There are two troublespots in this week's forecast. The first one occurs late tomorrow into tomorrow night when there is some uncertainty about rain release. A weak wave of low pressure could fringe southeastern Massachusetts with sprinkles and light showers. The more ominous dilemma is scheduled for later Thursday into Friday morning. At that time, the potential phasing of two upper air disturbances could evolve into a developing coastal storm near New England. Its precise place of birth, intensification rate and departure speed cannot be confidently determined at this time and all of these factors are crucial to forecast accuracy. Presently, I will recommend following Todd and Ken over the next few days to see if anything substantial could materialize. Right now, my thinking is leaning toward a close call meaning that the storm will deepen into a gale center in the Canadian Maritimes after it teases our region with some rain near the coast and a changeover to some snow farther north and west of Boston Thursday night. Clearly, there will not be any warm days coming up soon with expected high temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees below the average the second half of the week. Friday will be the coldest and windiest. In the meantime, hopefully, we'll have a couple nights of moonshine with the Full Beaver Moon occurring Tuesday.

Make it a good week!