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Update #447

May 16

Hi there! Big changes are coming with the weather this week as the switch gets flipped from changeable spring conditions to summer-like warmth 🎚️

If you haven’t had a chance to pop the AC in the window, now might be a good time.

Cutting to the chase, here’s how things are looking…

Both today and Monday will have similar weather conditions to the last few days: sunshine and clouds mixed with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms developing during the afternoon.

A warmer air mass will push into the region on Wednesday, allowing temperatures to reach 80 degrees for the 4th time this year. By all accounts, a fantastic day to spend time outside if you can ⛱️

From Thursday-Sunday, a large upper-atmosphere ridge of high pressure will be centered over the Southeast states. For the Hudson Valley, this setup will allow a warm, westerly flow of air to persist for days.

The region will sit near the northern periphery of the ridge, which means that a few disturbances may come close enough to trigger some scattered showers and thunderstorms, particularly during the afternoons. This is the one fly in the ointment — a poorly timed cluster of showers could put a damper on the weather for a day, but the chances of it happening aren’t high.