Northeast, mid-Atlantic catch brief break in storm activity before more downpours soak region this week
The rounds of heavy precipitation and thunderstorms are due to a strengthening Bermuda High parked off the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean. That same system is responsible for pushing heavy rain and storms across the southern U.S., including areas of Texas hit hard by Hurricane Beryl earlier this month.
Flash flood threat increases in Northeast as more rain, thunderstorms move in
The threat of flash flooding has increased in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast as additional rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms continue to impact the region through the next few days.
NEW YORK – People living or working in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic are able to catch their breath on Tuesday after rounds of rain and severe weather swept across the region Monday, but the lull in activity will be brief as the FOX Forecast Center expects additional rounds of precipitation to pummel the area as the week continues.
The FOX Forecast Center said remnants of Monday’s storm activity will persist across portions of New England through at least the first half of Tuesday, with generally light to moderate rain expected.
Watch: Exclusive FOX Model Futuretrack shows more rounds of rain pounding mid-Atlantic, Northeast
The exclusive FOX Model Futuretrack shows more rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms pounding parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast this week.
By mid-afternoon, only a few scattered showers and thunderstorms should remain.
However, another round of widespread rain and thunderstorms will return to the region Tuesday night as more deep tropical moisture surges northward.
The FOX Forecast Center said that areas from the mid-Atlantic to southern New England should brace for moderate to heavy rain as an approaching cold front triggers more storms on Wednesday.
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Severe weather could become an issue for locations closest to the cold front on Wednesday.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is focusing on areas from Ohio to western Pennsylvania and New York where the risk of severe weather is higher.
As a result, the SPC placed about 11 million people in that region at a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.
Cities in the threat zone include Cleveland, Erie in Pennsylvania and Buffalo, Binghamton, Syracuse and Watertown in New York.
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The SPC noted the main threat from thunderstorms that develop on Wednesday will be damaging wind gusts and large hail. However, a brief tornado cannot be ruled out.
By Thursday, the FOX Forecast Center expects that the cold front will continue to push through the region, sparking one last round of rain and thunderstorms before the drier air moves in, bringing in much drier conditions at the end of the workweek.