By Shana Wickett,
Globe Staff
www.bostonglobe.com
Powerful
thunderstorms will march across the state
today, wielding strong winds and possibly
generating large hail and even a tornado or
waterspout, the National Weather Service
predicted.
“We could
get enough of a rotation in one or two of
those strongest storms that it could produce
a tornado,” said Bob Thompson,
meteorologist-in-charge at the NWS office in
Taunton. “It’s more of a chance than
something likely to happen, but there is
some potential.”
As a cold
front passes across southern New England
from the eastern Great Lakes area, this
morning’s partly sunny skies are expected
to give way to showers and thunderstorms in
greater Boston in the afternoon until about
8 p.m., Thompson said.
Some
thunderstorms could come with winds gusting
up to 70 or 80 miles per hour, Thompson
said.
“It looks
like most of the damage should be
straight-line wind damage, but it could be
significant,” he said.
Greater
Boston’s weather today should be humid
with high temperatures in the upper 80s and
lows in the mid-60s, according to the
weather service. Highs in the lower 80s,
lows in the upper 50s, and drier conditions
are in store for Friday.
“Tomorrow
should feel much less humid,” Thompson
said.
Showers could
return late Saturday afternoon and night but
should move out by Sunday morning, Thompson
said. High temperatures should sit in the
upper 70s on Saturday and the mid-70s on
Sunday as the ocean’s cool breezes flow
through the greater Boston area.
