Thursday Forecast

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7:27AM

DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 11-15)…
High pressure aloft brings the heat and humidity for the next few days, at least through Saturday, to southern New England. Thunderstorm chances will be limited as a frontal system will stay pretty far to the north for the next 3 days and storm triggers would really just be air mass heat and humidity. Also, it being fairly warm aloft sometimes limits the lifetime of single storms, making it more difficult for them to form clusters or lines and stay more organized or last longer. Regardless, though coverage of storms will be very low, any location that does see a storm could experience torrential rain, lightning, and gusty wind, so watch for any pop up storms if you will be outside, and even more importantly, try to avoid over exertion in the hot, humid conditions. Stay hydrated and out of the sun whenever possible. A front is expected to eventually slip southward and may trigger a few more showers and thunderstorms at some point on Sunday, but as of now I have my doubts about this activity being widespread or long lasting. Our best shot at a widespread area of rain may come during the morning hours of Monday as a low pressure wave moves along the front just after it settles to the south. A REMINDER! The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks during the next 2 late nights / early mornings (tonight / Friday early AM, Friday night / Saturday early AM). Best viewing is accomplished by removing yourself from light pollution to as dark an area as possible, and looking high in the northeastern sky toward the constellation Persius between midnight and first light. There may be some haze present, and a few areas may have patchy fog, but with luck the sky should be generally clear otherwise on both nights though I’m more confident in tonight.
TODAY: Mostly sunny. Remote risk of a few showers and thunderstorms in CT and RI, and possibly extreme southern MA, through early afternoon. Humid. Highs 82-88 Cape Cod and immediate South Coast, 89-98 elsewhere. Wind light S to SW.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Patchy ground fog. Humid. Lows 68-79, warmest in urban areas. Wind light SW.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Humid. Highs 82-88 South Coast, 88-96 elsewhere. Wind light SW.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Humid. Lows 67-78, warmest urban areas. Wind light SW.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Humid. Highs 80-88 South Coast, 88-96 elsewhere. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.
SUNDAY: Variably cloudy. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. Humid. Lows 66-77, warmest urban areas. Highs 80-92, coolest Cape Cod.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers, favoring the morning. Humid. Lows 64-74. Highs 77-84.

DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 16-20)…
Some mid period humidity and a possible shower/thunderstorm risk between fair and somewhat drier weather to start and end the period.

DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 21-25)…
A re-building of heat and humidity this period, but timing of any accompanying showers and thunderstorms is uncertain. Likely very limited rainfall.

222 thoughts on “Thursday Forecast”

  4. Am I missing something in trying to understand this sentence in the NWS discussion this morning?

    Lastly with extensive precipitation and cloud cover will also result
    in several days of above average min temperatures with the threat to
    break records Friday night.

    1. I don’t know 🙂

      But wonder if Logan has an overnight low of 80F or slightly higher one of the next couple of nights ……

    2. It means that they think a couple records could be set for the warmest low temperatures with Friday night being the most vulnerable record.

      However, their reasoning is not really sound. Extensive precipitation and cloud cover does not really correlate to warm overnight temperatures in the summer.

    1. Philip,

      JP’s rain gauge: 0.22 inch

      I’d say it’s in good shape and I don’t need to calibrate it. 😀

  7. Good morning and thank you TK. It scares me when you have 98 as your top range.

    My Dew point sensor is currently reading 76 *(!@*(#^!@#&*!@%^&*#^!&*@#^&!@*
    That’s insane!

    Logan is reading 75.

    Danielle Niles last night predicted a heat index in Boston of 99.
    I CALL BULL CRAP

    IF the dew point remains at 75 and she called for a high in Boston of 96

    Let me see. 96 with dp 75 does NOT equate to 99, it equates to a heat index of 108!!!

    With a temp of 96, in order to get a heat index of 99 one would need dp=65.

    So either she is full of CRAP OR she expects mixing and the dew point to drop
    into the mid 60s later today.

    WHICH IS IT??????????????????????????????????????????????

  8. BTW thanks to this facuckta humidity, we had to cancel our day trip
    to Lakeville. My wife couldn’t even breathe last night.

    If we’re going to have this crap at least let’s get some big downpours out of it
    and attempt to make up some of the rain deficit.

    1. I went to take our dog out and put the trash out and it feels worse than it did last evening. My perfect day is 77 and a dp of 50. My wife loves this weather but she also didn’t grow up with air conditioning. I turn the window units on high and then come back later and she has turned it on energy saver and 75. Yearly battle in our house :). Tell Mrs. OS fall will be here soon and I hope she can stay cool the next several days.

      1. Thanks North. I’ll be checking on here at Lunch time.
        I may end up staying home with her this PM. We’ll see how
        it goes.

  9. I hope no Patriots players suffer heat stroke tonight. What a God Awful night
    for a football game!

    1. I was thinking the same about the Players. Daughter has done horse shows in this weather and I look back and wonder why. Although, at the worst she pulled her horse out. Although, she had a choice even though her trainer gave her grief. The sports teams do not have a choice.

    2. I’ll be there and am worried about the heat, and im not dressed up in full pads and running around hitting people, im just drinking overpriced beer and eating greasy things 🙂

      1. Be extremely careful. That place is going to be like a
        Turkish Sauna. I think If I smelled beer in those conditions,
        I’d PUKE my BRAINS OUT!!!!

        I can’t stand the smell of beer anyway and add the heat and humidity it would be GAG CITY!!!!!

        And of course I NEVER EVER drink BEER!!!!

    1. The NAM was insisting on convection in MA this morning / midday. When I got up today I noticed the boundary that I believe it was focusing on was actually over CT, hence the mention of showers/storms for CT/RI in my forecast above.

      1. The HRRR is still insisting on convection for MA.
        Perhaps they are mistaking some mid level cloudiness?????

        1. But more so in CT. BIG time convection for this evening in
          Southern CT according to the latest HRRR.

          Only widely scattered/isolated pop corn type in MA

  11. Thank you, TK.

    Thank you to all others for your comments and views.

    Air was thick with fog when I looked out around 5:00 am. I could barely see the house across the street. Screens are still dripping wet on the North side of the house.

  12. Thank you, TK.

    It’s gross outside. My body sweats and smells. I’d take a zero degree day over today for sure. In fact, I dreamed of winter last night. Was very disappointed to wake up to the sound of my fan blowing hot, sticky air around my apartment, instead of the snowflakes and crispness that were in my dreams. Oh well. It’s just weather. And, we’re blessed to have all four seasons.

    1. There is such a thing as an air conditioner??

      I’m OK in this heat, but my wife is not, therefore, I HATE THIS WEATHER!!!

      I HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

      I nice dry day with temps in the lower 80s would be ideal. 😀

      TK, anything you can do about that?

  13. Maybe I wasn’t dreaming after all. Perhaps my mind was imagining what it would be like in Holland. Holland experienced its coldest August night in 23 years. And it’s only the 11th of August. It could and probably will get much cooler as the month progresses. In some places Holland had what meteorologists there call “frost on the ground.” It’s not something we ever denote in our forecasts, and quite frankly I don’t know exactly what it means. See map below for actual temperatures across the country – obviously minimum temperatures are in Celsius. They’ve had a cool and wet summer. The majority of summers there are cool and wet.

    http://nos.nl/artikel/2124718-koudste-augustusnacht-in-23-jaar.html

    1. Ironically, I am chatting on FB with an old friend. She used to live across the street, and my mother was her lunch lady when she was in grade school. 😉

      She now lives in Holland, and is complaining to me about how cold it is and that she’s wearing a hoodie while working on a project at home. 😉

  14. I love this weather!!!
    I’d take this every day and twice on Sunday over winter. I know some don’t like it and get ill, but just as many hate winter and I get physically sick with cold air asthma.
    We get what, maybe 3-4 days of this a year. Down south they deal with this everyday. Its no big deal to them. But on the other hand, they get 3 inches of snow and they are down for the count and bundled up when its 30 degrees like they live in Kimmirut.
    And the Patriots and the fans out there will be just fine. Pop Warner kids in Texas make it, I’m sure the Pats will.
    Also, people need to drink more water. Where the weather is like this all the time, people drink water. My guess is 60%+ of people you see everyday are somewhat dehydrated, even in the winter.

  15. So not to beat a dead horse, but we know we have our folks who hate this weather, and those that love it. You all know by now that I’m in the LOVE camp when it comes to this, but also part of the rare breed (like Vicki) who love both ends of the spectrum and everything in between… 😀

    Impressive storm cluster in southern CT heading for eastern Long Island Sound. Lots of CG lightning.

    1. I like being in great company.

      As I said below….I was reading up….this morning was absolutely glorious outside.

  16. Thanks TK.
    Feels like Florida out there.
    Special weather statement on that storm affecting Middlesex and New London counties in CT

  18. In addition special marine warning for eastern parts of Long Island sound with a severe thunderstorm producing a water spout according to the statement I am reading. Yesterday two weak tornadoes touched down one in North Haven and the other in eastern Long Island.

  19. Current Heat Index at Logan:

    Air Temperature

    88

    Dew Point Temperature

    73

    Heat Index = 96 F

    Unless that dew point starts Crashing, Heat indices ABOVE 100 today.

    1. Because of a low risk of isolated air mass storms. It’s not uncommon to see us in that area in this type of air mass. I’d have us in it too. In fact, it’s already verified quite nicely in CT. 😉

      1. I suppose. Just funny seeing it, when I know the chance of a thunderstorm here is just about nil. 😀

        1. In any given spot it’s low. But my concern all along was a boundary and some moisture in far southern areas (you may remember this has a concern a couple days ago). And when you have this kind of air mass, it doesn’t take much to get one to go, even if it’s fairly warm aloft, you can still get single cell air mass storms that pop up and rain out, in true tropical style.

  23. Parts of southeastern CT getting a good storm with lightning and heavy rain.
    12z NAM aggressive with CAPE in MA this afternoon and when clicking on some of the soundings there indicating marginal severe.

  25. For tomorrow I think the 12z NAM run is suffering heat exhaustion but quick peak on the cod site for Boston area at 0z tomorrow (8pm) helicity value just over 200 supercell composite in the 0.7 0.8 range and EHI value just over 2.0

  26. The highest dew point I remember seeing here in southern New England was 81, I believe in Worcester, on a day back in the summer of 1982.

  27. 12Z NAM has BDF into Boston by 12Z on Saturday. Sounds a little fast, but I suppose
    that is possible????

      1. The model is likely “confusing” outflow from convection that it forecasts moving off the Maine coast with the actual front.

  28. My daughter, SIL, and grandson are visiting from the Houston area.
    They laugh when we have heat warnings, etc. A day like today is just normal for them.
    There is not enough money in the world to get me to live there.
    Daughter says that you don’t have to shovel heat, humidity, or rain .
    They are in NYC for a couple of days before driving back. Can’t imagine how hot and smelly it is there!

    1. ROTFLMAO!!

      They can have it. Agree, you couldn’t pay me to live in Houston!

      Miami, perhaps (because of the ocean), Houston? No way!

      1. You could not pay me to live in Texas for any reason 🙂 No offense to your family weatherbee2. Just my personal view.

        1. Vicki…one day we were driving on the highway towards the inner city in Houston and saw a billboard that said
          “there is nothing wrong with a silencer.” With a picture of a gun! Nuf said about Texas culture if you want to call it that.
          SIL is from there…she went to Rice Univ.and for some reason likes it. She also hates their politics.

    2. I agree with your daughter ;).
      I actually like Houston. Been there a number of times. It’s not that far to Galvaston, which I really like.

      1. My daughter took us on a day trip last year..I agree…Galveston is a fun place. Wish I had more time there to learn more about the hurricanes and what they have done to prevent more catastrophic damage.
        She is actually in Missouri City, if you know where that is….about 15 minutes from Sugarland.

    3. Weatherbee2 – always nice to see you here. I can imagine you have had a wonderful visit with your daughter, SIL and grandson.

      I don’t mind today but then I have AC. Last night for the first time since we moved here in March, the window in my room was not left open. That said, I was sitting out this morning and it felt quite lovely.

  30. Today’s sun altitude and length of day match April 30th …..

    It was 55F and 41F (high and low temp) on April 30th at Logan.

      1. Agreed ….. I am always amazed how much the eastern Canada snow, Hudson Bay ice and chilly Atlantic keep our region so chilly in April and May.

        1. It sure does and that crap goes away over the Summer, so with similar sun angles in the Fall, temps are much
          more moderate. Fascinating stuff.

          Logically, one would think: same sun angle, same temperatures. NOPE, doesn’t work that way.

          How do you explain that to your students? I assume
          you have an occasional tangent in your Math classes to keep the students tuned in?

          You should teach them the HEAT INDEX
          calculation. It would be cool.

          1. Great idea (heat index calculation). They do have to start evaluating expressions and equations in grade 6 🙂

            Our Nova Scotia trip has me thinking I will be having them convert btwn Km and Miles because that will be either division of multiplication of decimals (1.6) depending on which way you convert. I have put the F to C equations on a math test in the past as an extra credit question.

            1. Really freak them out and give them the dew point calculation formula given relative humidity and temperature. 😀 😀 😀

  31. Logan just reached 90, however, the dew point has fallen to 72.
    Is this the dry mixing from above beginning to happen???

    Anyhow, the HEAT INDEX at Logan is now 98.

    1. That will “help” keep the temperature down a tad, but has not affect on the dew point. It is another mechanism that is reducing the dew points.

      1. Looking at the latest 14Z HRRR dew point chart, it shows some “drying” that
        lasts through the heat of the day, before the dew points climb back up again.

        It shows boston’s dp getting down to about 66 this afternoon.

        That would cap the Heat Index near 100 and prevent it from soaring up to 105-110.

        Have a look:

        http://im.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-2814324.gif

        I presume this is the mixing the NWS was talking about this morning?

  33. Looking at the latest 14Z HRRR dew point chart, it shows some “drying” that
    lasts through the heat of the day, before the dew points climb back up again.

    It shows boston’s dp getting down to about 66 this afternoon.

    That would cap the Heat Index near 100 and prevent it from soaring up to 105-110.

    Have a look:

    http://im.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-2814324.gif

    I presume this is the mixing the NWS was talking about this morning?

  34. Sorry about the duplicate, but the sire hung up and I didn’t think it went through.

    Current Heat Index at Logan: 99

    Temp 91 and DP 72

  35. Blackstone, good point on the water. Hydration is key. And yes, I know that some people like this weather. My Dad used to absolutely love this heat and humidity. Then again, he grew up in Baltimore and North Carolina.

    TK, good point on the weather challenges in the Netherlands. As I’ve said on this blog I prefer New England to Dutch weather. Perhaps not on a day like today, but days like this are rare. New England weather is “exciting.” My ex-wife, who is Dutch, described it as such. Never a dull moment, lots of sun compared to northern Europe, and genuinely seasonal variation. It gets hot during the summer, and sunshine is pretty much a given on most days. Fall is superbly beautiful, with colors, abundant sunshine most of the time, and a differential in temperature between day and night that is unique. It gets cold and snowy in winter almost every year, with again abundant sunshine on the majority of days. Spring is my least favorite, yet it also provides us with a true rebirth of plants and vegetation, and rather extreme pendulum swings in temperature.

    2. It really is a good point, from Blackstone and you. Remember, that anything that is not caffeinated and melts counts as liquid so it doesn’t have to be water. But the majority of people, I agree, do not get enough fluids. I personally detest drinking water but I like kidney stones even more so …..

      My in-laws also loved the heat and humidity. Every time I speak to my sister in law in GA, she tells me she has yet to use her AC.

      I also agree with Dave. I enjoy the way you write!

    1. Just dropped to 69. Slowly improving. Trouble is, the 75 and 76 dew points
      are what’s stuck in the house.

  38. Temp to 87.1 here. The DP was 71, then down to 69 and now up to 70. heat index 93 and a some wind gusts from WSW in high single numbers.

    All info from wunder except temp

  39. Both 12z runs of American Models have gone bonkers in my opinion.
    The 12z NAM severe parameters for Boston area your typical NAM through the roof for 0z tomorrow (8pm) The 12z GFS for Saturday in CT a model that doesn’t go bonkers is aggressive with the CAPE mid lapse rates helicity and EHI values. In fact some soundings indicate tornado for Saturday others just severe.
    You could see this by running the loop on the Cod Site.

  40. Regarding the DP at Logan. I wonder if with the heat and the composition of most of the ground there being black top (runways, roadways, parking lots, etc) if that helps with lowering the DP a little? I could be totally wrong but I notice that in other reporting stations (Wundermaps) that the DP is still heading up. Winthrop at 75, a few places in the Hingham-Weymouth area in the mid to upper 70s.

  41. I hope there is a Cap in the atmosphere Saturday and this model is bonkers but the severe parameters for CT on Saturday shown by the 12z GFS impressive.

  42. There is one obvious reason for some local dew point drop as we got to midday: It did not take long to evaporate yesterday’s moisture. By the end of today, it will be as if that rain never happened. Said that yesterday. Reiterating it today. 🙂

  44. Sat outside for lunch and to watch grandsons in pool. It is actually quite nice. The breeze certainly cannot be called refreshing but it keeps you cooler and at times there is the actual feel of cool in it…lasting for a split second but definitely there.

    1. Bubbles of dry air have been mixing down from above as we send the moisture upward (you can see that in the cumulus clouds).

  47. A few Cells popping out by Springfield. I was surprised to see that the strongest one
    has tops to 33,000 feet, with 3/4 inch hail.

  52. The isolated storms are occurring where the lift is. Gee what a surprise. This shows you that even short-lived air mass storms CAN be briefly severe. Very localized, but nasty if you are right there.

    1. Can we send some lift this way? please

      So frustrating to see storms to the West day after day event after event
      with virtually NOTHING here.

  55. NWS Taunton has extended the warning into Tolland county so they feel it will maintain strength as it heads southeast.

      1. Weak. You weren’t kidding. head for the storm shelters!
        Oops, we don’t have storm shelters. Ok Head for the basements!

  57. Some thoughts ….

    Cape Cod really could be included in the heat advisories. It’s 88F/76F for a heat index of 99F in both Chatham and PTown and Falmouth is 90F with a Hx of 102F.

    If 850mb temps on the EURO are an indicator and there isn’t a due southerly wind, Saturday and Saturday night could challenge today and tonight for hottest of the stretch.

    Extreme drought area has the “lowest” dewpoints. It just feeds on itself.

      1. The Merrimack River didn’t have much flow to it when we crossed over it on 495 a couple weeks ago.

        They put in a nice new bridge that crosses over the Merrimack on rte 95. Glad to see the old green rusted one replaced. 🙂

  60. My local (3/4 mile) Wunderstation is currently reporting a temp of 93.6 and DP of 79.2 for a heat index of 110. Now another one about 1 1/4 miles from (on the Backriver) is reporting a temp of 104 (obviously wrong) a DP of 77 and heat index of 119 LOL.

    1. Temperature is in the range of 93-96 and the dp is between
      72 and 75, somewhere in there. No Matter how you slice, heat index
      is OVER 100 and it is brutal out there. 😀

      My station at home is reading

      97 with dp 73 and even that 97 is probably 1 or 2 degrees high, although today
      perhaps not.

      1. I think the temps (except for the 104 on the Backriver and the 101 in Quincy Ctr) down here are pretty good (93-96) and I also think the DP’s down are pretty right on too (75-79). Anyway you slice it (and you can slice it today) it’s pretty unbearable out there. But I do have to say that I like it (for a day or two only LOL). Hope your wife is doing ok and staying in the AC.

          1. On the flip side I can’t take too much AC. I start getting headaches, sneezing, etc. I actually go outside quite often to warm up!

    2. Was just in Uxbridge. Just clouds and a brief downpour. I had noticed the clouds before leaving home and put umbrella down though

  62. If most media had their way, they’d have you believing this kind of weather is unprecedented here. Well, it isn’t. Do you know how many days I remember like this one in the last 40+ years? Lost count.

      1. Oh I don’t deny for a moment that those who dislike it, such as yourself, find it miserable. We haven’t had that many stretches of weather like this during the last few summers. The July stretch was one of the longer ones in quite some time, but that was without oppressive humidity. This one is a bit more humid, but fits the medium range forecast in place for quite some time now. We knew this pattern was going to evolve eventually. 🙂

        I do see a potential break (actually 2 of them) before we ridge again late August into September.

        1. Tk, I really don’t care. I’m not a fan, but I can tolerate it.
          I despise it because it see it knock the living shit out
          of my wife. I mean she is totally incapacitated by
          this weather.

          We already had to cancel today and we are supposed
          to go out to dinner tomorrow night and that most likely
          ain’t happening either.

          That is why I despise it.

          For the most part I could care otherwise. It is what it is.

    1. The boundary we’ve been watching got to just about your latitude and is now sinking back to the southeast.

      1. There once was a man from Nantucket
        Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
        His daughter, named Nan,
        Ran away with a man,
        And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

        The pair of them went to Manhasset,
        (Nan and the man with the asset.)
        Pa followed them there,
        But they left in a tear,
        And as for the asset, Manhasset.

        Pa followed the pair to Pawtucket,
        (Nan and the man with the bucket.)
        Pa said to the man,
        “You’re welcome to Nan.”
        But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.

  65. Looks like a little cell developed right over Blue Hill and went poof before it got to Randolph. Temp did drop from 91 to 89 at Blue Hill on the ASOS, but they are back to 92 now. Another one just went up right on the coast near Scituate.

  66. Dave, you’re right that certain weather extremes knock the you-know-what out of some people, including your wife. This applies to 3-H days like today, some may also be negatively affected by periods of brutal cold in the trough of winter. Remind your wife that glorious, humidity-free days are right around the corner. There’s light at the end of the tunnel.

  67. Few little cells out there. One right over Wrentham it looks like. How about that drought monitor though; when was the last time, if ever since that product has been produced, that we’ve had D3 level drought in eastern MA?

  68. Yesterday was an anomaly. We’re right back to the same regime. And I’m still not feeling much drought-relief in the days ahead, despite some media trumpet blasts. Scattered, yes. Widespread? That’s going to be hard to pull off.

  69. I see that Logan touched 97 a bit ago.

    That would have been:

    Air Temperature = 97

    Dew Point Temperature = 72

    Heat Index = 106 F

    1. My thermometer from the new weather station topped out at 99, but as
      I had indicated, that is probably a couple of degrees too high as in 2 or 3 or so.
      Although most of the day, it was spot on, probably due to cloudiness.

  70. I wonder where Mark is? He should look up as there is a nasty storm just East of
    Hartford. I see some weak rotation on that sucker.

    Developing into quite a little cluster of storms in Central CT.

    2. Thanks for the link, Ace but I will stick with TK’s and Dr. Judah Cohen’s winter outlooks. I believe that they were both in sync last winter and early spring.

      Of course at this point in the season, any long range forecast is just as good as any.

    3. Without even looking, this forecast and all “early” forecasts will find a way to call for colder and stormy for the East.

      If you call for the same thing every year, you’ll eventually be right. 😉

  72. Eastern parts of CT have been the spot for the severe thunderstorm warnings today. Got some active warnings now.

    2. Wow. What is difference between scud and funnel. I would think most would be smart and take cover with that as it is so easy to think funnel

  74. Great shot who ever took that. It looks like a funnel cloud but its not. I would not be surprised if there is slight rotation with this storm currently or it had it at some point. Where this severe thunderstorm warning is heading is an area that had a strong thunderstorm this morning. Eastern parts of state is where the action has been.

  75. Dave I was just under that storm – blew up right over the Bolton/Coventry CT area and sort of redeveloped a couple times right over me. We have had torrents of rain pretty much unrelenting for the past 50 minutes and 1.5″ in the rain gauge during that time. it just stopped. Also had some prolific lightning and thunder along with high winds. NBC 30 is reporting that someone was struck by lightning here in Coventry.

  76. I came back from vacation Sunday and had an inch in the rain gauge. Got another inch in the storms yesterday and 1.5″ from the deluge today. So 3.5″ in the last 10 days. I realize that’s the exception rather the norm but it does seem that CT/RI have been in the jackpot zone as of late.

  77. The heat index reached 108 at Brainard Airport just before 4PM when the storms hit (95 with a dewpoint of 76). That is about as oppressive as it ever gets around here.

  79. Just wondering. Any damage reports from the greater Hartford area from that cell?

    Just curious as a weather fan as I have no relatives there. I do have an aunt and cousins in New Haven.

  81. Mark welcome back and northern parts of Hartford county and parts of eastern CT have been the spots with the action today in CT. Nothing where I am.
    Philip one storm report has come in and I found this on the SPC site. Its in Manchester, CT where trees and wires are down on Summit Street in near route 44.

    1. Thanks, it was wild for awhile. Still trying to get more info on the person struck by lightning here – it occurred on Rte 31, about a mile away from me.

    2. Those are amazing photos – I can imagine many people freaking out when they saw those and thinking they were tornadoes!

  84. Thanks Jimmy for the post-storm update. Hopefully that is the only damage in the area and no injuries to residents.

  85. There was someone struck by lightning in Coventry unfortunately.
    Looks like we do it all over again here tomorrow and meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan said on air the storms could be a bit stronger here tomorrow.

  86. Vicki I was coming out of work couple years ago and saw a scud clouds. It was a severe thunderstorm warning I was driving through with vivid lightning and very heavy rain gusty winds.

    1. Very scary. I did some reading about them and it said they can fool pros and non pros alike….I can see why

      Thank you

  88. Mark that one cell seems like it has hardly moved and we keep seeing the severe thunderstorm warning extended on it now until 7:15 and flash flooding warning for that area until 8:30pm.

    1. It has been dancing around the same area for more than an hour and now a cell has developed to its SW

  90. Toss 18z GFS beyond 240. Absolute CRAP run way out.

    Before that, it only has about 0.60 inch rain for Boston through Monday.

  91. Pre season football is useless to watch. The NFL insist to charge season ticket holders full price for worthless games.

      1. I just find it pretty useless and boring. In the last few years, with the joint practices, most of the work gets done there. I really don’t care too much about seeing guys who won’t make the team. And I’m still in summer mode. Wake me up when the season starts after Labor Day.

    1. Not many Wunder stations are showing rain accumulation in that area for some reason. Glastonbury shows 3″ for the day but not sure if some of that was this am

  93. Those storms in CT are actually a bunch of cells. It’s very slow-moving training echoes. Each individual cell lasts 15-30 minutes.

    1. Curious. And they have been sitting for neary two hours. Do they just fall apart there? I haven’t seen any move on out?

      1. If the zone where lift is occurring stays in place, and it happens, they will appear “stationary”. This will dissipate in place but a few of the mid level remnants will move eastward for a short time.

        1. Got it. I did see other cells move in just none leaving. Makes good sense. Thanks for the explanation.

  94. Will see if this it with that severe warned storm. The warning has been extended on it numerous time in last few hours. In addition flash flooding warning up in that area.
    TK do you CT will be where the action happens again tomorrow?

  95. Finally that storm has fallen below severe criteria as is no longer warned.
    2.64 inches of rain fell in Glastonbury, CT in 90 minutes with that storm according to a tweet I saw from NWS Taunton skywarn

  96. Nasty looking storm with a warning in Northern parts of Fairfield County. That cell on its track will miss me to the south.

  98. Tonight reminds me of some of the classic still hot/muggy late nights when I was growing up. 🙂

  99. NAM continues to spit out less and less precipitation through early Monday…
    I realize that it has shortcomings after 36/48 hours but the trend is worthy of note, at least in regards to this model.

  100. 00z GFS is screwed up. It’s generating phantom precipitation near and just off the eastern RI/MA/NH coast, up to about 1/2 inch, when there won’t even be any showers in the area. Not sure what that’s all about.

  101. Current Heat Index for Logan = 91 F

    NO JOKE!!!!

    Even if I may have heard wrong, it is probably still well into the 80s.

  102. Yawn….

    Will it rain or will it Not? That is the question.

    I’m liking the 6Z 4KM NAM. Let us hope.

    SPC has us in a marginal risk for severe today and Sunday.

  103. 6:55 AM, it’s 78 here with DP 71.
    Looks like low for the night was 77. YUCK!
    House feels like a sauna. It is WET!

    Best I could tell Logan’s low was 78. Not sure if that is a record high low or not.
    Must be close.

    2. Remote risk before noon because an outflow boundary will be nearby. Slight chance after 2PM.

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