Overview

• Light, coastal drizzle and spotty showers cooled Maryland and southern New England on Wednesday, with most totals near a tenth of an inch and highs held to the upper 60s to low 70s under onshore breezes.
• Sun returns Thursday as high pressure reasserts control, bringing low humidity and a late‑week warmup to the upper 70s and low 80s for many areas.
• Weekend conditions look mostly sunny and pleasant, though forecasters note a low‑confidence chance for a stray shower late Sunday into early next week.
• Northern New England faces chilly nights with patchy frost possible in colder valleys, and the ongoing dry stretch is maintaining localized drought and elevated fire danger concerns.
• Maryland’s ragweed and grass pollen remain high under the dry pattern, and NWS Boston has confirmed five EF‑1 tornadoes from last weekend’s severe storms in Massachusetts.