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Is excessive summer heat and humidity in Boston the new normal?
It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Actually, right now, it's both in Massachusetts.
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Terry Eliasen is a meteorologist and executive producer of the WBZ-TV Weather Team. He has worked at WBZ for more than 20 years. Terry is a graduate of the meteorology program at UMass Lowell.
It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Actually, right now, it's both in Massachusetts.
We are just about halfway through the month and currently on pace for one of the hottest and most humid Julys on record in Boston.
There's a long way to go before there's any real relief from the heat wave baking most of Massachusetts.
The heat advisory for most of Massachusetts has been extended through Wednesday. There's also a daily thunderstorm threat through Saturday.
The excessive heat and humidity in Massachusetts and most of southern New England has led to a NEXT Weather Alert.
The WBZ Weather Team is issuing a NEXT Weather Alert for the risk of downpours and some severe thunderstorms through early Thursday.
There is an elevated tornado threat in Massachusetts with strong to severe storms likely on Sunday.
The weather is always a major concern for these types of events and, as usual, it is not a slam dunk, easy forecast.
The stretch scorching weather in Massachusetts and New Hampshire is likely to officially become a heat wave on Thursday.
The weather term of the week is "heat dome" as the Northeast prepares for a heat wave.
A heat wave is set to arrive in Massachusetts Tuesday, and there is potential for this to be one of the hottest weeks in years.
The hottest week of the year in the Boston area, thus far, is on the way.
Severe thunderstorms are in the weather forecast across Massachusetts Friday afternoon and evening,
Downpours and some scattered thunderstorms could clear the pollen that's coating Massachusetts.
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