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TagsBY STEVEN DiMARTINO
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
The Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas will get a brief break in the humidity but not the heat as temperatures push into the upper 80's to mid 90's once again.
A weak Canadian high pressure system over the central Great Lakes built into the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas for today with scattered cloud cover and lower humidity this afternoon. While the humidity was much lower, temperatures rebounded into the upper 80's to lower 90's along the coast and lower to mid 90's away from the coast. The hottest conditions will once again remain over the Delaware River Valley.
The break in humidity won't last long as the high pressure system shifts off the coast once again. The pattern tonight will give way to an increase in humidity with temperatures falling into the lower to mid 60's over the interior and mid to upper 60's along the coast. The threat for fog will increase towards morning with visibility falling to below two miles in a few locations.
For the rest of the week and into the Fourth of July expect the humidity to stay, the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas will remain in a hazy, hot, humid, and rather stormy weather pattern. The high levels of humidity will keep morning lows in the upper 60's to mid 70's with areas of fog each morning. In the afternoon, temperatures will skyrocket into the upper 80's to lower 90's along the coast and lower to mid 90's away from the coast. The combination of high levels of humidity and temperatures in the upper 80's to mid 90's will lead to a heat index ranging from the mid 90's to lower 100's.
In addition to the hazy, hot, and humid conditions; mid level disturbances diving from the Great Lakes towards the coast will keep the threat of thunderstorms in the forecast each day. A few of these thunderstorms will be capable of reaching severe levels with the threat for very heavy downpours, frequent lightning, large hail, and wind gusts over 50 mph. The best potential for thunderstorms will be in the late evening through early morning hours.
