Another New England Round Of Heat, Humidity

I heard a few people in past week say they're relieved summer heat and humidity in Vermont and surrounding areas is finally over.

Um, no.

We've got at least one more round of oppressive weather to go. You'll notice it will generally get hotter and more humid during the course of the weekend.

Today won't be all that bad. Most places will get into the 80s, but the humidity will be moderate. It won't make you wilt.

Tomorrow might actually be a couple degrees cooler, but it will be more humid so it will feel worse. A weather disturbance will zip by to our north in the afternoon and evening, so that will probably trigger sone scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially north of Route 2.

Then the real heat hits. Expect hot weather and high humidity Monday through Wednesday. At this point, Tuesday looks to be the worst day. Many valley locations could reach 90 degrees, and the humidity will be high.

Wednesday looks hot and humid, too. This spell of hot weather might put Burlington, Vermont over the edge enough to make this August the hottest on record. That's iffy, but it's worth watching.

By Wednesday afternoon,  a cold front will be approaching. More scattered showers and thunderstorms look like a good bet.

Cold fronts in late August often have a little more oomph than ones earlier in the summer, and it could be the case with this one.

If all works according to plan, the humidity will be swept away by Thursday and temperatures will cool down into the upper 60s to mid 70s by day. There's a good chance quite a few places away from Lake Champlain could get into the 40s Thursday night.

Heading into September, we might not be done with summer yet. There are signs it could turn hot and humid again during the first week of the month.

HURRICANE LANE UPDATE
Just a quicky here: Strong upper level winds tore Hurricane Lane apart very quickly in the past 24 hours. It's down to a tropical storm, if that, frankly. The remains of Lane are still dumping torrential rains on Hawaii and severe flooding is ongoing in some places, especially the Big Island and Maui.

A few weather stations reported have reported more than 40 inches of rain so far from the storm, which really is incredible