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Showers and thunderstorms will not be quick to depart the East with an unsettled weekend unfolding as a slow-moving storm system passes through.
Showers and thunderstorms will once again rumble from the Northeast to northern Florida both days this weekend.
Today will be the most active day in terms of coverage area as the storminess will become more concentrated along the Interstate 95 and 10 corridors on Sunday.
Showers and thunderstorms this weekend are the last thing those with outdoor plans across the East want to hear.
Umbrellas will become a daily accessory and outdoor events may be delayed or forced inside, though only for a time with most places not seeing rain for the entirety of the weekend.
Even if you want to brave the rain, it is especially imperative to seek shelter when thunder is heard since you are then close enough to get struck by lightning.
Lightning strikes led to two injuries and one death during Thursday's severe weather outbreak. Another recent lightning death occurred on Tuesday in Garrett, Pa., when 36-year-old Mary Yoder was picking berries underneath a tree.
While lightning will be the greatest threat of the thunderstorms through the weekend, localized incidents of damaging winds cannot be ruled out across the southern mid-Atlantic and Carolinas Saturday afternoon.
Blinding downpours are another localized danger throughout the Southeast.
Not everyone across the East will jeer the impending unsettled weather.
Farmers and gardeners will cheer as the showers and thunderstorms deliver beneficial rain to a region that has been unusually dry so far this summer.
That is especially true across the Delmarva, where the United States Drought Monitor stated a severe drought is under way.
Central and southwestern Georgia are suffering from an extreme to exceptional drought, but the thunderstorms will only reach the southern half of this zone.
The showers and thunderstorms throughout the East will also prevent temperatures from significantly soaring this weekend. Temperatures will fail to crack the 90-degree mark across much of the Northeast as triple-digit heat becomes absent from the Southeast.
Sticky, humid air is the one thing that will not be missing from the East this weekend.
As the weekend comes to an end, the unsettled weather will not follow suit. Instead, additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to close out July.
NOAA released its 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Thursday, predicting another active season.
This holiday weekend, a rare astronomical phenomenon will occur that will not be seen again until October 2015.
San Antonio is getting hit by heavy thunderstorms on Friday afternoon and evening.
A few days after a chilly storm departs the Northeast, warm weather will make a strong comeback in parts of the Midwest and the East later next week.
Severe weather and drenching downpours will affect parts of the Plains and Midwest over the Memorial Day Weekend.
"This pup was literally singing when he saw his family," Michelle Karolicki, relocation program manager of the Central Oklahoma Humane Society, said about a reunion that took place on Thursday.
| Extreme | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| High | N/A | |
| Low | N/A | |
| Precip | N/A |
Newton, NJ (1925)
96 degrees on the 23rd; 39 degrees on the morning
of the 24th.
Abilene, TX (2000)
109 degrees, hottest ever in May.
Knoxville, TN (1807)
Hail 10" in circumference hail; a tornado went
over the river, sucking fish out of the water.
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