The weeks of no rain has ended!

 The first cold front is approaching the coast with the upper level low and second cold front just to the west over Ohio and the Lower Great Lakes.  The cold front along the coast is responsible for the heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms that impacted the Delmarva Peninsula, New Jersey, New York Long Island and southeastern Massachusetts this morning.  

This front should stall along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts today into early Saturday. This is where the there is a risk for some flooding. The WPC has a Slight Risk over Southeast New England, with a Marginal Risk stretching from southwest Maine down into North Carolina.  

 

This frontal boundary is going to slowly push to the east later tonight into Saturday. Then that upper-level feature will move over the region keeping things unsettled with isolated showers, then on Sunday it looks to be a fairly nice day as a trough sets over the region, this will keep the region a bit cool, with only a slight chance for a few isolated showers.

With the cooler temperatures, snow showers will be possible across northern Maine and the higher elevations of New Hampshire, Vermont and northern New York State, over the weekend!

 

Monday, we see a weak disturbance with isolated showers move across the region. This will bring in some cooler temperatures for the first half of next week. Tuesday will stay a bit unsettled as we will still be dealing with that trough overhead. Then on Wednesday a weak cold front will push through with isolated showers, but many might not see them. Thursday will see the trailing area of low pressure move across the region, bringing scattered showers. Friday will see low pressure form along the frontal boundary off the Coast, bringing scattered showers, this will be especially true the closer to the coast you are. Could this bring snow to parts of the region? Maybe!

 Drought

The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, November 5 showed that due to the prolonged dry spell drought and abnormally dry conditions have expanded across multiple parts of the Northeast this week.

Extreme drought was introduced and severe drought spread in northern Maine.

Moderate drought expanded in northern New Hampshire, northern Vermont, and central Maryland.

Abnormal dryness grew in coverage in parts of Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Record-low seven-day streamflow was found in places like Maine, central New Hampshire, northern Vermont, central New York, south-central Pennsylvania, and central Maryland.

Groundwater levels were at record lows in several areas including Maine, southeastern Massachusetts, central and western New York, southern New Jersey, and central and southern Maryland.

 

 Have a great weekend