A cold front moved through the city early this morning, ushering in cooler, drier air and a lot of wind over the next couple of days. The wind is the big story in a couple of ways. As a high pressure system moves in behind the front, it will squeeze up against a low pressure system forming along the New England coast. Strong winds will develop to even out the pressure differences between the two systems and we're looking at a breezy couple of days with a northwesterly wind at 15-25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph through tomorrow afternoon.
The high winds, dry air, and dry ground—yesterday's storm only produced 0.01 inches of rain—have led the National Weather Service to issue a fire weather watch for the daylight hours tomorrow.
Because of the wind, this afternoon's high will only reach the upper 50s. Thursday is expected to be slightly warmer with a high in the low 60s under sunny skies. Random question: Why does the Weather Channel use a cloud icon to depict a sunny day? Anyway, the pressure gradient, and thus the winds, will weaken by Thursday evening.
Friday is expected to start off dry, but will quickly cloud up thanks to the passage of a weak storm. There's a slight chance we could see a rain shower on Friday afternoon. Clearer skies are expected to return for the weekend, with Saturday reaching into the mid 60s and Sunday warming to the lower 60s.
