Boston Obsession: Boston Marathon Weather Forecasts — now with more guesses!

Monday, April 18th is now in-range for seven-day forecasts, so I was able to dig up more forecasts.

WHDH is the Boston NBC affiliate. Local stations can be a good source for forecasts, since they often have an actual human being involved, rather than just leaving it entirely to some computer model. I’m not saying that makes it any more accurate, but that homey human touch just adds a certain something, yeah? They predict: High 53, low 37, mostly cloudy.

WBZ is the CBS station. High 55, low 40, partly sunny. Update: Pete points out in the comments that the WBZ weatherperson has an in-depth blog post (one of a series) about the marathon-day weather. He says there’s a weekend storm system that will either be just passing or long gone by Monday, but either way it should be pretty dry, with either a WSW or NW wind. (WSW is ideal.)

The National Weather Service probably also has real people on the job, though a cadre of soulless bureaucratic meteorologists might not be your idea of  the homey human touch. Highs in the lower 50s, partly sunny.

WeatherBug chimes in with: High 55, partly sunny.

MSN says High 52, Low 32, showers.

AccuWeather? High 57, Low 42, clouds and sun. Winds 22 mph from the WSW, gusts to 40mph.

ForeCa: High 64, low 45, partly cloudy. Winds 11 mph from the W.

Intellicast: High 56, low 40, partly cloudy. Winds 13 MPH from the SW.

All in all, this would be pretty good marathon weather. These forecasts will probably still change though.