A shot of summery warmth which began felling record highs on Sunday will invadethe Northeast from Canada on Tuesday.It will be hottest across northern New York state into northern New England.
Here, Plattsburgh and Messena, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt., will register 90 F orhigher on Tuesday. In other words, the afternoon will be hotter than normal bybetween 15 and 20 degrees.
In nearby Canada, Montreal and Ottawa will suffer record heat, and temperaturesacross northern Ontario into northwestern Quebec could reach the 95-degreemark.
In the big cities of the Atlantic corridor, it will be quite warm as well, astemperatures away from the shore will climb into the 80s on Tuesday, but abreeze off the still cold ocean will cool the beaches.
Farther west, Midwestern cities from Minneapolis to Chicago, Indianapolis andDetroit will stay abnormally warm with temperatures well into the 80s. Ofcourse, the usual Great Lakes watch words of May will apply: "cooler near thelake."Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
