Fear not. Our warm, humid air is only with us for a few more hours. Morning time cloud cover will gradually give way to hazy sunshine, causing our atmosphere to heat up and become instable! This means the potential for strong storms exists anywhere between 3 and 8 this afternoon. Expect severe thunderstorm watches to be posted sometime soon.
The strong cold front will be moving through our region fairly slowly and because of this slow movement,the Boston area and other coastal areas will have the best chance to heat up before hand. Combine that with a very strong southwesterly flow and extremely strong winds aloft and you get very strong storms to develop close to the water, which of course is unusual. The sea breeze typically cuts of development of these summer storms as they approach the coast,but that will not be the case today. The I95 corridor could actually see the worst of the storms.
As always, be aware of any warnings posted. These storms could be the strongest of the season for the Boston area. We should start seeing the squall line approach the city around 4 or 5 this afternoon. Torrential raindfall, strong wind gusts and lots of lightening should be expected.
The good news is that after this, we get a beautiful, dry day tomorrow!
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