A break in humidity will unleash a wonderful end to the work week
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Friday will see dew points finally crash back down to very comfortable levels.
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Friday will start off breezy with wind gusts topping 20 miles per hour across coastal New England.
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Weekend outlook
Saturday morning's sunrise features many of us in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. The rest of the day is a picture-perfect July day with temperatures in the lower 80s and low levels of humidity. The lower dew points mean that when you get out of the water, you may feel briefly chilly because of the evaporation of the water off your skin. When it's really humid, that process doesn't work so well, but in the dry air, there's a cooling impact.
High pressure will keep most of New England dry for Saturday, until very late in the evening.
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Saturday night is not as cool as Friday night as higher humidity rolls in. You'll probably want to close the windows and keep the humid air out as temperatures stay in the 60s to near 70 degrees all night.
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On Sunday, another frontal system brings back cloudiness and several hours of higher humidity. There will be a few showers. I think most of the showers are over by mid-afternoon if you get them at all.
Morning rain is possible across New England on Sunday.
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Then it's back to the drier air with a return to sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures for at least the first half of the upcoming week. Very often, this third week of July can be one of the best vacation weeks, and there are early signs that it is shaping up to be rather pleasant again this year.
Dry air spreads through the city to close out the work week. Next week sees mostly comfortable humidity levels.
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Friday's breakdown
Greater Boston:
Look for sunshine and warm temperatures on Friday with readings in the 80s. Temperatures will be in the low to mid-80s on Saturday with sunshine.
Southeastern Mass.:
Look for a stunning Friday with temperatures in the lower to perhaps middle 80s away from the coastline, along with plenty of sunshine. Still beautiful weather on Saturday.
Central and Western Mass.:
Much lower humidity brings warm temperatures with readings in the lower 80s on Friday and within a few degrees of 80 on Saturday, also with sunshine.
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Cape and Islands:
Sunshine abounds both Friday and Saturday, with the temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s both days, along with lower humidity, especially Friday afternoon into Saturday.
Rhode Island:
Sunshine boosts temperatures into the lower to mid-80s on Friday with lowering humidity. Dry air with sunshine continues on Saturday and highs in the 70s at the beaches to 80s away from the water.
New Hampshire:
Comfortable air with temperatures near 80 on both Friday and Saturday, along with abundant sunshine.
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