Isolated strong storms arrive in New England later Wednesday afternoon and evening. Damaging wind and hail are the main threats.
For days our First Alert Team has been tracking a large, swirling storm center at the jet stream level over the Great Lakes – Wednesday is the day it makes its move east, carrying a pool of cold air thousands of feet in altitude.
The presence of cold air aloft is important, because it contrasts with the relative warmth at ground level of high temperatures in the 70s to around 80 degrees, and this means building and billowing cumulus clouds during the afternoon, replacing ample morning sunshine. As the energetic upper level storm center approaches Wednesday mid-afternoon in western New England, and early evening east, rounds of showers and thunderstorms will develop.
Fueled by the cold air aloft, ice crystals at the top of the clouds will promote lightning strikes, so it’s important to remember “when thunder roars, go indoors” – if you can hear thunder, lightning is close enough to be a threat.
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