An Early Taste of Summer...
I guess it's time to put the AC units in...things are heating up around here and this warm spell has legs. High pressure is growing off the East Coast...that's a summertime placement for it. At the same time, the large area of low pressure that has been spawning days of severe weather in the Midwest continues to work to the East and basically we have a little squeeze play going on...this means very warm and muggy flow has commenced and will continue for a number of days.
The severe weather is getting closer, it now exhists just to our north and west, in fact several tornado watches are up this evening from Vermont to NY State to PA. In fact, there have been a couple of tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service office in Burlington, VT and funnel clouds have been sighted. The big question is will the severe weather continue east and approach us? Right now it looks like the best forcing and dynamics will remain just west and north of us but tomorrow afternoon will have to be watched very closely for thunderstorm development. There will be strong to severe storms in Western MA and in Northern New England that could easily stray into Central and Eastern MA or SW NH.
Once we hit the weekend the storm theat will diminish as an offshore ridge will strengthen and push the frontal system and better dynamics farther west. At that point our concern will be the extent of low cloudiness and how fast it burns off. On Saturday, I think that much of Eastern MA will be under low clouds and fog but as the day goes on the clouds will burn back to the coast and most of the area will be in sunshine except the Cape and Islands. Highs should reach close to 80 inland but 60s and 70s near the coast.
Sunday, after a foggy start, stronger SW winds will take over and push most of the fog out to see and very warm air will continue to flow in...mid 80s!
Monday signs point to a coldfront working down from the north...this has the potential to spawn a few thunderstorms especially in the afternoon...before it gets here though, SW should shove temps well into the 80s and depending on the timing of the front maybe even close to 90!
In general the summer-like heat will be with us until later next week...I guess Summer has arrived...
