After getting through all of June and July without a single day with temperatures of 90 degrees or higher, the month of August has featured much more summerlike weather. So far, there have been nine days at Bradley International Airport when the mercury has topped out at 90 or higher, including a seven day long heat wave from August 15th to the 21st. Today should be the final hot, humid day for a while, as a cold front will push through the region this evening, bringing much cooler Canadian air into southern New England for the next few days.
If you have outdoor plans for the weekend, things may go downhill very quickly on Friday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Storm Danny, located east of the Bahamas this morning. The current forecast track brings Danny just east of the Outer Banks of North Carolina by early Saturday, and strengthens the storm to a Category 1 hurricane. It will then race up the eastern seaboard, perhaps reaching the Bay of Fundy (still as a hurricane) in Nova Scotia by Sunday morning. If this track holds up, heavy rain will be falling throughout southern New England by late Friday night, and will continue through most of Saturday. Also, wind speeds may exceed 40 mph, with higher gusts, especially along coastal sections of Massachusetts and Maine. This could be the first significant tropical weather system to affect the northeast in a long time. We'll be watching it as it develops.
