Last week, we witnessed severe storms in the midwest powerful enough to produce several EF-4 and EF-5 tornados. Yesterday, severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front in the northeast and produced two tornados which claimed the lives of 4 residents in Massachusetts. The two tornados in the Springfield area have been classified at least an EF-2 with winds between 110-137 mph. These storms were fueled by record breaking heat along the I-95 corridor from Washington, DC to Newark and even Burlington, all of which set records earlier in the afternoon. Below is a youtube video which shows the dramatic footage of one of the Springfield tornados as it moved south over the river, paused, then shifted back east and over the city.
There isn't much good news to come from storms like these; however, just so we can establish some form of a silver lining, following these storms came a much needed cooler air mass. Today, we saw temperatures drop into the mid to upper 70s along with a cool breeze. Tonight, temperatures will fall into the upper 40's under clear skies. Frost advisories have even been issued for the Alleghany Plateau in west New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Temperatures will remain in the low 70s Friday before climbing back into the 80s, just in time for a weekend at the shore.
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