Although today was hot, the humidity wasn’t unbearable. That will change tonight. The dew point is a
measure of how much moisture there is in the air. The higher the dew point, the harder it is
for your body to sweat and the more uncomfortable you feel. The air feels
comfortable with dew points in the 50s, humid in the 60s and oppressive with
dew points in the 70s. Tonight/tomorrow dew points climb up near 70 degrees,
ouch!
Our hot and humid air mass will get replaced by a cooler,
more comfortable alternative Thursday into the weekend. But with big changes in the weather, you can
count on big storms.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK has Connecticut
under a “slight risk” of severe weather tomorrow (Wednesday). But the SPC’s convective outlooks are almost always too
conservative.
So every time you read the word “slight” on a map like this, upgrade it
to moderate. The best chance for storms will come after noon. So… tomorrow will start off partly cloudy,
hot and humid. Then keep an eye on the
sky as those storms bubble up around or after noon. The storms are arriving a little
earlier than I thought which is good news!
If the storms arrived in the late afternoon, they would take advantage
of the peak heating/instability of the day and be much stronger! Still I think some storms tomorrow reach
severe criteria.
Thursday will still be warm (mid-upper 80s) just not as
humid. Friday and the weekend look
cooler with temperatures dropping back into the lower 80s. Refreshing!
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