Aaron Perry

A powerful cold front will pack quite a bit of energy with it for the first day of fall, leading to gusty showers and severe thunderstorms for Thursday. Some isolated wind damage cannot be ruled out, in part thanks to fully-leafed trees. Localized poor drainage flooding is also expected across some areas. By the early to mid afternoon, the cold front will be surging east across New England. Temperatures may fall down from the mid to upper 70s to the 50s by the evening.

Cloudy skies give way to sunshine Wednesday afternoon, as warmer and more humid air streams into New England ahead of an approaching cold front. We're expecting highs to rise well into the 70s with light winds. Clouds rapidly move back into the region Wednesday night, ahead of our approaching cold front. Lows will drop down to either side of 60 degrees. A cold front will pack quite a bit of energy with it for the first day of fall, leading to some gusty showers and thunderstorms for Thursday.