Summer’s Surge, Smoky Skies

A smoky sunrise kicked off this morning as temps start the day on the confident side with lower humidity still in place The atmosphere however is primed to warm up and warm up swiftly We ll head to the - degree range this afternoon with a dry day under a smoky hazy sun It ll be cooler across Cape Ann and Cape Cod In terms of the smoke the bulk of it is aloft and not near surface so it s not adding to substantial air quality issues near the ground Air quality this morning is good and will generally be moderate this afternoon more so for ground level ozone than for smoke Ditto for the following day On the morrow the heat peaks with temps in the lower to mid s just away from the coast s near the coast and s down across the Cape and Islands Although a spot showers storm is workable in the afternoon much of the region looks to start and finish the day rain-free Friday is very warm and humid with scattered storms evolving in the afternoon The issue with those will be localized downpours that produce pockets of street poor drainage flooding The winds that guide these storms along are fairly week so any storm that pops will be slow moving The weekend will likely start unsettled too with scattered showers and storms likely on Saturday Exact timing will be determined by where the front sets up and how where any wave of low pressure tracks along it With that explained we should find our dry hours in there too Saturday so unsettled but not necessarily washed out