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Currently in Boston — September 11, 2023: An unsettled start to the week
Plus, we've reached the annual peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic.
Eric Holthaus & Dave Epstein
September 10, 2023
The weather, currently.
Showers and humidity on Monday
More humidity and more showers are in the forecast for our Monday with temperatures approaching 80 in the afternoon. The shower chance continues Monday night but will come to an end on Tuesday. Not everybody will see showers during this time. Tuesday is a little bit drier with temperatures in the mid '70s and a northerly flow of air It's back to some unsettled stuff for Wednesday with the possibility of thunderstorms again I do think by Thursday things tend to cool off and finally less humid air arrives. This should take us into a nice weekend.
Right now it looks like Hurricane Lee will stay far enough offshore to not bother us, however there will be strong riptides and rough seas to be aware of.
What you need to know, currently.
Sunday September 10th is the historical peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic.
This season is definitely peaking right on schedule.
Over the weekend, Hurricane Lee peaked at Category 5 — the strongest hurricane of 2023 so far — and continues on a course to potentially make landfall in Atlantic Canada or New England this weekend. That’s still at least 5 days away though, and the forecast has a lot of uncertainty baked in between now and then.
Elsewhere, Atlantic Ocean temperatures are still at record levels for mid-September, and as many as 10 additional named storms could still form between now and when hurricane season officially ends on November 30.
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