Rain Finally Going Away? New Long-Range Forecasts For MA Promising

MASSACHUSETTS — A new batch of long-range forecasts from the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center has some promising news for southern New England: the rain might finally go away.

After a summer marred by very heavy rain and severe weather events, long range forecasts show a good probability of drier, warmer weather through the early weeks of October.

Massachusetts has a more than 60 percent chance of higher-than-usual temperatures and a more than 30 percent chance of drier-than-normal weather through at least Oct. 8, the Climate Prediction Center said in new outlooks.

NBC Boston meteorologist Pete Bouchard said the upcoming weeks will be a change from the persistent stormy, rainy weather New England has seen since May. A high pressure system will be parked above the Northeast at least through early October, he said in a tweet Monday.

"After ONLY 4 dry weekends (out of 17) since Memorial Day, could this be our time?" he said. "Pattern relaxes with a stagnant upper level high through early October. Favors dry (and for some, mild) weather."