After a hot and dry end to the holiday weekend, NBC Connecticut meteorologists are forecasting a much more comfortable Monday.
Plenty of sunshine today with very warm temperatures and only a moderate level of humidity.
There is a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening but those chances are fairly low.
Tuesday will be a cooler day with an influence off of the Atlantic. Highs in the low 80s.
Enjoy the first half of the week because a surge of heat and humidity sets in as we head into the middle of the week.
A much hotter and more humid airmass moves in for Wednesday and Thursday with the heat index approaching or surpassing 100 degrees.