SUMMER MAKES A SPECTACULAR ENTRANCE

Summer Solstice will be at 6:51am EDT Saturday

After our bout with showers today (unexpected), conditions will dry out through at least next Tuesday. The front which has bypassed the region has swept away a hot, but dry air mass. In its wake, a cool, Canadian air mass will take shape, leading to nothing short of ideal summer-like warmth through early next week.

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By Tuesday, another front will approach the region. However, the chances for rain will only slowly increase through the mid-week period; much, if not all of Tuesday should be dry, but clouds will begin to advance in during the afternoon and evening. Expect rain chances in the form of showers and thunderstorms to increase markedly on Wednesday into early Thursday before we clear out once more.

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HEAT AND STORMS THIS WEEK

1. Temp Rundown: Warmest weather of the late spring season on tap this week. Apex of heat will be Tuesday/Wednesday, with the best shot at seeing 90-degree plus readings on Wednesday in the warmest urban locales (Newark, NYC). Further South near Trenton and Philadelphia and points south, they could hit 90 degrees twice in the Tuesday-Thursday timeframe.

NOAA: Highs Wednesday

2. Rain: Rain chances will begin Monday night, as a weakening area of showers and thunderstorms approaches and moves through at night. On Tuesday night, another shot at storms comes calling, with best chances north and west of NYC. Wednesday afternoon, we may have enough ingredients for a line of pretty potent storms, as a cold front works through for the late week period and knocks our temps down to normal.

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3. Late Week/Weekend: Thursday looks like storm chances start to decrease again. The main threat area would be north and west of the NYC metro. Even less chances for storms for Friday. However, with this week's frontal boundary still around, its ultimate placement will determine how dry the weekend will be.