Thursday's forecast calls for powerful thunderstorms in some areas
By Tim Kelley ••
Today (Thursday): Patchy fog, scattered PM downpours & thunder. Highs in the 80s, 70s Maine. Overnight Thursday Night: Areas of clouds & fog. Lows in the 60s. Friday: Chance inland shower. Highs in the 80s inland, 70s coast & Maine.
A weak, but significant front divides New England today. Our 1 p.m. weather map shows mid 90s in Connecticut, mid 70s in Boston, and low 50s in northern Maine!
Along the boundary, which is pretty much positioned along the Massachusetts Turnpike, we are expecting rounds of heavy weather this afternoon and evening.
Powerful thunderstorms move slowly from northwest to southeast close to the stalled front. All storms today are capable of a tremendous amount of lightning and rainfall, along with the possibility of isolated damaging wind gusts (in excess of 55 mph).
Some of heaviest rainfall we get in New England, as a result of a situation like today, a week wave of low pressure on a warm front.
The higher the dewpoint south of the front, the greater potential for heavy rainfall.
Today is one of those days, the dewpoint is in the 70s in Connecticut, while only in the 40s in the state of Maine. Some communities may receive more than 3 inches of rain in an hour or so.
Action should settle down overnight, as we lose heating of the day thanks to the setting sun, storms diminish leaving areas of dense fog, showers, and drizzle.
Weak low-pressure pushes to our east tomorrow, leaving a similar boundary over southern New England, so we still have the potential for showers in the thunderstorm but it's less intense them today.
The temperature forecast for tomorrow is most challenging, it looks like we could be in the 60s on the north shore of Massachusetts, and the New Hampshire seacoast.
With drier air and parts of Maine the sun may come out pushing temperatures in the 70s.
And once again in southwestern New England we may see temperatures close to 90.
Lee d'Entremont-Wilfer
Winthrop, Massachusetts
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Nahmakanta Lake, Maine
Christopher Wright
North Bennington, Vermont
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Salisbury, Massachusetts
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Winthrop, Massachusetts
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Gloucester, Massachusetts
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A rainbow after a storm in Sharon, Massachusetts.
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A "pileus cloud" at the top of an incoming storm cloud in North Andover, Massachusetts.
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Clouds coming into Intervale, New Hampshire
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Storm clouds approaching St. Albans, Vermont.
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Ogunquit, Maine
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Mt. Guyot, New Hampshire
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Fortune's Rock Beach, Biddeford, Maine
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A gorgeous shot from Parsonfield, Maine.
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Sunrise in Westminster, Mass.
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Lake Winnpesaukee, New Hampshire
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Haddam, Connecticut
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Air balloon in Quechee, Vermont.
From the Morse Airport in Bennington, VT: A group of energetic students from Ms deRham's Pre-K Class at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington, Vermont visited the William H. Morse State Airport in Bennington, Vermont today. The students received a tour of the airport, operations and a number of aircraft including a Cessna 182 used by the Civil Air Patrol for search and rescue operations. After a questions and answers session with pilot Tim Allen, the students built and flew toy planes supplied by Airport Manager Rob Luther.
Dave Clement
David Clement captured the sunrise in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on August 26.
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Ginny Colangelo took this photo on August 28 of the sunrise in Revere, Massachusetts.
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Tom Olson shared this photo on August 14 of the moon in York, Maine.
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David Epstein shared this photo of the sunrise through the fog in Massachusetts on August 15.
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NECN Viewer John Gorham send in this breathtaking scene from York Beach, Maine
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Scott Colbert
Scott Colbert snapped this great pic of Fenway Park.
Betsy from Mendon, Vermont, sent us a sign that fall is coming!
Keri McAndrews sent in this great scene from Dracut, New Hampshire
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Eight-year-old Ty MacLean snapped this shot at Blue Hills Reservation in Massachusetts
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Sherry Blanchard
Hothole Pond in Loudon, NH
Kathy Daly
Sugar Hill, N.H.
Dawn Vessels
Hebron, N.H.
Donna Cobb
Donna Cobb
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Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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Kate Scheffler
Ellen Genovese Hansen
Charleen Arruda
Mark Lotterhand
Dennis, Massachusetts - "Cousins"
Keri M.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Memorial Bridge
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, Annisquam Light
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Green River Festival, Greenfield, Mass.
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Sunrise through fog, Ogunquit, Maine
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Salem, Mass.
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Cornish, Maine
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Lynn, Massachusetts, storm damage
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Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Gregory Carter - Flickr
Washington, Vermont
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Union, Maine
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Mt. Jefferson, New Hampshire
Jennifer Glendon
Salisbury, Massachusetts
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York Beach, Maine
Twitter/@787MAGGIE
Quincy, Massachusetts
B. MacLean
A Blackhawk over Boston as part of the Congressional Medal of Honor Convention.
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Saugus, Massachusetts
Mitchell Napolitano
Sunrise in the Gulf of Maine
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Sunrise in Petersham, Mass
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Maine moose in mist
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Lyndonville, Vermont
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I-91 in Vermont Saturday night.
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Monadnock, N.H.
Dawn Vessels
New Castle, N.H.
Dapixara Art
Festive lobster pots in Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Jeremy D'Entremont
Nobska Point Light in Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Brenda Harris
Brenda Harris describes this Circumhorizontal Arc as a "rainbow cloud."
Cara-Jean Perry
Cara-Jean Perry describes this Circumhorizonal Arc as a "rainbow-eagle" cloud.
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Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire
Steven Carter
Steven Carter got an up-close pic of this squirrel.
The weekend also features potential for heavy rain.
Stronger low pressure slowly crosses northern New England with the threat for continued downpours, and the possibility of localized flash flooding tomorrow night through early Sunday. The best hope for any sunshine over the weekend is in southern New England, when we may get some breaks and temperatures back into the 70s.
