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Late-Week Cold Front to End Warm Stretch With Rain, Thunderstorms and a Cooldown

Forecast timing varies by region, with the highest chances from Friday night through Sunday.

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Mechanicville, UNITED STATES: Ice covers plants in a field 17 January 2007 in Mechanicville, New York, a few days after a winter ice storm blew through the area. Harsh winter weather swept across much of the United States, leaving scores of people dead, hundreds of thousands without electricity and threatening to decimate California's citrus crops. At least 50 people have died in storm-related accidents since 12 January, the majority in car accidents on icy roads, major US news media reported. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Avoiding the weekend throng, Hudson Hubbard, 6 1/2 of Federal Hill, Ruby Macey, 4 of Linthicum and Hayes Hubbard, 5 (right) brave the cold water in the shadow of Patapsco State Park's swinging bridge, as the metropolitan area experiences summertime temperatures Wed., April 28, 2021. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)

Overview

  • Most areas stay warm and largely dry through Friday daytime under high pressure before conditions turn unsettled.
  • Storms are most likely Friday evening into early Saturday in parts of the Plains and Midwest, with Kansas City flagged for Friday night thunderstorms that may produce 50–60 mph gusts and small hail.
  • Great Lakes and Upper Midwest forecasts favor multiple rounds of rain Saturday into Sunday, with Metro Detroit eyeing around an inch or more and 30–40 mph wind gusts by Sunday.
  • Frost and freeze concerns persist in Pennsylvania, with frost advisories and a Friday morning freeze watch reported for parts of the state as clear, chilly nights continue.
  • Behind the front, cooler, drier air returns early next week; Tropical Storm Lorenzo is weakening over open water, and the Climate Prediction Center is monitoring the Caribbean for possible late-October development.