Mass. weather: Hail, thunderstorms could soak areas Thursday night [Video]

While the dry weather reprieve is set to continue going into the weekend and beyond, there might be a stormy pause on Thursday.

Low clouds and stratus were predominantly around the Cape and Islands before spreading out across parts of southern New England, according to the National Weather Service. They come as a cold front trails from Newburyport to Storrs, Connecticut, and into Danbury. Along this line, showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected.

Scattered showers with embedded thunderstorms are expected to move along the Interstate 95 corridor by around 7 p.m., forecasters said. These storms are expected to be less than severe, though pea-sized hail and lightning could occur, the National Weather Service said in a post on X.

“There hasn’t been much time for the atmosphere to destabilize, so … the paltry instability will keep these storms from reaching severe weather limits, but a few could still produce cloud-to-ground …