New England’s summer weather may be shaped by El Niño and shifting jet streams, bringing heatwaves, thunderstorms, and changes to tropical storm activity, according to weather experts. Dan Leonard, a seasonal weather expert, said there may be similarities to last summer, which included a late-June, four-day heat wave and the earliest over-100-degree day on record. “I think in June, the larger scale pattern across the country, the big heat ridge, the ridge axis will start to shift into the Western U.S., Western Canada,” Leonard said. This shift could allow heat to build in the Rockies and spill across southern Canada into the Northeast. “These types of events are when New England can get really super hot in June,” Leonard said. However, Leonard noted that a ridge in the…
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