Thunderstorms, excessive warmth right here to remain

SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS MIKE WANKUM QUITE A FEW ON THE MAP BEHIND YOU. YEAH. AND IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK BEHIND OUR IMAGE THAT WE JUST HAD THERE OVER THE BRIDGE, YOU CAN SEE THE BILLOWING CLOUDS OFF IN THE DISTANCE. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT, THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT THROUGH HERE HAVEN’T PICKED UP A LOT OF LIGHTNING, BUT WE’RE JUST NOW STARTING TO GET IT. WE HAD A LITTLE DRY AIR, WHICH WAS KEEPING THE LIGHTNING DOWN. RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE AS YOU HEAD UP TOWARDS SALISBURY, WE’RE SEEING SOME PRETTY GOOD LIGHTNING GOING ON WITH THIS ONE. DOWNPOURS TAKING PLACE THAT EXTENDS OVER TO ABOUT NASHUA AND THEN KIND OF DROPS ITS WAY DOWN WEST OF 495 LEOMINSTER. YOU’VE GOT A GOOD CELL COMING YOUR WAY IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE COULD USE THE RAIN. WE DON’T WANT ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING SEVERE. BUT WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE OUT IN CASE THERE’S ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED. NOW, THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR TONIGHT. THEN TOMORROW YOU SEE THIS BROKEN LINE OUT HERE. IT’S GOING TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SO TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THIS TIME, ONCE AGAIN WE’RE GOING TO BE TRACKING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THAT LINE SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH BOSTON. I WOULD SAY BY 6:00 TONIGHT, PROBABLY OVER ABOUT THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. PLAN ON SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME RUMBLING THROUGH HERE WITH A QUICK DOWNPOUR OF SOME RAIN. AND THEN IT GOES AWAY. AND TOMORROW WE START WITH SUNSHINE. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON, AND THESE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER, A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN WHAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. BEHIND IT, MUCH COOLER WEATHER STARTS MOVING OUR WAY BACK INTO THE FORECAST, SO IT’S LOOKING MUCH COOLER AS WE HEAD FOR THURSDAY’S FORECAST. THE MEANTIME, WE’VE GOT THIS WEATHER ALERT THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE BIGGEST THREAT I HAVE FROM THESE IS REALLY KIND OF SOME STRONG WINDS AND SOME LIGHTNING. WE’RE JUST FINALLY SEEING SOME LIGHTNING. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY STRONG WINDS YET, BUT CERTAINLY WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. THE HEAVY RAINS LIKELY GOING TO BE SLOWING DOWN THE COMMUTE. IF YOU’RE DRIVING INTO ONE OF THOSE CELLS TODAY, THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURE SO FAR IS 96. I SAY SO FAR BECAUSE WE’VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT HIT 97 A COUPLE OF TIMES LOOKING OVER THE WEATHER RECORDS. AND IF WE STAYED AT 97 LONG ENOUGH, THEN THAT WILL BECOME THE NEW RECORD. AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE 97 IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. SO WE SMASHED A RECORD WHICH STOOD FROM 2017 WORCESTER YOU GOT WITHIN TWO DEGREES OF HITTING A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON, AND YOU SEE HOW IT WAS VERY WARM HERE. BUT THEN JUST DRIVE SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH AND LOOK AT THE SPREAD. ALMOST A 30 DEGREE TEMPERATURE SPREAD BETWEEN BOSTON AND CHATHAM TODAY. SO THERE’S THE VIEW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE CLOUDS ON THE DISTANT HORIZON, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS UP TO THE NORTH, 93 DEGREES STILL AT THIS HOUR. AND IT’S MUGGY DEW POINTS GONE UP ABOVE THE 60 DEGREE MARK. WHEN WE GET ABOVE 60, IT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE. AND RIGHT NOW THE DEW POINT IS AT 60 FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF BREEZE, STIRRING THINGS UP OUT THERE. AND AS YOU LOOK OVER WORCESTER RIGHT NOW, UP TO 90 DEGREES, THE HIGH FOR THE DAY DEW POINT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT NOT BY MUCH. IT’S STILL KIND OF MUGGY DAY OUT THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S OUR RADAR THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT 12 HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS, AND THEN OUR NEXT THREAT IS TOMORROW. HEAT ADVISORY AGAIN, AND SOME AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MEMORIAL DAY STILL LOOKING LIKE WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME COOL AND PERHAPS SOME DAMP WEATHER, BUT I HAVE SLID IT JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO TOMORROW, AN ALERT DAY BECAUSE OF THOSE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND THE HEAT TOMORROW AS WELL. THURSDAY, MUCH COOLER WEATHER EIGHT FOR A HIGH AND CLEARING SKIES. FRIDAY LOOKING LIKE SUNSHINE AND 66 NOW THE CHANGE I HAVE FROM YESTERDAY IS YESTERDAY. LOOK LIKE SATURDAY WOULD BE WET, SUNDAY WOULD BE WET AND WE DRY BY MONDAY. NOW WE’RE PUSHING A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO I THINK THAT MOST OF SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE DRY. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS NOW WE HAVE TO PUSH THE RAIN A LITTLE BIT INTO MONDAY. SO SUNDAY IS STILL LOOKING LIKE THE WETTEST DAY, AND MONDAY STILL GOING TO BE A FEW SHOWERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THERE AND A BIG