Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
32.4°F
0.2°C
Cold
Clear
Today: Hi 45 °F
Tonight: Lo 33 °F
Dew Point: 25.7°F
Humidity: 76%
Barometer: 29.54 in S
mb
Snow Today: 0.0 in
Snow Monday: 0.0 in
March: 0.0 in
Winter: 15.8 in
Depth: 0.0 in
Visibility: 10 miles
Wind:
Now: Calm
Avg: Calm
Gusts: 1 mph
For Lexington, range of possible snowfall from 0.0 to 0.7". 0.0" expected.
Issued by:
National Weather Service Boston / Norton, MA
Point Forecast Updated Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:23am EDT
Outside of a few rouge showers it will be largely dry today and through the daylight hours of Wednesday. Gusty wind persists into Wednesday with a brief lull tonight. Scattered rain and snow showers will accompany a cold front passage late Wednesday and Wednesday evening, followed by windy and colder conditions late Wednesday night and Thursday. High pressure builds into the region Friday, then low pressure will likely bring rain Saturday which may begin as a period of accumulating snow across portions of the interior.
Mostly Sunny
Hi 45 °F
Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 9 to 14 mph.
Mostly Cloudy
Lo 33 °F
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.
Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain
Hi 51 °F
A slight chance of rain after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Snow Showers
Lo 30 °F
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of rain showers between 7pm and midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers between midnight and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunny
Hi 40 °F
Sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.
Mostly Clear
Lo 23 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 23. West wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Sunny
Hi 42 °F
Sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 12 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Snow
Lo 30 °F
A chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Rain And Snow Likely
Hi 46 °F
A chance of snow before 7am, then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Southeast wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Light Snow
Lo 28 °F
A chance of rain before 5am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny
Hi 39 °F
A slight chance of snow before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind around 18 mph.
Partly Cloudy
Lo 26 °F
Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind around 16 mph.
Slight Chance Light Snow then Slight Chance Light Rain
Hi 40 °F
A slight chance of snow between 7am and 10am, then a slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northeast wind around 16 mph.
Slight Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Light Snow
Lo 30 °F
A slight chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 13 to 16 mph.
Issued by:
National Weather Service Boston / Norton, MA
Updated Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:12am EDT
000 FXUS61 KBOX 191031 AFDBOX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 631 AM EDT Tue Mar 19 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Outside of a few rouge showers it will be largely dry today and through the daylight hours of Wednesday. Gusty wind persists into Wednesday with a brief lull tonight. Scattered rain and snow showers will accompany a cold front passage late Wednesday and Wednesday evening, followed by windy and colder conditions late Wednesday night and Thursday. High pressure builds into the region Friday, then low pressure will likely bring rain Saturday which may begin as a period of accumulating snow across portions of the interior. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... 630 AM update... Upslope snow showers impacting the west slopes of the Berkshires, but drying out on the downwind side over the east slopes where worst case is a stray snow shower or flurry next few hours. Plenty of sunshine to start the day will give way to sct-bkn strato-cu this afternoon. Current forecast on track. Previous discussion... * Noticeably cooler with diurnal CU developing late morning through the afternoon. A quiet Saint Joseph's Day across southern New England, with no weather concerns for those traveling to their nearest Italian bakery for a zeppole! Mid-level trough will move off shore today with the flow aloft westerly to west/northwesterly. Expecting a breezy west wind to continue through the day, BUFKIT soundings depict a well mixed boundary layer, perhaps mixing to 800mb as the RAP and NAM would suggest. Gusting periodically 20 to 30 mph. As we are tapping into to cooler temperatures aloft, 850mb temperatures are roughly around -10C, which is -5C colder than the what is average for middle of March. Afternoon highs are in the 40s, lower 40s across northern Massachusetts, middle 40s across the coastal plain, urban centers of Boston, Hartford, and Providence are 45F-48F. But, adding in the gusty wind, it will feel as if it were in the 30s. Similar to Monday, we do expect diurnal CU to develop once again. A rather dry atmosphere, PWATs less than 1/4" inch will result in a very low chance of a spot sprinkle or flurry. Latest high-res guidance paints a VERY isolated chance, likely due strong mid-level forcing as the mid-level trough pushes off shore. As the probability is low, opt to leave it out of the grids, but rather mention in the AFD. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/... * Spotty shower possible overnight for far northwest Massachusetts. * Mild temperatures on Wednesday, spotty shower possible during the day, better chance comes late Wednesday. Tonight: Increasing cloud cover, wind shifts more southwest with diminishing wind speeds. Spot snow showers are possible across far northwest Massachusetts do to orographic upslope on the west side of the Berkshires. PWATs are low, but the SLR are around 16:1, perhaps a coating of snow, to an half inch for locations AOA 1500 feet. Lows fall to either side of freezing. Wednesday: Mid-level warm front moves from south to north during the day, a spot shower or two possible, otherwise dry. PWATs increase from WAA to 0.3 to 0.5 this is more or less near normal for mid March. With the lack of forcing, do not expect much in the way of showers. The better forcing with the negatively tilted mid-level trough will come in later, Wednesday night with better chance of showers and usher in much cooler conditions. More on that in the long term discussion. Wednesday does feature more gusty wind, this time it is out of the southwest between 25 to 30 mph. High temperatures recover to the upper 40s across the interior to the low 50s for the coastal plain. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Key Points... * Scattered rain and snow showers Wednesday evening * Windy and colder Thursday with diminishing wind Friday * Increasing chances for more significant precipitation Saturday, although uncertainty in track of low pressure remains high Wednesday night into Friday... Strong shortwave and cold front passage will be accompanied by scattered rain or elevation snow showers which will become focused across eastern New Eng Wed evening. Then front moves offshore before midnight followed by colder and much drier airmass overnight and Thu as PWATs drop to near 0.10". This will lead to plentiful sunshine Thu but it come with windy conditions. Winds will ramp up in the cold advection overnight Wed night with peak of the wind during Thu. WNW gusts to 30-40 mph expected with possible gusts 40-50 mph over the higher elevations and wind advisories may eventually be needed. Chilly airmass as 850 mb temps bottom out at -12 to -15C Thu morning with temps well below normal. Highs Thu will range from the mid 30s higher terrain to lower 40s near the coast, with gusty winds making it feel much colder. Winds diminish on Friday as high pres builds in from the west. Continued dry airmass with lots of sunshine and temps remaining below normal with highs upper 30s to low/mid 40s. Friday night into Monday... Still considerable spread in the deterministic and ensemble guidance regarding potential impacts from a possible coastal storm through the weekend. Looks like there will be an initial surge of warm advection precip late Fri night into Sat as southern stream moisture lifts north into SNE along an inverted trough/surface wave. With antecedent cold air initially in place, precip may start as snow, especially interior with some accum possible before changing to rain during Sat. While forecast confidence is below normal for Sat, confidence decreases significantly beyond Sat. Complex upper level pattern with uncertainty how northern stream energy interacts with southern stream system. ECMWF and Canadian maintain a split flow with southern stream low remaining to the south into Monday with persistent easterly low level jet and deep moisture plume leading to wet weather and gusty winds lingering into Sun-Mon. GFS shows more phasing with northern and southern stream low pres impacting region Sat with potentially heavy rainfall, then system moves off to the east with drying conditions Sun-Mon. Due to large spread in the guidance we leaned toward NBM for the Sat-Mon period which offers high pops for Sat, then drying out Sun-Mon. But confidence is very low and large forecast adjustments will likely be needed. Astronomical tides this weekend are low with Boston around 9.5 ft through Mon. However, if ECMWF solution is closer to reality, persistent easterly flow will likely build seas and surge enough for the potential for minor flooding and beach erosion over multiple tide cycles. && .AVIATION /10Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Forecast Confidence Levels: Low - less than 30 percent. Moderate - 30 to 60 percent. High- greater than 60 percent. Today... High Confidence. VFR. West/northwest 10 to 15 knots with gusts of 20 to 25 knots. Another round of mid level CU with bases of 5-8 kft. Tonight... High Confidence. VFR. Decreasing winds turning south/southwest less than 10 knots. Wednesday... High Confidence. VFR. Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts of 20 to 25 knots. Another round of mid level CU with bases of 5-8 kft. Low chance for a spot rain shower or snow shower in higher terrain of northwest Massachusetts. KBOS TAF... High confidence. KBDL TAF... High confidence. Outlook /Wednesday Night through Saturday/... Wednesday Night: VFR. Strong winds with local gusts up to 40 kt. Slight chance SHRA. Thursday: VFR. Strong winds with gusts up to 45 kt. Thursday Night: VFR. Strong winds with local gusts up to 40 kt. Friday: VFR. Windy with local gusts up to 30 kt. Friday Night: Mainly VFR, with local IFR possible. Breezy. Chance SN, chance RA. Saturday: MVFR/IFR conditions possible. Windy with gusts up to 30 kt. RA likely. && .MARINE... Forecaster Confidence Levels: Low - less than 30 percent. Medium - 30 to 60 percent. High - greater than 60 percent. Today through Wednesday... High Confidence. Dry conditions today and tonight, increasing rain chances late Wednesday afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front. Continued Small Craft Advisory due to marginal winds and seas. Will sea the near water advisory end by late this morning, with southern outer waters continuing into this evening as seas are 4-5 feet. Increasing chances gale force winds could arrive as early as Wednesday evening and lasting into the overnight hours. Outlook /Wednesday Night through Saturday/... Wednesday Night: Low risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 40 kt. Areas of rough seas. Slight chance of rain showers. Thursday: Moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 40 kt. Rough seas up to 10 ft. Thursday Night: Moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 40 kt. Areas of rough seas. Friday: Low risk for Small Craft Advisory winds with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas locally approaching 5 ft. Friday Night: Winds less than 25 kt. Chance of rain. Saturday: Low risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 30 kt. Areas of rough seas. Rain likely. && .FIRE WEATHER... Today... Minimum afternoon relative humidity values drop into the 25 to 35 percent range today, away from the higher terrain of western Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut. Winds are west to northwest gusting of 20 to 25 mph, a few gusts up to 30 mph are anticipated by late morning/early afternoon. In coordination with our fire weather partners, have held off on issuing another SPS for elevated fire weather concerns. Thursday... Gusty WNW winds and rather dry airmass will lead to the potential of elevated fire weather concerns again on Thursday. Minimum relative humidity values of 20-40 percent are expected with gusts 30-50 mph. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. MA...None. RI...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for ANZ231>235-237-251. Small Craft Advisory until 2 PM EDT this afternoon for ANZ250. Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM EDT Wednesday for ANZ254>256. && $$ SYNOPSIS...KJC/Dooley NEAR TERM...KJC/Dooley SHORT TERM...Dooley LONG TERM...KJC AVIATION...KJC/Dooley MARINE...KJC/Dooley FIRE WEATHER...KJC/Dooley
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UV Index forecast high for today: 3 Medium
Current (Estimated): 0 None
Note: Rain measured automatically by weather station. Rain totals do not necessarily include melted frozen precipitation.
For more accurate, manually measured rain data, see the Local Precip Data page.
0.0 in
Snow Today:
0.0 in
Snow Monday:
0.0 in
March total:
15.8 in
Season total:
0.0 in
Snow Depth:
0 snow days in March
15 snow days this season
12:00am
35.6°F
High today:
6:30am
32.4°F
Low today:
1:35pm
49.6°F
High Monday:
11:26pm
35.6°F
Low Monday:
2:27am
30.0°F
Low wind chill today:
8:46pm
32.7°F
Low wind chill Monday:
3:59am
26.6°F
High dew pt today:
7:21am
28.8°F
High dew pt Monday:
2:27am
4 mph
Wind gust today:
11:00am
12 mph
Wind gust Monday:
No alerts/warnings active for Southeast Middlesex County.
Alerts active nearby in: Block Island Sound; Buzzards Bay; Cape Cod Bay; Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket; Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island; Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm; Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay; Nantucket Sound; Rhode Island Sound; Vineyard Sound
First Light:
6:21am
Sunrise:
6:49am
Sunset:
6:57pm
Twilight ends:
7:24pm
Daylight length:
12 hours 08 minutes
Phase:
Waxing Gibbous (72%)
Moon set:
4:31am
Moon rise:
1:20pm