Dave Epstein

In my opinion, this was one of the nicest weekends of the entire summer with warm conditions and low humidity.

An upper-level low is expected to bring multiple rounds of rain to our region, possibly into Thursday.

Hi, I'm Dave Epstein, a meteorologist for the Globe, guest-writing today's Starting Point, and I've been tracking the latest on our next round of soaking rain that's about to overtake New England this week.

We've enjoyed plenty of sunshine and beautiful conditions to start the week, but beginning Tuesday, the weather pattern in New England will gradually

As we wrap up these final days of July and head into August, one of the things that will be decreasing is the amount of daylight.

Our weather pattern will soon do an about-face The final day of July leads us into the weekend and the beginning of August.

The high humidity will be the catalyst for rain and possible thunderstorms. Risk of flooding more west of Boston.

I've been thinking about how August seems to arrive with the not-so-subtle reminders that summer won't last forever. But let's not rush through it, OK?

I'm constantly reminding myself about the transient nature of everything. Maybe it's a feeling I wake up with that changes by afternoon, or the

As we head toward the second weekend of August, you can plan on hot and humid conditions on Friday.