Thunderstorms

Summertime brings us hot temperatures and beach weather here in New England.  It also brings in those classic summertime thunderstorms.  Cloud to ground lightning is a sneaky threat from a thunderstorm. The storm does not have to be “severe” to produce flooding rain, or deadly cloud to ground lightning.  To bring more awareness to the threat, the National Weather...

Severe thunderstorm warnings were declared in parts of New England Friday afternoon, but they have since expired. See active weather alerts for your area here. Heat and humidity have been served to New England Friday courtesy of a busy Southwest wind with gusts to 35 mph, impacting play at the U.S. Open. As a cold front crosses New England from…

Humid air has returned to the region and you’ll notice the difference as soon as you step out the door this morning. We’ll be warming well into the 80s this afternoon too.  An approaching front will trigger some pop-up thunderstorm action, generally from the noon to 6 p.m. timeframe. Not everyone will see a storm, and not every storm...

Friday: Early AM shower departs for a warm, humid day with scattered PM thunder. Highs in the 80s.

An absolutely stunning midweek is unfolding for New England, featuring a breathtaking combination of sunshine, warmth and low humidity Tuesday and Wednesday.  The only spot in New England that may see a shower or two crop up Tuesday afternoon to early evening is the far North Country, near the Canadian border and especially northern Maine, but the rest of the…

Overnight Wednesday Night: Clouds return, fog south. Lows around 60.
Thursday: Rain returns from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Late day highs in the 70s.

After people attending Day 2 of Boston Calling were told to seek shelter due to severe weather, the music festival is back on. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut Saturday afternoon, but have since expired. Click here to see the latest weather alerts. “For your safety, everyone onsite should calmly proceed to the main entrance…

Overnight showers gave us some much needed rain, but with the temperatures expected to increase today, there is the chance of thunderstorms in isolated parts of the region.

Our pleasant stretch of weather continues with warm days, cool nights and low humidity.  Tonight our lows again drop to the 30s far north, 40s and low 50s to the south under a mainly clear sky.  Our wind direction changes a bit from the southeast tomorrow as a center of high pressure floats off to the east.  The wind...

It’s going to feel like it’s in the 100s this weekend. Record-breaking temperatures in the 90s will arrive Saturday and sustain into Sunday, with thunderstorms expected in various parts of the region, along with scattered hailstorms.

Monday: Early fog, clouds and sun, with isolated PM showers and thunderstorm, some severe west during evening with highs in the upper 70s & humid. Monday night: Showers and storms through midnight, some severe west, clearing late, breezy. Tuesday: Breezy, less humid, sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

We saw widely varying temperatures across New England today that prompted severe thunderstorm warnings to the west. We dug into the 70s in areas of Connecticut, with temperatures staying in the 40s across much of the northeast. The fact that we have such a significant contrast in our highs with instability across the west triggers our storm potential this evening…

An impressive backdoor cold front created quite the temperature difference across southern New England on Thursday and brought with it a risk for severe storms. There are severe thunderstorm warnings for Litchfield County, Connecticut and Berkshire County, Massachusetts. High temperatures will rise into the mid 70s to 80 degrees across Connecticut, while at the coast it will only rise into…

We’re looking at heavy rain Wednesday morning and afternoon, then a chance of thunderstorms late Thursday, but by next week we could be making a run at 70 degrees

We’re making progress in the temperature department. The wind has finally shifted to blow from the southwest and the thermometer is rising into the 40s for many of us.  Clouds will increase and thicken this evening ahead of a few mixed showers overnight.  A trace of freezing rain or dusting of snow is possible in the northern half of...

Spring air is knocking on our doorstep. Wednesday is the transition day; sunshine will be replaced by increasing clouds and temperatures will rise into the 40s. With less wind, it will feel much better than the last couple of days. Wednesday night, a warm front pushes through, marked by a few mixed showers, mainly in central and northern New England....

This evening we have clouds around and milder temperatures after warming to the 50s and low 60s this afternoon.  Most spots stay dry, with a chance for a stray shower moving through.  Overnight lows fall to the low 30s north, and the low 40s to the south.  More rain heads in for the weekend in waves.  No washouts, but...

A cold front approaching New England will cross the region from north to south Monday night into Tuesday. This front marks the leading edge of cool autumn air that will arrive and stick around throughout the remainder of the 10-day forecast.  As the disturbance moves through, expect some pockets of showers in northern and western portions of the region Monday...

First Alert weather continues into Friday as the threat of severe thunderstorms arrives into New England Thursday night. Preparation is key and we must be aware of the potentially strong storms that will come in Friday. A cold front will be pushing over western New England overnight with an easterly and slow movement to the east. But with its slow…

Friday night: Mostly cloudy, coastal shower. Lows in the 60s. Saturday: Decreasing clouds, an isolated shower. Highs near 80. Sunday: Mostly sunny, low humidity. Highs in the 70s.