Good Tuesday evening--
What a great few days it has been...at least if you like heat. Highs today reached 90 for the third straight day for a rare late September heat wave here in Connecticut, and tomorrow we will come close again (but likely fall a few degrees short). By the afternoon though, clouds will be on the increase and a strong cold front will push into southern New England, with some isolated showers possible, especially in the late afternoon. The precip will come to an end by Thursday morning, but it will have knocked the temperatures down nearly 15 degrees- highs on Thursday will be in the low 70s and by the weekend, highs will be in the 60s...which, although it sounds cold, is actually very close to average for this time of year. That's a fair tradeoff though- this cold front also saves the northeast from Hurricane Maria, which will be pushed out to our southeast. We do warm things up a bit next week...but only into the low 70s, which is not at all unusual. It would not surprise me if tomorrow is the last 80 degree day of 2017. We will see of course- it's always possible to get one somewhere further down the line- but it is way harder as we approach the fall season.
Also noteworthy is that today, thanks to hurricanes Maria and Lee, we have just broken the all-time record for the most active month in the history of the Atlantic basin...surpassing September of 2005. This month featured Irma (cat 5), Jose (very high end cat 4- 1mph away from cat 5), Katia (cat. 2), Lee (cat 3) and Maria (cat 4). That's pretty impressive to say the least!
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