 with any thunderstorms embedded within steadier rain able to produce intense rainfall rates that may lead to travel disruptions. Storm-total rainfall may approach 8 inches in parts of northern New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, as well as far western Maine through today. Shifting gears to a region that will be too hot instead of too wet, the western states continue to bake beneath an incredibly persistent heat wave as high pressure remains locked over the southwest. We can expect to see numerous high temperatures of at least 100 degrees