new York – Thursday, New York City could see potentially serious times, including damage, heavy rains and dispersed thunderstorms, before an expected heat wave next week.
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Hot temperatures and high humidity in the region open the ground for thunderstorms set on fire this afternoon, threatening the evening journey and plane trips with gusts of damaging wind of 60 mph.
“Beware of severe thunderstorms dispersed today,” Fox 5 The’s Audrey Puente said. “Timing, after about 15 or 16 hours until sunset tonight. The main threat will be to harm the wind. However, we could have cycles of strong precipitation, fast showers. In addition, a small hail and isolated tornadoes can be possible in some of these storms.”
Here is what you need to know about the possibility of violent time in New York, as well as an overview of the potential heat wave of next week.
Weather in New York today: What’s new?
What we know:
“The risk of serious thunderstorms this afternoon has increased NJ, Lower Hudson Valley, New York and Southwestern CT for the northeast,” said National Weather Service (NWS). “On average, we can only see an improved risk day once or twice a year.”
Chronology:
Certain parts of the region of the three states, including most of New York, Long Island and Connecticut, are under a “slight risk” of violent time. The category is defined by the NWS as “increased confidence that certain storms will contain harmful winds, severe hail and / or tornado potential”.
Serious weather perspectives. (He)
Meanwhile, most of the New Jersey is under an “improved risk” of violent time. This category is defined as “a great confidence that several storms will contain harmful winds, a severe hail and / or tornadoes”.
- THURSDAY: 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 17 hours, certain storms could be serious. Especially sunny, with a summit almost 86 years. The NWS says that the threat of improved severe thunderstorm is between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., but isolated and dispersed storms are possible from 1:00 p.m.
- Thursday evening: 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 am, some of the storms could be serious. Cloudy in the early evening, then a progressive clearing, with a bottom of around 70.
- Friday: Sunny, with a summit nearly 81. The storms should emerge in the morning.
Local perspective:
The main threats of storms will be to harm the gusts of wind of more than 58 MPH, dispersed thunderstorms and strong precipitation, which could cause minor floods in certain areas.
“More organized dispersed to numerous threats of severe thunderstorm, including the tilt lines of thunderstorms and / or multicellules clusters possible between 4 p.m. and 10 am,” said the NWS.
This graph shows the threat of damaged wind gusts on Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Fox time)
Localized threats of hail and lightning flood are also possible, as well as isolated tornado.
Watch of severe storm
No alert was displayed, but the NWS noted on Wednesday that a “serious thunderstorm watch could be necessary during the day on Thursday”.
What is the next step:
Lighting time for a potential heat wave next week will be from Sunday to Thursday. Although relatively few locations can really reach the brand at 100 degrees, the combination of high temperatures and high humidity levels will make it be considerably warmer.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a summit nearly 86.
- Monday: Sunny, with a summit nearly 88.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a summit nearly 90.
This graph shows the heat index scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Fox time)
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a summit nearly 88.
New York has only reached the threshold of 100 degrees only three times in June. The NWS should issue a range of heat -related alerts in the coming days, which may include thermal advice, extreme thermal watches and extreme heat warnings, depending on the gravity and the expected duration of local conditions.
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