Perhaps the Best Weather Week of the Year!
April was certainly not a walk in the park in the Lowell area with cold snaps, snow, and flooding rains, but so far May has been making up for lost ground. Warm, dry, sunny days and cool nights could make for possibly the best stretch of weather for this YEAR!It's not often in New England that you can go five days without some sort of bad weather- be it Thunderstorms, Snow, Coldsnaps, or Heatwaves.
The next week looks to be the exception to the rule. Warm sunny days, with slowly moderating temperatures will be the trend from now until next Thursday at least.
High's for Saturday should top off in the upper 60s to near 70, while Sunday for the 39th annual Walk for Hunger in Boston will be a tad cooler with high around 60 degrees. The only fly in the ointment: We could see some scattered frost in low-lying inland suburbs late Sunday night and early Monday morning. It does NOT appear to be a killing frost at this point, however it may be wise to cover any recently planted tender vegetation Sunday night.
By next week, the 70's will be making a comeback, and we will be flirting with 80 degrees by the middle of the week. Each day will feature mostly sunny skies.... dewpoints will be low, so none of that oppressive humidity will accompany the warm temperatures. In a nutshell, a string of delightful weather that very rarely happens in New England.
The downside of the beautiful weather however may be the woes of the allergy sufferer. Pollen counts are already running very high thanks to maple and ash trees, and with the string of warm dry weather, look for pollen counts to increase as more plants join in the mix. By next Wednesday, many outdoor surfaces could have a yellow coating of pollen. So, if you're a seasonal allergy suffer, you may want to refill your prescriptions now.
Aside from that, enjoy the great weather while we wrap up the college year here at Umass Lowell. Our last Campus Buzz show of the semester will be next Friday from 9am-10am. We hope you join us in saying goodbye to another great year.
For Campus Buzz WUML Lowell 91.5 FM this is student meteorologist John Webster.
