Weekend weather: What you need to know for every activity you have planned
Some wet weather starts the weekend, but dry weather finishes it.
This long holiday weekend, the weather is going to continue to mostly cooperate through Sunday with some minor glitches. One of the things I am continuing to notice is the longer range forecasts are looking wet, but as we get closer to the actual day of the forecast the rain (or snow) seems to not materialize as forecast days earlier.
Today a weak weather system will bring a few showers, not a lot of rain, but some. This will move offshore tonight and Saturday and the trend will be for slow improvement. I can’t rule out any precipitation on Saturday, but it would be light. Sunday brings back some sunshine and pleasant temperatures for late November.
Look for highs in the 40s today, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s highs may be a few degrees cooler than the previous two days, but there will be some sunshine to balance it.
The loop below shows some rain moving into the area Friday and departing Saturday morning.
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If you’re playing soccer, softball, or football…
The fields will be damp or wet Saturday from rainfall today and tonight. Even if the precipitation isn’t falling Saturday, things won’t really dry out very much due to the cloud cover. Sunday brings a better day for outdoor games, with some sunshine and pleasant temperatures.
If you’re going skiing…
Many ski areas opened in the past couple of days. The colder weather this week helped areas to be able to make snow, and some resorts received natural snow, too. There will be some snow across the Maine ski areas Friday night and Saturday, so plan accordingly for driving up there.
If you’re raking and gardening…
Rake when you can and heavily water evergreen plants in the next week. Plants like holly, rhododendron, and other conifers need water now so they can make it through the winter.
If you’re hiking or walking or running…
Saturday is a damp day, mostly in the morning. Sunday brings a clearing trend, with highs in the 40s.
If you’re running errands…
Saturday is the better day to do errands so you can be outside Sunday as the weather improves.
If you’re going to another outdoor event…
It will be wet Friday evening into Saturday morning, and then drier on Sunday.
I will be updating the forecast on Twitter @growingwisdom throughout the weekend.
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