After much of this week has been dominated by a cutoff low pressure system pinwheeling scattered showers through New England and keeping the region very fall-like, the system is now departing to the northeast. This low pressure will now be replaced with a ridge of high pressure building to New England’ west. This will bring dry weather, sunnier skies and warmer conditions through the weekend.
This setup will prevent a deep southwest flow from developing initially, which will help keep humidity levels in check through Saturday. Dew points will be increasing over the next few days with Sunday noticeably more humid than Saturday, but truly oppressive humidity is not in the picture for this weekend.
Photo byNew England Storm Center
Temperatures will be around seasonable levels, which means a return to more summery conditions over the fall-like weather for the past few days. As a matter of fact, Burlington experienced its first stretch of three consecutive days with highs in the 60s in August since 2014 Tuesday through Thursday. It was basically an anti-heatwave (which is officially three consecutive days of 90+°). The generally seasonable temperatures look to continue with no major warm ups or cool downs on the docket.