The surface
chart shows the cold front is pushing south and east across New England and
Pennsylvania. Behind the front the air is very refreshing. We can see the area of low pressure trailing
cold front over southeast Ohio, ready to push across Pennsylvania. The low did
allow bands of heavy rain to bring substantial flooding for Ohio this morning.
Here’s a look
at the warnings and watches.
We have a
couple of boundaries impacting the Middle Atlantic, these will help enhance
rainfall and thunderstorm development in this area. This part southern
Pennsylvania into Delaware and Maryland and especially central New Jersey and
into southern Connecticut
could see 2-4 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts due to training
thunderstorms. That part of the I-95
will have a very active evening.
The latest
thunderstorm outlook.
Here’s a look at the SPC day one severe outlook. Storms that become strong to severe will be capable of damaging winds in excess of 65 mph. torrential rain, frequent lightning, hail, and an isolated tornado or two can’t be ruled out.
For tomorrow
into Saturday, we can expect comfortable conditions and lower humidity levels. Saturday we will see another area of low
pressure develop. This will extend up through southern New England on Sunday.
This one looks to bring more heavy rain the same areas seeing it this
evening. From Washington DC up through New
York City across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with the risk for
some flooding continuing.
Behind all
of this next week looks to be active and unsettled. We’re going to have
troughing develop over the region. This will bring in well below average temperatures
for most of us for most of next week.
Drought
Northern
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont had limited rainfall in the past week,
leading to degradations in drought. Deterioration of soil moisture and
streamflow were noted in this area. Elsewhere, localized precipitation resulted
in small improvement in drought conditions in upstate New York and in central
and eastern Massachusetts. Similarly, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
had some improvements where there was significant rain during the past week.
Stay safe!
