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More sunshine on Thursday; warmer days ahead

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DEGREES AND A SOUTH WIND AT SEVEN. THOSE EVENING SHOWERS ARE SO FAR TONIGHT. SKIES CLEARING UP, A LITTLE COOLER. 48 TO 56 AS A LOWER FOR THE NIGHT. Speaking of tomorrow, sunny start, but a few clouds in the afternoon. TOMORROW EXPECT HIGHS OF AROUND 70 TO 74. LIKE TODAY, BUT TAKING THE RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST. ALL OK. TOMORROW'S HIGHS WILL LOOK LIKE THIS. BURLINGTON ABOUT 73 FOR HIGH QUALITY MILFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE 72. MOST OF WORCESTER COUNTY ABOVE 60S TO ABOUT 70. WORCESTER ITSELF SHOULD REACH 70 BUT BY THE TIME YOU REACH UXBRIDGE IT'S A LITTLE WARMER. AND ON THE SOUTH COAST MOST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE 70S. TOMORROW, ON THE WAY TO WAREHAM, THE 70S MIGHT BE THE WARMEST PLACE IN THE CAPE. JUST BECAUSE OF THE WARM SEA CLOSE BY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A COOL START AND WE'LL SEE SOME CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. SO THIS SYSTEM HAS TURNED AROUND A LITTLE HERE WITH A COLD AREA OF AIR UP HIGH. IT'S GOING TO SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM HERE. SO I THINK THE THREAT OF RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW IS PRETTY QUIET. AND BEHIND IT THERE'S NOTHING BUT SUN. SO FRIDAY IS JUST SUN AND WARMER AIR STARTS TO MOVE IN. YOU'LL SEE SOME RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY IN THE MIDWEST. PARTS OF MINNESOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, IOWA, NEBRASKA. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET HERE, SO I'M NOT REALLY EXPECTING RAIN UNTIL MAYBE MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, IN THE FORECAST. SO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW EARLY. WAKE UP. IN THE AFTERNOON THERE'S A LOT OF SUN. THERE ARE A FEW CLOUDS COMING UP AND AS THE SUN GOES DOWN THEY'LL DISAPPEAR AGAIN AT SUNSET. IT'S GETTING EARLIER AND EARLIER. AS WE HEAD UP TO FRIDAY THERE'S NOT MUCH BUSINESS GOING ON, JUST SUNSHINE AGAIN. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING TO THE BEACH THE WATER TEMPERATURES ARE NICE AND WARM, A LIGHT BREEZE. IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD DAY TO BE AT THE BEACH. LAST WEEK WE HAD THE FULL RISK OF A BACKWARD. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. BUT REMEMBER WE STILL HAVE A HIGH ANGLE OF SUN. IT CAN BE SUNBURNED VERY QUICKLY, MAKE SURE YOU PUT ON SUNSCREEN. ALL GOOD. SO IT WILL GET IT OFF. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, SUNSHINE TOMORROW WITH A FEW AFTERNOON CLOUDS, YOUR FRIDAY, ANOTHER SUNNY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 26 DEGREES. WE'RE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, SATURDAY 28 DEGREES, SUNDAY 29 DEGREES. NOW THE HUMIDITY IS RISING A LITTLE BUT BY AUGUST STANDARDS IT'S REALLY CONTROLABLE. AND AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, THERE'S ENOUGH HUMIDITY OUTSIDE, A SMALL SYSTEM COMING THROUGH. ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY WE'LL LIKELY GET SOME RAIN BLOWS. SO WE'RE IN LOOKING FOR SOME REALLY DRY DAYS. IF YOU LIKED TODAY, TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST TOO.

Video: More sunshine on Thursday; warmer days ahead

Mike Wankum takes a look at the weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

Mike Wankum takes a look at the weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.