Overview
- Cool, mostly dry weather opens the week with chilly mornings and patchy frost across parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
- Guidance points to widespread rain late Wednesday into Thursday, with many forecasts calling for roughly 0.75 to 2 inches that would offer modest drought relief.
- Models show no direct U.S. hit from Hurricane Melissa, though a tropical moisture connection remains possible and could intensify downpours where it occurs.
- Winds strengthen Thursday into Friday, with coastal gusts near 40–50 mph and inland gusts commonly 30–40 mph, while higher terrain could see brief graupel or a rain–snow mix.
- Most outlets currently favor a drying window by Halloween evening that looks breezy and cool, and south‑central Pennsylvania has ended its growing season so frost and freeze alerts are suspended until spring.