOL AT LEAST COOLER, BUT WE DIDN’T WARM UP AT ALL. LOOK AT THAT. THE TEMPERATURES BASICALLY HOLDING STEADY ALL DAY AS THE COOLER, DRIER AIR WAS FLOWING IN ALL DAY TODAY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON WE HAD YESTERDAY. WE WERE STARING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AT THIS POINT WITH HIGH HUMIDITY. LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. MID 70S. WORCESTER IS AT 72. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE OFF THE WATER KEEPING THINGS COOLER AT LOGAN AIRPORT WHERE IT’S ONLY 69 DEGREES, AND THE CAPE TODAY ENJOYING TEMPERATURES RIGHT THERE IN THE LOW 70S. SO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS? WE ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BUMP UP WITH THAT RAIN COMING IN AND THE HUMIDITY IS GOING TO COME UP AS WELL. BUT ONCE WE GET TO MONDAY AND BEYOND, WE GO BACK TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SO RIGHT NOW, AS YOU LOOK OVER THE CITY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY WE’RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. 67 DEGREES. AND THERE’S THAT DEW POINT. VERY COMFORTABLE AT 54 DEGREES. BY THE WAY SUNSET TONIGHT. NOT UNTIL 722. GORGEOUS VIEW OVER WORCESTER RIGHT NOW WITH A FEW FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS AT 72 DEGREES. AND THERE’S THAT LOW HUMIDITY AGAIN WITH A LIGHT EASTERLY BREEZE TAKING PLACE. SO THE HUMIDITY IS GOING TO STAY LOW TOMORROW IT WILL RAMP UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO RAIN. AND THEN ON MONDAY IT DROPS OFF AGAIN AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT VERY COMFORTABLE LOW HUMIDITY AS WE GO THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HERE’S WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. ANOTHER DAY LIKE TODAY, TOMORROW AND THEN ON SATURDAY. REALLY KIND OF A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH THE SHOWERS NOT ARRIVING UNTIL THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT THAT DOES MEAN BECAUSE WE’RE PUSHING IT LATER SUNDAY HAS GOT A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN IN THE MORNING, AND THEN SOME LATE DAY CLEARING GOING ON. ORIGINALLY IT WAS LOOKING LIKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WOULD LOOK CLEAR. NOW IT’S KIND OF GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT ONCE IT DOES CLEAR, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY WE GET A SLOW WARMING TREND. WE HAVE LOW HUMIDITY AND WE HAVE NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE TO STARE AT. NEXT WEE