Good Thursday all-
An AIR QUALITY ALERT is up for all areas along and west of 91, excluding the far northwest hills and a SEE TEXT RISK of severe weather for the entire state.
Today is going to be a miserable day for all involved- blistering heat (the mid to upper 90s) and very sticky humidity. We should get through today dry, but I cannot rule out some very widely scattered thunderstorms in our region. That said, the better chance is tomorrow, when we will experience a pounding and heavy rainstorm in the morning hours. This will not last long, but will drop upwards of one inch of rain in parts of Connecticut, with the greatest amounts falling in the southern third of the state. Happily, this will bring an end to the 90 degree heat- we have highs in the low 80s tomorrow and we will not be seeing 90s again until at least next Wednesday. With the exception of some very light showers on Monday, no precipitation is likely during this time.
The Cape Verde season in the Atlantic may be about to awaken as a low off Africa has a chance to become Tropical Storm Earl in the next few days as it passes into the central tropical Atlantic. That said, the conditions are not overly favorable in that part of the basin, so it may not survive. It's that time of year though, especially as we move into August, and I suspect there may be a fair number of these this year.
Tropical Storm Frank has died, but the Pacific will likely see another tropical cyclone early next week (Howard) that poses no threat to land.
Today in weather history- July 28, 1819- A strong hurricane hits Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian, Mississippi, destroying virtually all of the buildings in both towns, additionally sinking a ship and killing all 39 people on board. This part of the coastline is particularly vulnerable to these storms, as Hurricane Camille, the strongest recorded US landfall, would occur 150 years later.
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