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Widespread Rain Douses Mid-Atlantic and Northeast With Isolated Severe Storm Risk This Afternoon

Uneven, beneficial rain arrives today alongside a brief severe risk this afternoon, followed by a cooler, drier weekend.

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This image from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows dew point temperatures, which typically fall when water vapor in the air decreases, will be dropping into the 60s Thursday afternoon, thanks to drier air behind Wednesday’s cold front.
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Overview

  • Morning downpours taper to scattered showers before a cold front sparks another round of showers and a few storms from early afternoon into the evening.
  • Forecasters place the region in a low, Level 1 severe risk with damaging wind gusts possible and a brief, isolated tornado not ruled out.
  • Most spots pick up about 0.2–1.0 inches of rain with locally higher totals over 1 inch and isolated pockets near 2–3 inches, raising a localized flooding risk.
  • The rainfall provides useful drought relief even if some improvements are not reflected in today’s US Drought Monitor update because of its reporting window.
  • Cooler, less humid air builds in Friday into the weekend, as the tropics are monitored for next week with Tropical Storm Humberto staying offshore and a nearby disturbance likely to become Imelda still uncertain on U.S. impacts.