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BY STEVEN DiMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A hazy, hot, humid, and stormy weather pattern is setting up for the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area and is not going away any time soon.

A cluster of thunderstorms from a passing disturbance move through the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area this morning with frequent lightning, wind gusts over 40 mph, small hail, and very heavy downpours. Clouds will give way this morning to hazy sunshine which will allow temperatures to skyrocket into the upper 80's to lower 90's along the coast and mid to upper 90's anyway from the coast. A few locations in the Philadelphia metropolitan area may actually push past 100 degrees. In addition to the oppressive heat, high levels of humidity will push the heat index into the 105 to 115 degrees.

Rinse and repeat will be the theme for the northern Mid Atlantic through this weekend and into next week as this weather pattern remains in place. While disturbances will keep the threat of thunderstorms in the forecast in the late evening and early morning hours, the main theme over the next several days through next Thursday will be the hazy, hot, and humid conditions. The thunderstorms will be capable of very heavy downpours, frequent lightning, and wind gusts over 40 mph. The thunderstorms will give way to hazy sun shine in the afternoon with temperatures rising into the upper 80's to lower 90's along the coast and mid 90's away from the coast through the period. A few locations may push into the upper 90's if clouds clear out fast enough. Temperatures in the morning will fall into the upper 60's to mid 70's for lows. The humidity will also remain high, leading to a constant heat index in the mid 90's to lower 100's through next week.