Unsettled conditions will move in during the afternoon on Saturday, July 2 after a partly sunny start. The high temperature will be in the mid 80s.
Showers and thunderstorms will arrive on Saturday afternoon, mainly after 5 p.m., and continue into around 3 a.m. Sunday, July 3.
Damaging winds of around 60 miles per hour and hail of around 1-inch diameter are also expected, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Statement issued early Saturday morning.
Frequent lightning and locally heavy rain are also possible, the statement said.
The storms will cover a broad part of the Northeast. (See the first image above from AccuWeather.com.)
For a look at parts of the region where the strongest storms are expected Saturday, click on the second image above.
Up to a half-inch of rainfall is expected through the overnight hours.
It will be less humid Sunday, July 3 after the system passes, with partly sunny skies and a high temperature in the low 80s.
The current outlook for Monday, July 4 calls for mostly sunny skies and a high temperature in the mid 80s.
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