Here’s your Labor Day weekend forecast
It's starting to feel like fall already.
Meteorological fall begins Friday, and as you escape to enjoy the final weekend of summer, it’s actually going to briefly feel like October. A cold front will cross the region this afternoon with little more than a brief sprinkle in a few spots, but generally a miss for most. Behind this front, temperatures will fall to unseasonably cool levels. Today will reach the 70s to around 80, but you’ll have to wait until Labor Day for this type of warmth again.
Friday will be unseasonably chilly
Temperatures only reach highs in the 60s Friday, about 10 degrees below average. It will truly feel like fall in the morning, with temperatures in the 40s to lower 50s. Sunshine abounds, with a gusty breeze, but the chill keeps this from being a beach day.
Temperatures remain in the 60s Friday about 10 degrees below average
Saturday will be sunny
After a cool start to the day Saturday, temperatures rebound into the lower 70s. It would not surprise me if there is a spot in the upper 30s Saturday morning, but temperatures will mostly will be in the 40s. Some clouds will arrive later in the day. Showers from the remnants of Harvey don’t get here until after midnight.
After a cold start Saturday’s highs reach near 70.
Clouds and some showers Sunday
Any showers that fall Sunday will mostly occur in the morning. By the afternoon any rainfall should be out of the area, but it will remain cloudy. Temperatures will be in the lower 70s.
Labor Day at the beach
In spite of the cool weather to start the holiday weekend, it will end feeling like summer. Highs Monday with the early September sunshine will reach the 80-degree mark for many, and even Cape Cod will have readings well into the 70s.
Warm air returns on Monday with some 80s.
A tropical storm lurks offshore
Hovering in the background over the coming week will be Irma, a tropical storm, likely to become a hurricane in the coming days. This storm has the potential to impact the US mainland, but it’s very early in the game. Forecasts can change a lot in the coming week. Stay tuned.
Irma is forecast to become a major hurricane next week.
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