Heat returns Tuesday before ‘unusually intense’ storms late across Vermont, New York

Tuesday night’s setup has the potential to produce the biggest storms of the summer so far

NBC 5’s certified most accurate forecast. Well, tomorrow’s not only going to be super, super hot, but potentially dangerous at nighttime, Tyler. Yeah, and I think that’s what gives us more confidence than we usually have because usually you’re questioning whether the sun’s going to come out and if there’d be any severe potential because of that. There is no question tomorrow that the sun will be out. It’s going to be *** scorching, crazy hot day. Some places get close to 100 degrees, so we have all of that fairly quiet afternoon. And then by evening tomorrow is when the storms will be nasty. Now they start in Canada first before they come here, thinking roughly 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening to 2:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. But the ingredients are there for large hail, 75 mile per hour wind, and tornadoes. Of course *** tornado would have stronger wind than that. And the threat is highest in northern areas, so *** little bit of *** band of clouds and showers now. That’s not related to the storms tomorrow, but you may have *** raindrop this evening. You see the clouds in Newport, Temperature there 72. Tomorrow at this time we’re way into the 90s with crazy humidity in Newport and *** very high thunderstorm risk, so. An OK evening, uh, relatively speaking tonight, 84 in 11 and the humidity really hasn’t increased yet, but it does tomorrow. Look at future cast tomorrow evening, dew points between 70 and about 75, and that provides us with the most thunderstorm fuel we ever, ever see around here. That’s what that red and purple color indicates by tomorrow evening. So let’s take *** look at Futurecast here. No issue in the morning or afternoon tomorrow. Lots of sun. *** fine day to go swimming as long as it’s early in the day and you’re ready to follow the warnings by later tomorrow evening. You see the storms may be very strong to severe coming into northern Vermont in the Northeast Kingdom, and then there’ll be more into northern New York as well late tomorrow night. Now this is just one run. There are zillions of models out there, and they update frequently, so you’re always going to get *** slightly different depiction. That’s why we have the forecast of simply tomorrow evening into the night as being the severe window with the sun coming out by Wednesday. So there’s also *** little smoke in the sky tomorrow that may shave *** few degrees off the temperature forecast, but I don’t think it really changes the plan for the storms. You see, the highest risk goes from northern New York into northern Vermont and Maine, and if we break that risk down into the individual categories, in other words, damaging wind in particular. We see it’s quite high for northern areas for straight line wind damage. The hatching here indicates greater intensity likely. In other words, instead of 60 MPH, maybe 75 MPH in the thunderstorms. The tornado outlook for tomorrow also has the hatching area. This is new this year from the Storm Prediction Center. But you see that hatching area over northern areas that means greater intensity. Somewhere here or in Maine or in Canada, an EF2 tornado is possible or stronger as we go through late tomorrow evening. So everyone has to have *** way to get weather warnings, especially campers and people that are outside. I don’t recommend it. Tomorrow night and tomorrow evening, so about 98 at the airport in Burlington, 87 on Wednesday, so it’s cooler, and in the weekend at this point looking pretty good. Temps in the low 80s, *** lot of shower chances start up as we head into early next week. So it’s *** fairly quiet night tonight, good one to be at the fair. That’s where we find meteorologist Andrew rotsky. Andrew.


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Extreme heat and high humidity Tuesday afternoon will set the stage for intense thunderstorms Tuesday evening and night.As always, not every town will get hit. But those that do, might remember it for quite some time to come.Damaging straight-line wind in excess of 75 mph is possible, along with large hail and a few tornadoes. One tornado might be strong, which means EF2 strength or greater (111 mph+). This can be in Canada, Maine, or locally in the immediate NBC5 area.Only NBC5 will have direct access to a network of storm chasers on the ground locally Tuesday evening, in order to bring the best life-saving information to the region.Wednesday turns drier, with lots of sunshine. It won’t be as hot, with highs in the upper 80s and dropping humidity through the day.Late week turns more seasonable and less humid with highs closer to 80, as the sunshine sticks around.Watch the video for more.Want more local news? Download our NBC5 mobile app for iOS and Android. STAY WEATHER-AWAREFor the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. Stay updated with alerts in the myNBC5 app, which you can download here.For the best weather information and Vermont and northern New York’s Certified Most Accurate forecast, watch NBC5 News by streaming at this link.Don’t forget to follow NBC5 News on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram.Follow the NBC5 First Warning Weather team on social media:Chief Meteorologist Tyler Jankoski Facebook | X | InstagramMeteorologist Ben Frechette Facebook | X | InstagramMeteorologist Matt DiLoreto Facebook | XMeteorologist Andrew Grautski Facebook | XMeteorologist Marissa Vigevani Facebook | X

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. —

Extreme heat and high humidity Tuesday afternoon will set the stage for intense thunderstorms Tuesday evening and night.

As always, not every town will get hit. But those that do, might remember it for quite some time to come.

Damaging straight-line wind in excess of 75 mph is possible, along with large hail and a few tornadoes.

One tornado might be strong, which means EF2 strength or greater (111 mph+). This can be in Canada, Maine, or locally in the immediate NBC5 area.

Only NBC5 will have direct access to a network of storm chasers on the ground locally Tuesday evening, in order to bring the best life-saving information to the region.

Wednesday turns drier, with lots of sunshine. It won’t be as hot, with highs in the upper 80s and dropping humidity through the day.

Late week turns more seasonable and less humid with highs closer to 80, as the sunshine sticks around.

Watch the video for more.

Want more local news? Download our NBC5 mobile app for iOS and Android.

STAY WEATHER-AWARE

For the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. Stay updated with alerts in the myNBC5 app, which you can download here.

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