Hot and sticky

Turn on your air conditioners if you have them.

Today:  Hot and getting more humid, highs in the upper 80s and low 90s, warmest inland.

Tonight:  Mainly clear, warm and humid, lows in the low 70s south, 60s north.

Tomorrow:  Hazy, hot and humid, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms inland, some may be severe, highs in the mid and upper 90s, a bit cooler along the coast.

Tomorrow night:  Any showers and thunderstorms end in the evening, otherwise partly cloudy, lows in the mid and upper 60s south, 50s north.

Friday:  Partly sunny, cooler, highs 75-80 south, near 70 north.

Discussion:

High pressure is pumping warm and humid air into New England and these conditions will continue into tomorrow.  Southwesterly winds on the backside of the high pressure system off the Eastern Seaboard will create some record high temperatures for the region today and tomorrow.  It won't be until a cold front moves through late tomorrow then we will get some relief.

Until that front arrives it will be quiet on the precipitation front.  There may be a few showers that try to make it into Western New England late today, but most of them will start to fall apart as they arrive as the sun will be setting and they will be getting further away from the unsettled conditions.  It looks like the front will arrive in New England late tomorrow afternoon.  Too late for any storms across much of Southern New England, but Central, Western and Northern New England may get a few strong storms.  We'll probably see them start firing up across Upstate NY around 1PM and then they will march eastward.  Strong gusty winds and large hail will be the primary threat from any of the strong storms.  Threat of rotation in the storms will be relatively low, but not entirely out of the question.  Maine will likely be the spot if any tornadoes or rotation develops.  I'll have more tomorrow.

After this front passes the flow across New England looks like it will slow down.  This is going to significantly impact the weekend, especially Sunday.  A low pressure system will move in late on Saturday and then hang around through Sunday.  This should provide periodic rain showers to the region.  We probably could use the rain as we haven't had any steady rain in nearly a month or so.  We should be able to salvage Saturday, but Sunday looks to be cool and damp.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.