This Weeks Forecast

Tonight

Showers fizzle, then something will happen that hasn't happened in exactly a week: skies will clear out. Patchy fog. Lows around 60.

Saturday

Superb celebration! Sunshine and a few fair weather clouds. Dry and mild for the fireworks. Upper 70s during the afternoon, cooling to the low 70s by fireworks time. West/northwest winds. Ahhh....

Sunday

Still stellar! Sunny and mild. Mid and upper 70s.

Monday

Partly sunny. A pasing storm in the afternoon. Upper 70s.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny. Upper 70s.

Wednesday

Warmer! Sunny. Low 80s.

Daily Weather Blog

By Pete Bouchard

Resume normal operating procedure.

Welcome to our new pattern folks. More sun, fewer storms, brighter mornings, clearer nights.

Hmmm...that's funny. Kinda sounds like summer.

Full disclosure: Saturday is looking better than I thought. Storms in the afternoon are now out of the picture. Sunday is looking equally as nice...and low and behold, most of next week is dry! We won't break any records, but comfy cozy temperatures.

Ain't summer in New England grand?

Have a safe, happy 4th of July weekend.

GO SOX!

Pete

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From spaceweather.com:

On June 12, 2009, Russia's Sarychev Peak volcano erupted, hurling an enormous plume of ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. This has produced some unusually beautiful sunrises and sunsets around the northern hemisphere. When the sun goes down, delicate ripples of white appear over the western horizon. Then, as twilight deepens, the sky turns a lovely shade of "volcanic lavender." Fine volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere scatter blue light which, when mixed with ordinary sunset red, produce the lavender hue. Other signs to look for include a bright yellow "twilight arch" and long crepuscular rays and shadows.

Follow the plume of ash in this animation. Look for the orange highlights!

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