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Severe Weather Risk This Evening Humidity Relief Coming Friday

Severe Weather Risk This Evening Humidity Relief Coming Friday

Severe Weather Risk This Evening Humidity Relief Coming Friday

So far we have seen some scattered thunderstorms devleop on the radar. It looks as if based on the timing of this upper air disturbance moving eastward at the moment in Eastern NY down to Eastern Pennsylvania that maximum development will be a little further east in Eastern New England. This is where the Storm Prediction Center has…

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Severe Weather Risk Late Today Another Steam Bath Day Ahead

Severe Weather Risk Late Today Another Steam Bath Day Ahead

Severe Weather Risk Late Today Another Steam Bath Day Ahead

We saw a rather robust outbreak of thunderstorms late Sunday afternoon and evening after a day of steamy conditions. We are going to have the same conditions today with hot humid conditions. In fact today should be the hottest day of this stretch of heat and humidity. Highs today will reach 90 to 95. Between the daytime heating and…

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Humidity Plus Heat Sunday Through Tuesday More Bad Hair Weather

Humidity Plus Heat Sunday Through Tuesday More Bad Hair Weather

Humidity Plus Heat Sunday Through Tuesday

More Bad Hair Weather!

The soup continues today though today it will be hot soup. As usual in these high humidity air masses we start the day with low clouds and then gradually see some sunshine develop followed by pop up showers and thunderstorms. Such is the pattern of action today. Winds will be from the southwest which is a change from the east winds…

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Pop Up Thunderstorms Otherwise High Humidity Heat Sunday Through Tuesday

Pop Up Thunderstorms Otherwise High Humidity Heat Sunday Through Tuesday

Pop Up Thunderstorms Otherwise High Humidity Heat Sunday Through Tuesday

A few areas have seen some pop up scattered downpours or thunderstorms during the afternoon. They come and go rather quickly but if you were “lucky” enough to get one the result was the steam bath that was left behind. Temperatures are into the 80s, humidity levels are very high. Truly the dog days of August pattern is with…

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Our Summer Weekend Begins Morning Clouds Afternoon Sun Late Day Pop Ups

Our Summer Weekend Begins Morning Clouds Afternoon Sun Late Day Pop Ups

Our Summer Weekend Begins Morning Clouds Afternoon Sun Late Day Pop Ups

August nights are longer than July nights as we lose 2 minutes a day of day light. The longer nights and the warmer and more humid nature of the air mass plus a bit of an onshore flow leads to low clouds in the mornings that burn off to some sunshine usually by mid morning or midday. Then the daytime heating bubbles up some…

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August Dog Days Rolling Along High Humidity Heat Arrives Sunday

August Dog Days Rolling Along High Humidity Heat Arrives Sunday

August Dog Days Rolling Along High Humidity

Heat Arrives Sunday

The August dog day stretch continues today which does make things rather easy from a forecast standpoint. We are looking at another day of sunshine and some clouds. We had some humidity relief that developed from NYC and the Hudson Valley east to Connecticut. It made for a nice feeling yesterday evening as a I walked across NYC. The…

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August Dog Days Sun Clouds Pop Up Downpours

August Dog Days Sun Clouds Pop Up Downpours

August Dog Days Sun Clouds Pop Up Downpours

Think back to yesterday and you can expect a repeat performance for today, Friday, and Saturday. We have a stalled frontal boundary just offshore. We have some dry air to our north that is trying to bleed southward and might make it briefly in the Hudson Valley to Connecticut and maybe for a few hours to about NYC. The atmosphere is unstable enough that…

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Warm Humid August Dog Days Through The Weekend

Warm Humid August Dog Days Through The Weekend

Warm Humid August Dog Days Through The Weekend

It looks like we are entering that annual stretch of weather where it is warm or very warm, humidity levels are on the high side, and there is the chance of the odd scattered downpour or a thunderstorm. Nights are warm and humid with clouds and sometimes some patchy fog develops especially along coastal areas. Such are the August dog days where the…

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