· Hot-cha-cha today with variable high thin clouds giving way to mostly sunny skies.

· As hot as it will be today we should be out of the range of record breaking heat for the date.

· Dew point temperatures associated with stickiness or moisture will be climbing into the low and mid 60s later this afternoon pooling moisture out ahead of a cold front and you will definitely feel it.

· Thunder boomers tonight…though less extreme than what folks may see in portions of the Saint Lawrence valley of NY, and the Adirondacks. Thunder-Dog Index about 6 Champlain valley and 4 to 5 elsewhere.

· Relief from the heat arrives tomorrow with a beautiful day. A secondary disturbance rolls through Tuesday overnight into the day Wednesday with a few showers but nothing huge. Gardeners should likely water and irrigate this week.

TODAY: Hazy hot and increasingly humid with mostly sunny skies. A high in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Southwest breeze 10 to 15 mph. (5)

Summer Solstice 6:34 PM late today

TONIGHT: Clouding up. Showers and scattered thunderstorms likely before midnight. Some storms with briefly heavy rain and gusty winds. Sticky. A low 60 to 65. Southwest breeze 10 mph shifting to westerly overnight. (5)

TUESDAY: Skies becoming mostly sunny. Cooler and less humid. A high in the mid to upper 70s. Light west winds. (5)

Looking further ahead…

TUESDAY NIGHT: Becoming partly to mostly cloudy. Widely scattered showers mainly northern areas. A low in the mid 50s.

WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy northern areas with widely scattered showers. Intervals of sun southern areas. A high near 70. (2)

THURSDAY: Partly sunny with some high cloudiness. A low in the upper 40s. A high in the 70s.

FRIDAY: Bright sunshine and blue skies. A low 50 to 55. A high in the mid to upper 70s.

Average lows in the mid 50s. Normal high in the mid 70s

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence) RH/6-20

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Roger Hill

Weathering Heights Consulting

186 MacKenzie Dr.

Worcester VT 05682

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