The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Caribbean threat odds grow as rain helps Northeast wildfires
Today's top weather news for Monday, Nov. 11, 2024: Much-needed rain is helping with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northeast as well as ending record-dry streaks as a new area to watch for tropical development pops up in the Caribbean.
Weather in America: November 11, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Monday, November 11, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera.
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Much-needed rain helps wildfire suppression in Northeast
Crews are continuing to contain and extinguish several wildfires that ignited in the Northeast due to record-dry conditions, but some welcome rain should help with fire suppression efforts.
"Most importantly, it hasn’t been something that happened over an hour," FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said. It’s been a light, continuous rain since (Sunday) evening that lasted through the overnight through (Monday) morning."
Smoke and flames rise as wildfire burns and spreads on a mountain in West Milford, New Jersey, United States on November 9, 2024.
(Kyle Mazza/Anadolu / Getty Images)
Record dry streak comes to end in parts of Northeast, mid-Atlantic
For the first time in months, some decent rain began to fall across portions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, putting an end to some record-dry streaks that led to drought conditions and wildfires.
While the rain will help with wildfire suppression efforts, it won't be enough to end the drought conditions in the region.
The region has been locked in a dry pattern that has lasted two-plus months. During this dry pattern, multiple cities, including Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware and Trenton, New Jersey, have set their all-time records for the longest stretch of days without measurable rain. Those records date back to the Civil War.
This graphic shows rain totals in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic that put an end to some record-dry streaks.
(FOX Weather)
New week, new area to monitor for tropical development
Forecasters are monitoring a new area for possible tropical development in the Caribbean Sea as we get closer to the official end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
This graphic shows an area of disturbed weather being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical development.
(FOX Weather)
This new area comes as what was left of Tropical Storm Rafael fizzled in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. While the remnants of the former major hurricane are no longer being monitored, forecasters said life-threatening rip currents were possible along areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Watch: Starlink satellite breaks up over Southwest US
Skygazers across the Southwest U.S. spotted a possible fireball breaking up in the night sky, but it turns out this shooting star was human-made and not part of three ongoing meteor showers.
Dozens of reports from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have come into the American Meteor Society about a fireball event occurring between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Video and photos show a bright trail with multiple glowing pieces moving across the sky. Some reported the display looked like "fireworks."
Starlink satellite break up over Texas looks like fireball
Video shared in a fireball report on the American Meteor Society website by Alli Ortega shows a reported Starlink internet satellite breaking up over Texas early Sunday.
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