Relief from the heat is on the way for Southern New England to end the work week and start the weekend, and it may come with a chance for showers and storms in part of the region.
Friday will start out dry and mostly sunny in the morning. Highs will top out near 80 degrees, and clouds will build inland during the early afternoon.
There is a low-end risk for a few strong and severe storms Friday afternoon across far northern Rhode Island, but the best chance for strong and severe storms will be across central and western Massachusetts along the Mass Pike. In this region, a few…..