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A powerful round of thunderstorms is expected to roll across the Northeast, bringing long-awaited relief from a punishing stretch of early-summer scorching heat, AccuWeather forecasters say.
Behind the storms, temperatures will finally drop after days of scorching sunshine and near triple-digit highs, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters say the shift comes as the so-called “heat dome” that baked much of the eastern half of the US begins to break down.
The timing and intensity of the thunderstorms will vary, but they’re expected to pop up where moisture levels remain elevated on both Wednesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 26.
Areas that saw highs near triple digits early this week could see readings in the 70s and 80s starting on Thursday, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Temps will moderate farther south, including in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia starting on Friday, June 27.
Other areas that saw temperatures in the upper 90s could see highs in the 80s — or even 70s — before the weekend.
"There's even a rare backdoor cool front that will drop southward from New England to part of the mid-Atlantic region during the middle and latter part of this week," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said, "This can dramatically drop temperatures by 20-40 degrees in some cases, which is about as big as it gets this time of the year."
For millions who had just emerged from a soggy, cloudy spring, the brief blast of clear skies and searing heat may have gone too far, and this cooldown could bring balance back to the summer.
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