As Hurricane Helene lifts into the interior southeast today, Yesterday’s upper low that brought rain to New England will be sliding eastward, away from the region. The system’s cold front will stall to the south of New England today, which may make cloud cover stubborn across the southern tier of New England. Regardless, skies will be on a clearing trend as the day goes on. With the upper low still near Nova Scotia, a few wrap around showers will be possible across eastern Maine.
Friday will also see a ridge of high pressure begin to build into New England. This ridge of high pressure will once again protect New England from wet weather from the remnants of a hurricane. This is similar to a few weeks ago when Hurricane Francine was blocked into the south by high pressure over New England (though that ridge was stronger than this one). The same will generally happen again this weekend as Helene is forced to turn to the west over Georgia and Tennessee on Saturday.
While most of New England will be completely dry this weekend,there is a chance of some of the outermost fringe showers of Helene to push into western Connecticut on Saturday. The more scattered shower activity will remain in the Mid-Atlantic, but a couple quick showers may be able to wander into southwest New England just due to proximity. Saturday will feature plenty of clouds around (though not overcast all day), but overall dry weather for everyone else.