One other damp and grey weekend has carried into one other damp and grey Monday.
Up to now in June we’ve had dreary weekends flanking midweek warm-ups. The identical holds true for this week, besides this time our midweek warm-up will carry straight by way of the weekend and into subsequent week, ushering in a a lot hotter and drier climate sample, simply in time for the beginning of summer season.
Cloudy skies and an easterly wind hold temperatures cool by way of Tuesday, when highs barely attain 70. That’s a great 10-plus levels cooler than regular for mid-June. It’s not till Wednesday, when the wind turns to extra of a southerly movement, that we’ll see highs climb again to the 80s.
By Thursday, on the heels of a sizzling southwest wind, we make one more run at 90 levels in New York Metropolis. The mid-week warmth might include just a few showers and storms, too.
Up to now this yr, Central Park has fallen in need of 90 levels each time temperatures spike and surrounding areas hit 90 levels. The warmest day in Central Park this yr was solely 87 levels.
On common, Central Park sees its first 90-degree day in late spring, round Might 28. If we lastly make 90 levels this week, it’ll be simply over three weeks later than common.
This week’s temperature spike will include excessive humidity – one thing we haven’t but had the pleasure of this yr. Dew factors will strategy 70, which lands us within the oppressively sticky zone, particularly when accompanied by temperatures within the 80s and 90s.
In contrast to earlier weeks, our temperatures is not going to sink once more this weekend. As an alternative, sizzling temperatures take us straight into subsequent week. And this prolonged stretch of hotter climate will include one thing now we have not seen in two months: a totally dry weekend.
Final weekend stayed soggy because of a stationary entrance parked immediately overhead.
This weekend, we might be more and more underneath the affect of a robust dome of excessive strain that units up over the jap seaboard, protecting rain probabilities away and temperatures hovering.
By subsequent week, now we have a number of probabilities to hit 90 levels. In truth, our first potential warmth wave of the yr is nearby as we sit up for a run of days with highs of 90 or above.
It’s all appropriately timed. We mark the official begin of summer season on Friday and that’s precisely after we say goodbye to the cool, damp spring climate sample we’ve grown accustomed to.
