Video: Sunnier, warmer days ahead

RINGING. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET’S GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. YEAH. GRAY SKIES OUT THERE. A LOT OF CLOUDS. YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. CINDY. WE COULD HAVE USED A LITTLE BIT MORE, RIGHT? THERE’S A SENTENCE. WE HAVEN’T SAID MUCH LATELY. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. WE MADE OUT QUITE WELL, ACTUALLY, ON PARTS OF CAPE COD. LOOK AT DENNIS. OVER 2.5IN OF RAIN THERE. HARWICH OVER AN INCH. PLYMOUTH OVER AN INCH. EAST WALPOLE CANTON RIGHT AROUND AN INCH. SO SOME OF US DID QUITE WELL. THERE WAS THIS ONE LITTLE SPOT ON THE CAPE, BASICALLY BETWEEN DENNIS AND BREWSTER. WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN FELL, BUT THAT WAS VERY LOCALIZED. AS I WIDEN OUT THE VIEW, YOU CAN SEE AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF BOSTON REALLY DIDN’T PICK UP ANYTHING AT ALL, AND WE PICKED UP CLOSER TO A 10TH OF AN INCH IN BOSTON. BUT CERTAINLY SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS SAW MORE RAIN THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND WE COULD USE MORE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE GET AN INCH OR TWO, WE’RE MORE THAN THREE INCHES BEHIND IN BOSTON. AND LOOK AT THAT DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR ON THE CAPE AND HYANNIS. IT IS NEARING SEVEN INCHES, SO WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST SEVEN INCHES JUST TO CATCH UP TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO WE STILL NEED MORE. OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE STILL QUITE DRY. AND THE DROUGHT MONITOR UPDATED THIS MORNING. THINGS HAVEN’T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IT HASN’T GOTTEN WORSE LOCALLY, BUT TO THE NORTH, LOOK AT THIS AREA OF ORANGE, HOW EXPANSIVE IT IS immediately THAT IS SEVERE DROUGHT. AND THIS AREA OF RED REALLY EXPANDED FROM JUST A SMALL SECTION OF CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE ALL THE WAY INTO WESTERN MAINE immediately. SO THE DROUGHT IS WORSENING AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LACK OF SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD RAIN AROUND HERE. WHAT IS LEFT OF THOSE SHOWERS? LONG GONE. immediately OFFSHORE, WE HAVE THE CLOUDS IN BOSTON. BUT LOOK AT THAT CLEARING LINE. BRIGHT SKIES DEVELOPING NORTH AND WEST OF 495. AND THAT TREND IS GOING TO PRESS TOWARD THE COAST AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE AFTERNOON, WHERE THE SUN HAS POPPED OUT, WE’RE ALREADY 70 OR HIGHER TO THE WEST. AND NOTICE WE’RE STILL RUNNING IN THE MID 60S FROM BOSTON DOWN TO THE CAPE. AS THE SUN EMERGES, THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS GOING UP. SO HOW ABOUT 80 DEGREES IN WORCESTER THIS AFTERNOON UP INTO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY? METRO WEST WILL BE CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES. WE’LL POP INTO THE MID 70S IN BOSTON AND HOLD CLOSE TO 70 ON CAPE COD, WHERE IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR THOSE CLOUDS TO BREAK, BUT THERE’S A TOUCH OF HUMIDITY OUT THERE. I’M SURE YOU CAN FEEL IT AS YOU’RE STEPPING OUT. THAT IS GOING TO GO AWAY TONIGHT. SO THE DEW POINTS ARE GOING TO DROP DOWN INTO THE 50S FOR TOMORROW, AND THEN CRISP, DRY FALL AIR IS SETTLING IN FOR YOUR WEEKEND. THE DEW POINTS ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING IN THE 40S HERE FOR YOUR WEEKEND. THAT DRIER AIR WILL START WORKING IN BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM. SO YOU’LL FEEL THAT CHANGE TONIGHT. BUT THE SKIES BRIGHTENING UP. GOOD NEWS OVER AT FENWAY PARK AS WE’VE GOT ANOTHER BASEBALL GAME TO PLAY. THIS ONE. 135 FIRST PITCH SHOULD BE AROUND 70 DEGREES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S FOR THE COURSE OF THAT GAME. BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR BASEBALL OVER AT FENWAY. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO CLEAR ON CAPE COD. THIS IS 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. STILL CLOUDY FOR YOU, BUT THEREAFTER THE CLOUDS GO AWAY. YOU’LL GET INTO SOME LATE DAY SUNSHINE AND IT WILL BE MAINLY CLEAR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 50S TO AROUND 60 DOWNTOWN WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY. TOMORROW IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. MOSTLY SUNNY, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, BUT IT IS WARM, 75 TO 80 DEGREES WITH SUNSHINE AND DRY AIR FOR YOUR FRIDAY. LOOKS FANTASTIC. AND THEN THINGS COOL DOWN THIS WEEKEND. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FRONT. IN FACT, BY SATURDAY MORNING LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES 40S HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME 30S UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. BUT WE’LL BOUNCE BACK INTO THE 60S WITH SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON, BRIGHT AND SUNNY ON YOUR SATURDAY AND YOUR SUNDAY. ANOTHER CHILLY START ON SUNDAY, BUT WE’RE CLOSER TO 70 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE’RE MONITORING TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE IN THE TROPICS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BOTHER ANY LAND AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT IT MAY STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AS IT GETS CLOSE TO BERMUDA EARLY NEXT WEEK. AND THEN IT DOES CURVE BACK INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. SO NOT GOING TO BE A BOTHER FOR THE EASTERN SEABOARD OTHER THAN SOME ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. COOL WEEKEND ON THE WAY, FEELING LIKE FALL, BUT IT DOES NOT STICK AROUND. WE ARE GOING TO WARM UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK. SHOULD BE BACK TO AROUND 80 ON TUESDAY, AND THAT LOOKS TO B