LET'S BRING IN ELISE FINCH TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THE POPUP
SHOWERS WE'RE GOING TO GET
TODAY AS WELL.
HI, ELISE.
HEY, CHRIS, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU
FOLKS AT HOME.
YEAH, TEMPERATURES DOWN MAYBE A
DEGREE OR TWO, BUT THE HUMIDITY
IS DEFINITELY ON ITS WAY UP.
WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE THIS MORNING FROM OUR
CAMERA AT THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER FACING SOUTH.
WE'VE GOT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES,
VEECH DEGREES, THE WINDS ARE
CALM, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
AT 87%.
SO DEFINITELY KIND OF STICKY
OUT THERE.
YOU'LL FEEL THAT AS SOON AS YOU
WALK OUT THE DOOR.
FORECAST HIGH FOR TODAY 90
DEGREES.
IF WE HIT THAT, IT'LL PUT US
ONE DEGREE COOLER THAN WHAT WE
HAD YESTERDAY, SIX DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORM.
SUNRISE, WELL, NOW, 5:44 A.M.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE A LOT
OF CLOUDS IN THE MIX TODAY, AND
EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE
AFTERNOON, STILL, WE'LL CALL IT
PARTLY SUNNY BECAUSE HE ARE
STILL GOING TO SEE SOME OF
THOSE CLOUDS STICKING AROUND
WITH US TODAY.
BUT DEFINITELY VERY WARM, VERY
STICKY OUT THERE TODAY.
AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
TEMPERATURE TREND, THE HISTORY
OF THIS HEAT WAVE THAT STARTED
OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN SEE
THAT WE WERE AT 91 DEGREES ON
SATURDAY, 94 FOR SUNDAY.
MONDAY 93, YESTERDAY 91.
AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE TODAY
WILL BE ANOTHER 90-DEGREE DAY.
WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP THERE.
BUT WE'VE HAD A HEAT WAVE FOR
FOUR DAYS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL STRETCH INTO DAY FIVE.
SKYCAST SATELLITE AND RADAR
DOES SHOW SOME SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT WE
DID HAVE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY,
CONNECTICUT, A LITTLE BIT INTO
?CT, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME
ACTIVITY GENERALLY SPEAKING
THIS MORNING, WE ARE SEEING
SOME WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY.
BUT, STILL, THINGS ARE
UNSETTLED, SO THIS IS SORT OF
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS SORT OF
STARTING TO BREW, IF YOU WILL.
YOUR SETUP ON THE SKYCAST, YOU
CAN SEE WE DO HAVE A WARM FRONT
DRAPED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE
AREA.
SO AS WE HEAD INTO THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, WE
ARE LIKELY TO SEE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP, AND SOME
OF THOSE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE.
SO WANT TO TURN ON YOUR
FUTURECAST.
THIS IS 7:00 IN THE MORNING.
WE'RE NOW SEEING SOME
ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY AT
7:00 A.M.
AS WE CONTINUE ON, THOUGH, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE BULK OF THE
ACTIVITY REALLY STARTS AROUND
3:00, 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH BECOMING MORE INTENSE,
9:00, 10:00 TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS 3:00 WE SEE SOME
ACTIVITY.
THIS IS 9:00.
AS THE FUTURECAST MODELS RUN,
THEY VARY JUST A LITTLE BIT,
BUT WE STILL ARE EXPECTING
THINGS TO BE MORE ACTIVE AT
9:00 OR 10:00 TONIGHT.
SO EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LOOK
IMPRESSIVE AT THE MOMENT, JUST
KNOW THAT WE STILL COULD SEE
SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS, AND THEN WE'RE
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND AS WE
HEAD INTO YOUR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
THIS IS 4:00 P.M.
SOME WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THERE AS
WELL, PERHAPS NOT AS STRONG,
BUT, STILL, WE'LL BE DEALING
WITH THAT, AND COULD SEE SOME
RAIN ON FRIDAY AS WELL, MUCH
LIGHTER RAIN ON FRIDAY.
BUT, STILL, A CHANCE FOR THAT.
FOR TODAY, ANY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP HAVE
A 20% TO 30% CHANCE OF BECOMING
SEVERE, AND THAT'S FOR ALMOST
THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA, SO
JUST TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AS YOU
MOVE IN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.
YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST SHOWS
THAT TODAY IS GOING TO BE HOT
AND STICKY WITH 90 DEGREES AND
THE LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS.
STICKY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH SOME
MORE THUNDERSTORMS.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON FRIDAY.
AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE
LOOKING MOSTLY SUNNY AND PRETTY
