Severe storms approaching Boston area

NICER AS LESS HUMID AIR EVENTUALLY MOVES IN. BUT WE ARE TRACKING THAT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST OFF TO THE WEST JUST NOW. MOVING INTO WORCESTER AS WE SPEAK. A LOT OF LIGHTNING WITH THIS ONE, A LOT OF DOWNPOURS WITH THIS ONE. IT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SOME WIND DAMAGE AS WELL. SO THAT’S THE LINE RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT’S REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING MORE AROUND WARREN THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BUT AGAIN, THIS MOVING INTO WORCESTER RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK NOW, AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL OUR VELOCITY, THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE WINDS INSIDE OF A STORM. AND WE WERE SEEING THIS REALLY KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF WIND WAS THIS WAY. AND A LOT OF WIND WAS THIS WAY, AND IT WAS REALLY KIND OF TIGHTENING UP. AND WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT PERHAPS GETTING MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESEMBLE A TORNADO. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IT HAS BECOME MUCH BROADER. AND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT HERE NOW IS MORE A SIGNATURE FOR A VERY STRONG GUST OF WIND THAT WILL BE COMING INTO WORCESTER LEOMINSTER. AND EVENTUALLY, IF IT CAN HOLD TOGETHER INTO FRAMINGHAM OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. SO YOU SEE WHERE IT’S GOING. NOW, THIS IS THE LINE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT’S TRACKING NOW PICKING UP SOME SPEED ACTUALLY PICKING UP NOW TO ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AND SO IT’S MOVING INTO WORCESTER AS WE SPEAK. IT WILL BE MOVING ITS WAY OVER TOWARDS MARLBOROUGH BY ABOUT 7:00. FRAMINGHAM ABOUT 7:00 AS WELL. AND AS YOU PUT THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER AND MOVE IT INTO BOSTON, I WOULD SAY RIGHT DURING OUR 7:00 NEWS TONIGHT, THAT’S WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH LIGHTNING, THUNDER, DARK CLOUDS, MENACING. BUT I THINK ONCE IT GETS TO BOSTON, IT WILL LOSE A LOT OF ITS PUNCH THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM EARLIER TODAY. IT WAS REALLY CREATING A LOT OF DAMAGE OUT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE, WHERE WE HAD MORE TREES AND POWER LINE ISSUES GOING ON. SO THERE IS THE LINE RIGHT NOW KIND OF WORKING ITS WAY INTO BOSTON. LET’S CALL IT AROUND EIGHT, 9:00. THE WHOLE THING IS OUT OF HERE AND BEHIND IT THERE’S A LOT OF GRAY SKIES. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS OVERNIGHT, MAYBE EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, BUT NOTHING STRONG OR SEVERE AT THIS POINT. TOMORROW MORNING YOU WAKE UP. STILL A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE. CLOUD COVER IS AROUND HERE IN THE MORNING. THIS IS 10:00 IN THE MORNING. BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SKIES CLEAR AWAY, THE HUMIDITY DROPS A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE DAY COMING INTO THE FORECAST. SO YOU LOOK OVER THE CITY. YOU SEE THE DARK CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON ALREADY. IT’S 85 DEGREES. AND LOOK IT. THAT’S WHAT’S FUELING THESE STORMS. IT IS INCREDIBLY MUGGY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND IT WILL STAY MUGGY ALL NIGHT TONIGHT. BUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE HUMIDITY WILL BE DROPPING OFF. SO TONIGHT, THUNDERSTORMS, WIND AND LIGHTNING AND MUGGY CONDITIONS 68 TO 74 FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW TOMORROW. EARLY SHOWERS AND CLOUDS. BUT THEN DURING THE AFTERNOON THE SUNSHINE IS BACK AND IT TURNS LESS HUMID. AND LOOK AT THIS. NO NO 90S. TOMORROW WE’LL GET IN THE UPPER 80S. BUT WITH THE LOWERING HUMIDITY, IT’S GOING TO FEEL BETTER. AND HERE’S WHAT I MEAN. HUMIDITY. TOMORROW MORNING AT 6 A.M. IS STILL UP IN THE TROPICAL RANGE. IN THE AFTERNOON STARTS TO DROP OFF BY THIS TIME TOMORROW NIGHT, LESS HUMID AIR IS MOVING BACK INTO THE FORECAST. WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. ALL BECAUSE THIS FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP ITS WAY THROUGH BRINGING THE LESS HUMID AIR IN, AND IT HANGS AROUND FOR A WHILE, MAYBE EVEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT, HERE’S WHAT BREAKS DOWN. THEN, OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, TOMORROW, REMEMBER A FEW SHOWERS EARLY ON A LOT OF CLOUDS, BUT THEN SUNSHINE BY AFTERNOON. YOUR FRIDAY IS NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. IT’S WARM, BUT THE HUMIDITY IS DROPPING DURING THE DAY. AND THEN AS WE HEAD FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, LOW HUMIDITY. IT’S STILL WARM, IT’S STILL SUNNY. IT’S A VERY SUMMER FORECAST. IT’S BUT IT’S NOT THE HUMIDITY THAT WE’VE HAD. WE’VE HAD THAT HUMIDITY IN HERE SINCE THE 4TH OF JULY. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BACK IT OFF A LITTLE BIT. AND THE THREAT FOR THU

Video: Severe storms approaching Boston area

Updated: 6:36 PM EDT Jul 17, 2024

Mike Wankum has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

Mike Wankum has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.