Boston climate is ready to warmth up within the coming week, with “strong to severe” thunderstorms prone to hit round Thursday, based on Nationwide Climate Service forecasts.
“Heading into this week, I think the most notable weather feature we’ll have is a significant warm-up as we head into the middle part of the week,” mentioned NWS meteorologist Torry Dooley. “But that’s also going to come with chances for thunderstorms towards the middle week.”
The week is ready to kick of “fairly quiet,” Dooley mentioned, with a continuation of the marginally cooler circumstances Monday and Tuesday. Monday is predicted to be a principally sunny day with a excessive within the higher 60s, NWS forecasts.
Tuesday could heat as much as a excessive within the low 70s and stay partly sunny all through the day, forecasts present.
“There could be a spot shower Tuesday, Wednesday,” mentioned Dooley. “It’s a pretty low chance, less than 20%. Those folks who may be traveling further out in the western part of the state have a somewhat better chance for seeing the spot shower on Tuesday and Wednesday.”
Wednesday is forecasted to warmth up much more, based on NWS.
“By Wednesday, we’re really going to feel a noticeable change in the temperatures,” mentioned Dooley. “We’ll have a high temperature in Boston for Wednesday around the low 80s — 80 to 82 degrees. It is also going to come with higher humidity, so it’s definitely going to feel sticky, kind of that air you can wear.”
Temperatures are anticipated to peak for Juneteenth on Thursday, the NWS forecasts, reaching a excessive within the higher 80s. Thursday can be prone to really feel “really humid” all through the day, Dooley mentioned.
“The best chance for any real precipitation should come in on Thursday with a pretty strong cold front,” mentioned Dooley. “That cold front on Thursday may produce strong to severe thunderstorms, primarily in the late afternoon to early evening.”
Your complete state is prone to be hit with the precipitation later within the day Thursday, the meteorologist mentioned.
On Friday, temperatures are anticipated to chill some from Thursday’s peak to a “seasonably warm” excessive across the low 80s, Dooley mentioned. Highs are preliminarily forecasted to stay across the low 80s by the weekend, NWS states, and skies could stay principally sunny.
“Then way, way beyond our seven-day forecast, there are signs that this heat may return by early next week or the following week,” mentioned Dooley.
