Lexington Weather
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
- Overcast
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43.7°F / 6.5°C
- 41.7°F
- 93%
- Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
- 10 miles
- 0.00 in
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Lexington, MA
Issued by:
National Weather Service Boston / Norton, MA
Overnight through Thursday
Point Forecast Updated Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:40am EDT
Overview:
High pressure over Southern New England will bring dry weather through mid week. Mild temperatures are on tap for today, but it will be cooler Wednesday along the coast with sea breezes. Isolated to scattered showers across the interior on Thursday with slight cooler than seasonable temperatures. Dry on Friday with high pressure in control. A cold front brings another round of light rain showers late Friday through Saturday. Turning drier Sunday and Monday.
Overnight:
Cloudy
Lo 41 °F
Cloudy, with a low around 41. East wind around 2 mph.
Friday:
Mostly Cloudy
Hi 56 °F
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 1 to 12 mph.
Friday Night:
Rain Showers Likely
Lo 45 °F
Rain showers likely between 11pm and 5am, then rain showers and patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday:
Rain Showers
Hi 63 °F
Rain showers and patchy fog before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night:
Mostly Clear
Lo 38 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Sunday:
Sunny
Hi 60 °F
Sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 9 to 18 mph.
Sunday Night:
Mostly Clear
Lo 39 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 39. West wind 10 to 17 mph.
Monday:
Sunny
Hi 61 °F
Sunny, with a high near 61. West wind around 14 mph.
Monday Night:
Mostly Clear
Lo 39 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Southwest wind 8 to 12 mph.
Tuesday:
Mostly Sunny
Hi 62 °F
Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. South wind 8 to 17 mph.
Tuesday Night:
Chance Rain Showers
Lo 46 °F
A chance of rain showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday:
Rain Showers Likely
Hi 60 °F
Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Southwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night:
Chance Rain Showers
Lo 36 °F
A chance of rain showers before 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday:
Sunny
Hi 54 °F
Sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind around 16 mph.
Today 1am through Sat 12am EDT
Updated Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:40am EDT
1:00am
Dew Pt 41°F
NE 2 mphPrecip: 5%
2:00am
Dew Pt 41°F
E 1 mphPrecip: 3%
3:00am
Dew Pt 40°F
E 1 mphPrecip: 3%
4:00am
Dew Pt 40°F
E 1 mphPrecip: 2%
5:00am
Dew Pt 40°F
E 1 mphPrecip: 2%
6:00am
Dew Pt 39°F
E 1 mphPrecip: 1%
7:00am
Dew Pt 40°F
E 2 mphPrecip: 1%
8:00am
Dew Pt 40°F
E 2 mphPrecip: 0%
9:00am
Dew Pt 38°F
Wind Chill: 45°F
SE 3 mphPrecip: 0%
10:00am
Dew Pt 36°F
Wind Chill: 47°F
SE 6 mphPrecip: 0%
11:00am
Dew Pt 34°F
SE 7 mphPrecip: 0%
12:00pm
Dew Pt 34°F
SE 8 mphPrecip: 0%
1:00pm
Dew Pt 35°F
SE 8 mphPrecip: 0%
2:00pm
Dew Pt 35°F
SE 9 mphPrecip: 0%
3:00pm
Dew Pt 35°F
SE 9 mphPrecip: 1%
4:00pm
Dew Pt 35°F
SE 10 mphPrecip: 2%
5:00pm
Dew Pt 36°F
SE 12 mphPrecip: 3%
6:00pm
Dew Pt 36°F
SE 10 mphPrecip: 4%
7:00pm
Dew Pt 37°F
S 10 mphPrecip: 4%
8:00pm
Dew Pt 37°F
Wind Chill: 45°F
S 10 mphPrecip: 5%
9:00pm
Dew Pt 37°F
Wind Chill: 44°F
S 9 mphPrecip: 8%
10:00pm
Dew Pt 37°F
Wind Chill: 43°F
S 9 mphPrecip: 12%
11:00pm
Dew Pt 37°F
Wind Chill: 42°F
S 8 mphPrecip: 15%
12:00am
Dew Pt 38°F
Wind Chill: 41°F
S 9 mphPrecip: 24%
FORECAST DISCUSSION
Area Forecast Discussion
for Boston / Norton, MA
000
FXUS61 KBOX 161716
AFDBOX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
116 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure over Southern New England will bring dry weather
through mid week. Mild temperatures are on tap for today, but it
will be cooler Wednesday along the coast with sea breezes.
Isolated to scattered showers across the interior on Thursday with
slight cooler than seasonable temperatures. Dry on Friday with high
pressure in control. A cold front brings another round of light rain
showers late Friday through Saturday. Turning drier Sunday and
Monday.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
* Plenty of sunshine & beautiful today with highs mainly 65-70
Dry northwest flow behind this front will result in a beautiful
day. Plenty of sunshine is expected with just a bit of fair
weather diurnal CU. Given northwest flow in pre-
greenup...thinking temps overachieve the guidance by a few
degrees. Afternoon highs should top off between 65 and 70.
Enough mixing should yield some NW 20-25 mph wind gusts this
afternoon...but a very nice mid-April day is in store for the
region.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
Key Points...
* Mainly clear tonight with light winds, lows mainly 30s to lower 40s
* Filtered sun Wed with sea breezes...highs 50s coast & 60s inland
Details...
Tonight...
A ridge of high pressure overhead will result in mainly clear skies,
light/calm winds and a very good night of radiational cooling with
the dry airmass in place. Overnight low temps will bottom out well
down into the 30s across the outlying locations...to between 40 and
45 in some urban centers.
Wednesday...
Upper level ridge axis approaches from the west on Wednesday. Plenty
of sunshine to start will be filtered by some increasing mid/high
cloudiness as the day wears along. The mid level trough axis will
weaken the pressure gradient sufficiently enough to result in sea
breeze development along the coast. This should keep highs in the
lower to middle 50s along much of the immediate coast...while
further inland across the interior highs will be into the 60s.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
Highlights
* Isolated to scattered showers on Thu, mainly across the interior.
Temps slightly cooler than seasonable.
* Dry for much of Fri with temps returning to seasonable levels.
* Cold front brings scattered showers late on Fri through Sat. Mild
temps return.
* The temp roller coaster continues with a return to near normal
temps and dry weather for Sun/Mon.
Wednesday Night through Thursday...
Will have an omega block situated over eastern Canada, the Great
Lakes and Northeast to start the period. The ridge axis will be
extend from Long Island into western Quebec Wed Night, but a
shortwave will be riding the ridge into early Thu. At the same time
a trough will lift into the eastern Great Lakes. The trough lifts
into Quebec/New England by late Thu. A warm front will lift toward
our region during this timeframe, but remains shunted to our SW.
Expect increasing chances of isolated to scattered light rain
showers across southern New England during this period. Do have some
uncertainty on the northeastward extent of the precip shield.
Deterministic guidance shows this discrepancy via the PWAT plume.
The GFS is much more progressive and pushes the 0.75-1" plume to the
coastline, whereas the ECMWF/NAM/ICON/UKMET keep these values
confined to the interior. In combination with the easterly LLJ am
expecting the best shot for showers from roughly central MA to RI
westward. Further to the east there could be some isolated hit/miss
activity. Really not expecting to eek much of the moisture out given
the upper forcing is well off to the NW. Could see perhaps a few
hundredths of accumulation.
Given the onshore easterly flow did opt to nudge down our temps from
the NBM. Appeared to be running just a bit too warm, so went down to
the 50th percentile of guidance for now. Highs in the low to mid 50s.
Friday through Saturday...
Ridge axis slides offshore on Fri. Will get stuck in cyclonic flow
later on Fri. A trough will dig across the Great Lakes late Fri and
into New England by Sat. The trough may be mostly through by late
Sat, but there is some discrepancy on the timing. High pressure
builds overhead early on Fri before shifting offshore late in the
day. A cold front slides in from the west late on Fri through Sat.
Dry and quiet weather expected for much of Fri with high pressure in
control. There is some uncertainty with how quickly the front slides
in from the west. Think that the NBM could be a tad to fast with the
precip onset and may actually remain dry through the day. Though far
western areas could see showers spread in toward the evening. Main
reason for this thinking is the lower levels (1000-850 hPa) are
quite dry and should take a bit to moisten. This will appears more
likely to happen Fri eve and continue into Sat as the front is
sliding through. Fortunately the front is progressive and am not
expecting much precip as it slides through.
Temperatures will return to near normal levels for this time of year
on Fri as winds turn southerly. Highs range from the 50s to the low
60s. Better shot for mild readings on Sat as we get into breezy W to
WNW flow. The NBM in this case appears a bit too cool, so did bump
up our temps a bit due to a well mixed boundary layer. Highs range
from the upper 50s to the mid 60s.
Sunday and Monday...
Still caught under cyclonic flow through this time period. Will have
some mid level ridging in place over the Great Lakes and into New
England. This should nudge high pressure into our region keeping our
weather dry and quiet. The NBM seems reasonable at this point, so
haven't deviated for this timeframe. High temps right around
seasonable levels.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Forecast Confidence Levels:
Low - less than 30 percent.
Moderate - 30 to 60 percent.
High- greater than 60 percent.
This afternoon...High Confidence.
VFR today with NW winds increasing to between 8 and 13 knots
with a few gusts over 20 knots developing by early afternoon.
Tonight...High Confidence.
VFR. Calm/light NNW winds.
Wednesday...High Confidence.
VFR. Light N winds becoming variable and remaining light during
the afternoon inland, while sea breezes develop around 10 knots
along the coast.
Wednesday night...High confidence.
VFR for all terminals to start. IFR cigs move into western MA/CT
terminals after 06z in showers. Light S winds becoming SE.
KBOS TAF...High confidence in TAF.
KBDL TAF...High confidence in TAF.
Outlook /Thursday through Saturday/...
Thursday: VFR. Breezy. Scattered SHRA.
Thursday Night: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Isolated
SHRA.
Friday: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Breezy. Slight
chance SHRA.
Friday Night through Saturday: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR
possible. Breezy. Chance SHRA.
&&
.MARINE...
Forecaster Confidence Levels:
Low - less than 30 percent.
Medium - 30 to 60 percent.
High - greater than 60 percent.
Today through Wednesday...High Confidence.
Weak pressure gradient will keep winds & seas below small craft
advisory thresholds through Wednesday. Good mixing over the land may
result in some NW 20 knot near shore wind gusts this afternoon. We
are also not expecting any issues with visibility/fog given the dry
nature of the airmass.
Outlook /Wednesday Night through Saturday/...
Wednesday Night: Winds less than 25 kt. Isolated rain showers.
Thursday through Thursday Night: Winds less than 25 kt. Seas
locally approaching 5 ft. Isolated rain showers.
Friday: Winds less than 25 kt.
Friday Night through Saturday: Winds less than 25 kt. Seas
locally approaching 5 ft. Chance of rain showers.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
MA...None.
RI...None.
MARINE...None.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...Frank/BL
NEAR TERM...Frank/BW
SHORT TERM...Frank
LONG TERM...BL
AVIATION...BW/BL
MARINE...Frank/BL
Meta data
Point forecast:
https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/BOX/65,93/forecast
Zone forecast:
https://api.weather.gov/zones/forecast/MAZ014/forecast
Hourly forecast:
https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/BOX/65,93/forecast/hourly
Hourly detail:
https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/BOX/65,93
Point detail:
https://api.weather.gov/points/42.4399,-71.2405
Alerts:
https://api.weather.gov/alerts?active=1&point=42.4399,-71.2405
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