Are you ready?
Astronomical summer arrives next Thursday and, right on cue, the hottest week of the year thus far is on the way.
A major pattern change is coming. The jetstream will be pushed northward into Canada allowing a huge ridge of high pressure to take control over the entire eastern U.S.
The 90+ heat will arrive on Tuesday and continue through Friday.
Dewpoints will also be climbing to oppressive levels by mid and late week.
Feels-like temperatures will range between 100-110 degrees!
It has been a while since we saw heat of this magnitude in our area.
Boston has yet to hit 90 degrees this year and the City only did it 5 times last summer.
You can see last year stuck out like a sore thumb with very few 90+ days. Hard to hit 90 when it is raining all the time!
The hottest day in 2023 came on September 7th when Boston hit 93 degrees.
For heat like we are forecasting this week, you have to go back to 2022, a much different summer than last year. This was the last time Boston had an official heatwave (3 consecutive days or more of 90+) and, in fact, we even touched 100 on July 24, 2022.
We will have much more on this to come. Stay tuned to WBZ-TV, WBZ.com and CBS News Boston throughout the Weekend for the very latest.
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