Overview
- Near‑record warmth held across many areas this week with Boston reaching about 77°F and widespread November highs above normal.
- A midweek frontal passage will produce widespread showers and periods of moderate to heavy rain in Central and Eastern Kentucky, with rain increasing overnight into Wednesday.
- A cold front moving through southeast Louisiana on Wednesday will bring a few showers and clearer, cooler air for the following days.
- Forecasters warn Friday is the most active day for New England, especially southeastern and coastal Massachusetts, where stalled fronts and low pressure could cause downpours, poor drainage flooding, and embedded gusty showers.
- Behind the fronts a pronounced weekend cooldown will drop daytime highs into the 50s and overnight lows into the 30s, raising the chance of patchy frost even as rain provides drought relief to some southern Kentucky communities.