Overview

• Highs hold in the 70s to near 80 through the workweek with comfortable humidity and patchy morning fog, especially inland.
• Greater Boston faces near-zero rain chances for several days, though the extreme South Coast could see showers Wednesday or Thursday from low pressure near the Carolina coast.
• Models point to the warmest day on Friday near 80 degrees, followed by a cooler weekend with highs trending back to the upper 60s.
• Brief, spotty showers popped up Sunday in parts of southern New England before clearing, with any isolated storm mainly a lightning threat.
• Astronomical fall begins Sept. 22, and ongoing dryness is already stressing some trees, raising the chance of patchy or early foliage in places.