Weekend weather report

( From the Harrison Weather Center )
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY

UNDER HAZY SUNSHINE OUR TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE 80s TODAY, PARTS OF HUDSON COUNTY MAY HAVE A LOCAL SEA BREEZE DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL HELP TO COOL DOWN TEMPERATURES.

TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACHES OUR AREA THIS MAY CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS, ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVERNIGHT SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THE CONCERN ON ANY OVERNIGHT STORMS WOULD BE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

WE EXPECT A BREAK BETWEEN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY, THE ATMOSPHERE DURING THIS TIME WILL HAVE TIME TO HEAT UP AND BECOME UNSTABLE. THE RESULT WILL BE ANOTHER STRONGER AND MORE INTENSE LINE OR LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER A BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS PLACED OUR AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. THE BEST TIME FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY SEEMS TO BE FROM 3PM TO 8 PM, THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL, TAKING A LOOK AT UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DATA FOR SATURDAY CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE AN ISOLATED TORNADO SO WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE STORMS ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

ON SUNDAY THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP EAST OF THE TRI COUNTY AREA AND A SUNNY, BREEZY AND LESS HUMID DAY IS ANTICIPATED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s.

HWC STAFF WILL BE MONITORING THESE STORMS AROUND THE CLOCK AND ISSUE UPDATES AS NEEDED TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY.