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Late-Day Thunderstorm Watch

August 05, 2026 • Steve Pellettiere

0:00 | 3:05

Rain, thunderstorm and flooding coverage for the Northeast. This edition, "Late-Day Thunderstorm Watch", was published Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Steve Pellettiere covers the current pattern and how conditions are expected to evolve. Covers the three to five day forecast for the region and the Airport Hub Outlook for the country's busiest airports. Delivered by a Certified Consulting Meteorologist with 50 years of experience forecasting the Northeast. Topics: New Jersey rain forecast, NYC thunderstorms, Northeast flood watch, severe weather update, Mid-Atlantic storms. The Weatherman Podcast with Steve Pellettiere, Certified Consulting and Broadcast Meteorologist. I talk about weather!

Welcome And Today’s Date

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Hi, this is MiddleBalter Steve Pelletier, and I am the Weatherman. Thanks for checking into the WeathermanPond.com on your Wednesday. It is the fifth day of the month of August 2026.

Jersey Shore Weather Recap

SPEAKER_00 0:11

Beautiful day on Tuesday. Spent the day at the Jersey Shore and enjoyed uh bright sunshine, good beaches, and nice winds out of the east-northeast, and it was really quite a delightful day.

Scattered Storms Build Midweek

SPEAKER_00 0:23

Now we're looking at a weather situation. It's going to be a little bit similar. However, there are going to be some scattered showers, some thunderstorms on a later afternoon and evening. Mostly across the central and northern portion of our areas. This includes most of Pennsylvania, central northern New Jersey, all of Long Island, and southeast New York, southwestern sections of Connecticut. And with that in mind, those thunderstorms could be locally heavy with some strong gusty winds and heavy downpours. Similar situation coming up both on Thursday and

Weekend Trend And Best Day

SPEAKER_00 0:50

on Friday. Does look like we get into a little bit of a drier trend for the weekend, but it does look like generally nice weather. The nicest day of the weekend so far looks like it might be on Sunday when temperatures range into the 80s and the weather remains mostly dry.

Storm Timing And Temperature Range

SPEAKER_00 1:05

Today, tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday, each day does have that chance of afternoon scattered thunderstorms. Look out for those towering cumulus clouds that could congest and develop into thunderstorms, usually between the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day. Temperatures generally in the 80s to near 90 daytime. It will be in the 60s to lower 70s at night, and of course, cooling sea breezes along the shoreline. South Shore of Long Island, coastal sections of New Jersey, Del Marbo, all the way down to Virginia, and of course up around Cape Cod and the islands as

Flight Delay Risk In The Northeast

SPEAKER_00 1:39

well. So it does look like generally decent weather for a good ballast of the day. But if you are flying by air today, looks like later in the afternoon, early evening, those scattered thunderstorms will be around and they will cause some slight delays. And if in fact there are some lines or clusters that do develop the late, the delays could be a little bit worse in Philadelphia, New York, LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark. However, up in the Boston area, it does look okay, no major problems there.

Nationwide Airport Weather Highlights

SPEAKER_00 2:02

Just scattered showers down at Charlotte and Atlanta. Central and South Florida also looking a little bit better, although South Florida, there could be some heavy thunderstorms around the Keys, down into the Bahamas, and around Fort Lauderdale and Miami, as well as West Palm. Houston, hot and dry. Dallas, hot and dry. Showers and thunderstorms in Chicago could cause some delays there. Dry weather up in Minneapolis,

Wildfire Smoke Spreads Eastward

SPEAKER_00 2:26

St. Paul, but smoke all across the Pacific Northwest. That's the general wind flow pattern at this point from the Canadian wildfires. That's over Washington and Oregon State, Idaho, western and southwestern Montana, just about all over Wyoming and western portion of the Dakotas that may spread gradually eastward over the next several days. We'll keep an eye on that for you as this week

Final Forecast And Sign-Off

SPEAKER_00 2:48

continues. But hope you have a great Wednesday. The weather looks, for the most part, okay. There will be those thunderstorms later in the afternoon, early evening, but that's going to be the trend right over the next several days. Daytime highs near 90, nighttime lows near 70. I'm Steve Pelletieri. Have a great day. Talk to your first thing tomorrow. See you then.