Good morning everyone.
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PREVIOUS TEXT BELOW:
The potential continues for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms from midday through early this evening, as well as another threat for strong thunderstorms on Sunday.
WHAT HAS CHANGED:
The outlook from the Storm Prediction Center has expanded the slight risk for severe storms across most of southern New England, including portions of the lower Cape, Martha's Vineyard and Block Island.
This is the updated outline on what is expected to occur both today and Sunday.
WHAT/WHEN:
-- Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms expected this afternoon into early evening.
-- Time of concern: From Noontime to 2 PM across northern Massachusetts, to around 8 PM along the south coast
WHERE:
-- Highest risk for impacts across areas near and south of the Massachusetts Turnpike, but some impact could occur across the entire region
POTENTIAL IMPACTS:
-- Main Threat: Localized damaging wind gusts
-- Secondary Threat: Large hail
-- Heavy rainfall may produce localized street and poor drainage flooding
-- Dangerous cloud to ground lightning
UNCERTAINTY:
-- An area of showers will push across the region this morning, before the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening.
- If the scattered showers and clouds linger longer then expected today, scattered thunderstorms would still occur but they would likely remain below severe limits.
- If the clouds breakup faster than expected, the threat for severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and large hail would increase.
SUNDAY:
-- A few strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible from mid to late Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon.
-- The primary concern from these storms will be large hail, with locally strong to damaging wind gusts a secondary concern
Meteorologist Eleanor Vallier-Talbot