Volume 116 >> Issue 33 : Sunday, August 25, 1996

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Weather: Salubrious Sunday

Weather

Salubrious Sunday

A small area of high pressure will be perfectly positioned and timed just right to give our region a wonderful late summer Sunday. The next system coming from the northwest appears to pack no punch and little moisture, and thus only a scattering of showers is expected for the first day of the work week.

Meanwhile, the tropics have become alive after a ho-hum July. Hurricane Edouard, located about 1,000 miles (1,610 km) east of Lesser Antilles, packing 115 knot gales and sporting a well-defined eye, may threaten eastern edges of the Caribbean, and eventually progress towards the Unites States mainland on a track resembling Bertha's vagaries of early summer. Another tropical depression, just emerging from the hurricane spawning spot of Cape Verde Islands has a potential for gaining more strength during the next few days.

Sunday: Sunny and warm, especially inland, where temperatures may reach 85­90°F (30­32°C) by late afternoon. Boston's high of 84°F (29°C) will be similar to the temperatures on the Cape and along the beaches, where early sea breezes will gradually fade away by mid afternoon.

Sunday night: Clear with a scattering of high clouds. Mild southwesterly winds. Low near 66°F (19°C).

Monday: Mostly sunny early, becoming partly cloudy during the day. Chance of scattered showers, especially to the north. Midday high of 82°F (28°C) may drop off a few degrees along the shoreline in response to weak seabreezes kicking in.