By Terry Eliasen, Meteorologist, WBZ-TV Exec. Climate Producer

BOSTON – The WBZ Climate Workforce is issuing a NEXT Climate Alert for the danger of thunderstorms on Friday.

It appears like a typical summertime thunderstorm day for New England Friday. A sizzling and humid day with highs close to 90 and a chilly entrance approaching from the west within the afternoon. Whereas this does not seem like a significant extreme climate day, it’s seemingly that just a few of the storms attain extreme ranges on Friday.

TIMING:

As is typical, the best risk shall be within the mid to late afternoon, by way of the night. Let’s name it between 2-9pm.

There may very well be two distinct strains of storms/downpours. . . the primary within the mid to late afternoon and the second within the night.

LOCATION:

The very best danger on Friday resides in areas north and west of I-95. That can be the place the Storm Prediction Middle highlighted with a “marginal danger”. The farther south and east you reside, the decrease the possibilities you get something extreme or maybe something in any respect.

IMPACTS:

The principle threats on Friday shall be heavy downpours, damaging winds and small hail. There could also be some localized flooding if a number of cells transfer over the identical space. There’s additionally a small danger of an remoted twister.

We urge that you just keep tuned to updates all through the day on Friday on WBZ-TV, CBSBoston.com and CBS Information Boston.