STORM WATCH: Near-record warmth and distressing humidity will feed severe storms Thursday
It will feel like 100 to 105 degrees tomorrow. Damaging winds in excess of 55mph will be the primary weather concern.
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Passing storms this evening will contain water-loaded downdrafts and lots of lightning. Damaging winds are possible this evening, but I think the primary weather concern will be lightning and localized flooding from the amount of rain we could see in a short period of time.
Thursday is a rinse-and-repeat forecast. It's just going to be hotter - much hotter. Daily highs will be challenging the record for the day set back in 2000 of 96 degrees. The skies will be ringed with moisture. The two weather features will create a heat index of 100 degrees plus in most New Jersey neighborhoods. The significant storms will begin to show off around 5 p.m. and slowly pass through the state until 9 p.m. Become more weather-aware around that time. Stay in and do not park your car underneath trees.
Friday is more of the same. The weather feature that is pumping in the heat will approach the area late on Friday afternoon. Newer computer guidance is suggesting that Friday could be hotter than Thursday, with some forecasted high temperatures approaching 100 degrees. That heat and high humidity will make it feel like we have a wet hot blanket wrapped around our faces. The approach of the front will allow air to rise even faster and the skies will become more destabilized throughout the day. More significant thunderstorms are expected between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday.
This weather system zips through. While the temperatures for both Saturday and Sunday look to be well above average, the humidity will have eased, so it won't be as punishing outside.
