Providence, Rhode Island 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS61 KBOX 101922
AFDBOX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
222 PM EST Sun Nov 10 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
Increasing clouds today ahead of a cold front that brings light
accumulations of rain to the region overnight tonight. Warm on
Monday. Another Cold front brings cool and gusty winds again on
Tuesday. Less windy with seasonable temps Wednesday. Trending
drier for Thursday into the weekend.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
230 PM Update

Tomorrow Night

A progressive frontal wave will bring a much needed soaking of rain
to southern New England this evening and overnight. Guidance has
been consistent over the last 24 hours in bringing showers into
western MA/CT between 8PM and midnight. There is some uncertainty in
how much rainfall those along and north of I-90 may receive with hi-
res models hinting at anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch 0.2
inches. Confidence is a bit higher across RI and southeastern MA
where a modest 0.1 to 0.3 inches of rainfall is expected. Showers
will exit the region between 5am and 8am tomorrow morning. Winds
remain steady out of the southwest this evening with lows ranging
from the mid to upper 40s across interior/northwestern MA to the low
to mid 50s across southeastern MA.


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.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

Tomorrow

Showers exit east of The Cape/Islands by 10am. This will be followed
by gradually clearing skies and a very mild afternoon. Southwest
flow will advect a much warmer air mass into southern New England
with 925 hPa temps rising to near 10 Celsius. With a well mixed
boundary layer in the wake of the exiting frontal system, we should
see surface temperatures in the upper 60s to perhaps low 70s across
portions of eastern MA and RI tomorrow afternoon. Areas at elevation
west of I-495 will be a bit cooler in the low to mid 60s. Winds
remain steady out of the southwest with periods of 20 to 30 mph
gusts over The Cape/Islands for the first half of the day. Winds
shift west during the mid-afternoon as the pressure gradient
slackens bringing an end to the stronger wind gusts.

Tomorrow Night

A strong surface cold front crosses the region tomorrow night
quickly bringing an end to the brief warm up from Monday afternoon.
Low-level CAA brings 925 hPa temps back down close to freezing which
will support somewhat normal low temps in the low 40s across
southern New England for TUesday morning. Winds shift northwest
behind the front. With CAA supporting a well mixed boundary layer,
stronger winds aloft may mix down to the surface with wind gusts
between 20 and 30 mph carrying into Tuesday. &&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

Highlights...

*Colder Tuesday and then even moreso Wednesday into late week with
highs in the 40s.

*Likely remains dry through the weekend, but chance for some showers
over eastern MA on Friday into Saturday.

*Temperatures warm a bit for the weekend, back into the mid to upper
50s.

Details...

A reinforcing push of dry air comes Tuesday behind a dry cold front,
ushering in a much colder airmass compared to Monday on NW winds.
Highs will only reach into the 50s. Expect quite a blustery day
as SNE is sandwiched between exiting low pressure over Nova
Scotia and high pressure over the Great Lakes. This induces a
30-35 kt LLJ which, with CAA enhanced mixing, will pull down
gusts of 25-35 mph. By Wednesday mid level ridging returns with
surface high pressure so winds will be light but temperatures
even colder, in the 40s. The hope for a substantially wetting
rain on Thursday is all but gone at this point with the
shortwave actually dipping too far south and missing southern
New England. At this point the best hope for some relief looks
to be over eastern MA as the shortwave may pull Tuesday`s cutoff
low back west toward the region close enough to get see some
rain. Looking beyond that, ridging does look likely to return
later in the weekend for a drier forecast but with moderating
(warmer) temperatures.

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.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Forecast Confidence Levels:

Low - less than 30 percent.
Moderate - 30 to 60 percent.
High - greater than 60 percent.

18Z Update...

Through 00Z... High Confidence

VFR. Steady southwest winds around 10 knots.

Tonight...High Confidence in trends, moderate confidence in
exact timing

MVFR/IFR ceilings overspread southern New England between 03 and
06Z this evening along with light rain. Winds remain steady out
of the southwest. 20+ knot gusts possible especially over The
Cape/Islands.

Tomorrow..High confidence in trends, moderate in exact timing

Showers exit the region from west to east between 11 and 14Z.
This will be followed by ceilings lifting back to VFR between 12
and 15Z from west to east. VFR thereafter with steady southwest
winds becoming more westerly after 18Z. Gusty winds over the
Cape/Islands gradually diminish.

Tomorrow Night...High Confidence

VFR. West winds becoming northwest with a frontal passage after
06Z. 20 knot gusts develop behind the front with the northwest
wind shift.

KBOS TAF...High Confidence in TAF.

VFR with SW winds around 10 knots through this evening. Light
rain showers move in around 04-05z tonight.

KBDL TAF... High Confidence in TAF.

VFR with SW winds around 10 knots Sunday. Light rain showers
move in around 02-03z Monday.

Outlook/Monday through Wednesday/

Monday Night: VFR. Breezy.

Tuesday: VFR. Windy with areas of gusts up to 30 kt.

Tuesday Night: VFR. Windy with gusts up to 30 kt.

Wednesday through Thursday: VFR. Breezy.

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.MARINE...
Forecaster Confidence Levels:

Low - less than 30 percent.
Medium - 30 to 60 percent.
High - greater than 60 percent.

Tonight

Conditions deteriorate mainly over the southern marine zones
overnight as southwest winds strengthen ahead of a frontal wave
moving across the region. Southwest winds increase to 25 to 30
knots over the south coastal waters with seas building to 5 to 7
feet. A few gale force gusts may be possible, but overall expect
SCY conditions to prevail.

Tomorrow

SCY conditions persist over the south coastal waters, but
west/southwest winds gradually diminish during the day. Seas
also gradually subsiding.

Tomorrow Night

A cold front crosses over the coastal waters tomorrow night
resulting in a wind shift to the northwest. Expect gusty
northwest winds behind the front with sustained speeds of 20
knots and gusts from 20 to 25 knots.


Outlook /Tuesday through Thursday/...

Monday Night: Winds less than 25 kt. Local rough seas.

Tuesday through Tuesday Night: Strong winds with gusts up to
35 kt. Rough seas up to 10 ft. Slight chance of rain.

Wednesday: Moderate risk for Small Craft Advisory winds with
gusts up to 30 kt. Areas of rough seas.

Wednesday Night: Winds less than 25 kt. Areas of rough seas.

Thursday: Winds less than 25 kt. Areas of rough seas. Slight
chance of rain.

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.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...Red Flag Warning until 6 PM EST this evening for CTZ002>004.
MA...Red Flag Warning until 6 PM EST this evening for MAZ002>024-
     026.
RI...Red Flag Warning until 6 PM EST this evening for RIZ001>008.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 1 AM to 4 PM EST Monday for ANZ232.
     Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 7 PM EST
     Monday for ANZ235-237.
     Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 1 AM EST
     Tuesday for ANZ254>256.

&&

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SYNOPSIS...BW/RM
NEAR TERM...RM
SHORT TERM...RM
LONG TERM...BW
AVIATION...BW/RM
MARINE...BW/RM
FIRE WEATHER...BW/RM