Warmth and humidity have returned with a vengeance, and as is commonly the case, so too has the chance of storms.
There’s a slight danger for extreme climate on Wednesday, primarily in Central and South Jersey. In case your night commute takes you alongside the shore, you may end up in a downpour.
A extreme thunderstorm watch is in impact for Monmouth and Ocean counties. Examine the newest climate alerts on your neighborhood right here.
By Thursday, a scorching southwest wind sends temperatures even greater, to close 90 levels in New York Metropolis. The speedy warm-up comes with an rising storm probability.
The extreme climate danger rises Thursday and turns into a problem for a lot of the tri-state. The primary half of the day shall be heat and dry. The lunch hour shall be dry, however by the night commute storms are more likely, forward of a chilly entrance approaching from the west.
Anticipate intervals of heavy rain together with a number of rumbles of thunder. Inside the strongest storms, damaging wind gusts and even hail are potential. Localized flooding can be a priority the place storms are the strongest.
Be particularly cautious when driving on low-lying roads and in poor drainage areas.
Observe any approaching rain utilizing our interactive radar under.
The chilly entrance sweeps via Thursday night time, ending our rain possibilities and main right into a a lot drier Friday. The air behind the entrance isn’t chilly, both.
Not like our previous few weekends, temperatures is not going to drop as we head into Saturday and Sunday. In actual fact, highs will climb again into the higher 80s, even 90s, as a really sturdy dome of excessive stress units up over the japanese half of the nation.
The string of 90-degree days will final a lot of subsequent week – the primary full week of summer season – and ship not solely town’s first 90-degree day of the yr, however its first warmth wave of the season. Proper on time!
The high-pressure ridge units up over the japanese seaboard subsequent week and, along with protecting us scorching, will preserve our rain possibilities away.
Humidity shall be ramping up together with the temperature subsequent week, too, so the “feels like” temperature goes to be wilting. Anticipate the warmth index to be effectively into triple digits subsequent week – as early as Monday.
This sort of warmth is harmful, particularly as a result of it’s approaching so rapidly, earlier than our our bodies have any probability to acclimate to it. Due to this, be additional cautious exterior subsequent week. Restrict your time exterior, restrict strenuous bodily exercise, keep within the shade as a lot as potential, and drink loads of water.
Summer time is a protracted season, and we’re simply getting began.
