The WBZ weather team is declaring a NEXT Weather Alert for the Boston area today. We don’t expect a major severe weather day but, there will likely be some scattered downpours later in Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The Storms Prediction Center has placed all of southern New England in a “marginal” risk for severe weather today.
This is the lowest category (1 of 5) that the center issues.
In addition, the center issued a 5% risk for damaging winds within any thunderstorms that form today.
Boston weather today
There could be a few widely scattered downpours as early as 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. this afternoon.
The greatest risk comes between 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. this evening. This is when many models show a cluster of storms moving from west to east across the state…