Bostonians can expect a sunnier disposition from the sky today as a calm southwest breeze brings highs cresting in the low 40s. However, those clear skies won't stick around for long; clouds will creep in tonight, bringing a low around 32 degrees and potentially gusty winds topping out at 23 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
The weekend is set to dampen spirits and streets alike, with a "weak — but sufficiently wet — weather system" as reported by NBC Boston, targeting the region tomorrow afternoon after a deceptive peek of sunlight, onshore winds stubbornly persist Monday making it challenging to clear up and temperatures will stagnate in the upper realms of the 40s for a spell. Saturday itself might hit a hopeful high near 50 degrees before the likelihood of rain jumps to 80 percent and new precipitation could total up to a tenth of an inch.
As the weekend wears on, the chance for showers before 11 pm tomorrow spikes to an uncomfortable 90 percent with new rainfall potentially reaching up to half an inch, a calm before the potential storm that could raincheck plans into Sunday morning according to the National Weather Service. Post downpour, Sunday might salvage a high near 53 degrees under a thick shroud of clouds.
Looking ahead, the city's respite from rain is a tentative affair — come Tuesday there's "a shot at getting some sun into the scene," says NBC Boston, just in time for thermometers to flirt with the 60-degree mark, while treasonous clouds maneuver back into place Wednesday and the drums of rain beat once again by Thursday the odds stand at 60 percent like the unease that clouds any outdoor plans. As for the start of the next workweek, don't expect much of a temperature ascension with highs persisting about 54 degrees under mostly cloudy skies Monday.
