May 2026

[weathermedic]

Made it up to 95 at my station. 

[Rmine1]

91 in Brightwaters, which is quite impressive given our proximity to the Atlantic. Hottest day here so far 

note to self: don’t walk 9 miles in this heat. too late 
 

 

[weathermedic]

93 at JFK and 95 in Atlantic City. Westerly wind doing it's thing. Dews around 60 so not opressive.

[NEG NAO]

SWO from KWNS

 

[jm1220]

Maybe some compressional heating near the barrier islands. Seeing a 96 and 97 in the Five Towns. 

[IrishRob17]

 Mesoscale Discussion 0804
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1252 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026

   Areas affected...portions of the Mid-Atlantic into southern New
   England

   Concerning...Severe potential...Severe Thunderstorm Watch likely 

   Valid 201752Z - 201845Z

   Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms will bring a risk for
   damaging wind gusts and isolated large hail through this evening. A
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be needed soon.

   DISCUSSION...Latest surface observations indicate that surface
   temperatures have warmed into the low 90s F across portion of the
   Mid-Atlantic. Coupled with mid-60s F dewpoints, this is supporting
   500-1000+ J/kg MLCAPE across the area, with further destabilization
   expected through peak heating this afternoon. Expectation is for
   ongoing thunderstorm activity across Severe Thunderstorm Watch 234
   to expand eastward, with additional development also possible along
   an approaching cold front. 20-30 kts of effective shear will support
   multicells, and perhaps marginal supercells. Steep low-level lapse
   rates (8+ C/km per latest objective analysis) and dewpoint
   depressions of 20-25+ F will promote the potential for damaging wind
   gusts, especially with any more well-organized clusters that
   develop. Isolated large hail may also accompany the most robust
   updrafts. A new Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be needed soon.

   ..Chalmers/Hart.. 05/20/2026

   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

   ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...

   LAT...LON   40567574 40837554 41157502 41447382 41547334 41607289
               41607231 41517205 41297181 41077177 40877191 40667263
               40517332 40347368 39997393 39627403 39217449 39127488
               39147530 39327557 39787578 40567574 

   MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN

[JonClaw]

Hit 95.5 IMBY so far per Mesonet

[NEG NAO]

WWUS from KWNS

Severe T- Storm watch NYC- NJ and other parts of region

WOUS from KWNS

[IrishRob17]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 235
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   205 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Connecticut
     Delaware
     Eastern Maryland
     New Jersey
     Southeast New York
     Eastern Pennsylvania
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 205 PM
     until 900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will develop and track eastward
   across the watch area through the afternoon and evening.  Hot and
   unstable conditions will lead to conditions supportive of damaging
   wind gusts in the strongest storms.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of
   Wilmington DE to 25 miles southeast of Groton CT. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 234...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27030.

   ...Hart

[WeatherGeek2025]

any chance of a tornado this evening?

[MANDA]

Watch posted sub forum wide.

 

 

[uofmiami]

Cooking at JFK upon landing. 92 at my stations with DP of 63, not bad at all out there. 

[MANDA]

Small clusters of storms developing over CPA

[NEG NAO]

5 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

any chance of a tornado this evening?

No mention - just straight line winds where the most severe storms occur - which is yet to be determined BUT at the looks of radar and where the front is now central and south NJ along with Philly look to be most likely IMO

[NEG NAO]

click on fronts here and you can see the front is getting closer to us from the northwest already cleared NW Jersey - looks like areas south of I-78 get the most severe storms

WunderMap® | Interactive Weather Map and Radar | Weather Underground

[psv88]

94 will do it. Clouds moving in 

[psv88]

Looks like Islip topped out at 93 and FRG at 92. Decent 

[Cfa]

95 here, highest of the year so far.

[jm1220]

High of 95 in my neighborhood. 

[LoboLeader1]

Currently 93 here.

[nycwinter]

it  was broiling outside definitely the worst heat of this current hot spell thank goodness it is almost over and back  to dreary chilly weather..

[FPizz]

92 today/mostly cloudy now

[winterwx21]

93 here right now. Really hoping for a heavy downpour today to help out this parched ground. I've been watering the vegetable garden every day during this heat, but I'm not watering today in hopes that we get some rain. If the t-storms miss here this evening, we should at least see some steady light rain tomorrow morning. 

[the_other_guy]

extremely heavy downpour in Westchester temperature dropped from 97 to 79 in two minutes.

 

 

[dmillz25]

95 here

[Dan76]

Front dropping down through PA

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-New_Jersey-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[SnowGoose69]

There is likely going to be an area near NYC or just south which gets  impacted the hardest as the front approaches and enhances the inbound TSTM area from the W-SW.  The HREF has been showing this 

[uofmiami]

92.7 in Muttontown & 92.2 in Syosset for the high today.

Cell popped over Glen Cove & another appears just N of FRG. 

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Once again, Central Park is running several degrees lower then the rest of the area. Even JFK is running higher this afternoon! This gets worst every year and is an embarrassment at this point! The NWS should take away their classification as the official NYC weather site if the parks conservation isn't willing to either trim vegetation surrounding the sensor or move the sensor back to the pre 1996 site!

[steve392]

Boomer developing NW and western nj. 

 

While out on a training day for work.  Gorgeous weather from bay head to belmar nj.  Beautiful ocean breeze kept temps diwn a bit but once further inland it was brutal.  Got up to 97 in red bank, nj.