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From the NBC10 Boston First Alert Weather Center… Today (Friday): Hot, humid, chance late & evening thunder. Highs 90-95, heat index around 100. Overnight Friday Night: Chance shower/thunder, especially west. Lows in the 70s. Saturday: Scattered AM shower, PM storms. Highs near 90, heat index 90-95. Sunday: Delightful air, sun through clouds. Highs near 80.

From the NBC10 Boston First Alert Weather Center… Today (Friday): Hot, humid, chance late & evening thunder. Highs 90-95, heat index around 100. Overnight Friday Night: Chance shower/thunder, especially west. Lows in the 70s. Saturday: Scattered AM shower, PM storms. Highs near 90, heat index 90-95. Sunday: Delightful air, sun through clouds. Highs near 80.

Wednesday night: A few lingering showers/thunder. Lows 65-70. Thursday: Cooler, limited sun, showers late and west. Highs in the 70s. Friday: Areas of rain likely, heavy downpours with localized flooding potential. Strong wind gusts on Cape Cod. Highs in the mid 70s.

Overnight Tonight: Slow clearing, patchy fog. Lows around 70. Wednesday: Warm and humid, PM storms. Highs 85-90. Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a few showers, mainly west. Highs in the 60s to around 70.

Overnight Monday: Mostly clear. Lows in the 70s. Tuesday: Sunny until late day scattered thunder. Highs in the middle 90s, heat index 100°+. Wednesday: Hazy, hot and humid with scattered storm, some could be severe. Highs in the 90s, heat index 100+.

Friday: Morning showers, then mostly cloudy, turning humid. Highs around 75. Friday night: Clouds fill in, patchy fog. Lows in the 60s. Saturday: Mostly cloudy, isolated sprinkle or shower, especially west. Highs 80-85. Sunday: Hazy, hot, humid and breezy. Highs around 90.

Today: Hazy, hot, very humid, scattered strong late day/eve thunder. Highs in the 90s. Overnight Tuesday Night: Rain, thunder, fog. Lows around 70. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, humid, AM shower, late scattered thunder. Highs in the 80s.

Today (Wednesday): Sun and clouds, hot, a bit humid. Highs around 90. Overnight Wednesday Night: A period of thunder and showers. Lows in the 60s. Thursday: Warm, less humid. Highs around 80.

With Wednesday’s summer weather, it’s important to keep safety in mind.

Overnight Monday Night: Warm, clear. Lows 75-80.
Tuesday: More humid, hot, scattered PM storms. Highs around 95, heat index just over 100.

A tornado warning was issued for parts of Penobscot County, Maine, Monday evening as the state was hit by severe thunderstorms and the region contended with sweltering heat. There were no immediate reports of a tornado forming; it can take a day or more for the National Weather Service to confirm tornadoes. But people in the area were urged to…

Monday’s record high temperature of 98 degrees in Boston was set in 1882 and isn’t an easy one to surpass, but after 138 years our First Alert team thinks that record will likely fall Monday afternoon, as we predict Boston’s temperature to top out at 99 degrees.  Some towns in southern New England are likely to hit the century mark,…

Warm fall days are heating up school classrooms that don’t have access to air conditioning. The Boston Herald reports that students and teachers in some schools have been sweltering in the face of unseasonable warm temperatures.

Various parts of New England are under a heat advisory or warning this weekend as scorching temps are expected to soar to about 90 degrees, sending the heat index value at 100.

Much of southern New England is under an excessive heat warning this weekend as temperatures are expected to soar above 90 degrees, sending the heat index value as high as 100. As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Boston EMS has responded to over 700 incidents, with nine people transported due to heat-related illnesses since Friday.

In the wake of the significant heat that will blanket New England Monday, several cooling centers have opened to offer relief from the harsh sun.

Overnight Monday Night: Sticky, any thunder dwindles. Lows around 70. Tuesday: Warm and comfortable. Highs in the 80s. Northwest wind 5-15 mph. Wednesday: A great summer day. Highs in the 80s. West-southwest wind 4-12 mph, local sea breezes.

A powerful storm is causing damage and power outages as it moves through New England.

There is no question it will be hot today, but it certainly won’t be atypical. Records may be set, but the heat and humidity are relatively average for late Spring.