Most of the northeastern US to turn briefly drier after rainy weekend
Storms moving through Washington D.C. brought heavy rain to the U.S. Capitol Building on May 2.
After yet another round of rain spoiled outdoor plans to end the weekend, most of the northeastern United States will welcome a drier start to the new week.
Sunday's rain postponed the baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays and the NASCAR race at Dover, Delaware.
Even worse, some incidents of flash flooding occurred on Saturday night and Sunday. Runoff from the heavy rain led to road closures in some areas from West Virginia to southeastern Pennsylvania.
On Saturday night, one person had to be rescued from their flooded vehicle on Rt. 512 near Allentown, Pennsylvania. The city's airport measured more than 2 inches of rain during the second half of the weekend.
For those weary of the recent rain and stormy weather, AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson has good news.
"Monday will turn out to be a mostly dry day across the Northeast," he said.
Partly to mostly sunny conditions will complement most of the day.
A few showers will return to the St. Lawrence Valley in the afternoon, and a shower dotting a handful of communities in the mid-Atlantic cannot be ruled out.
Otherwise, Monday's weather will be great for those looking to enjoy lunch or dinner outside, a walk, field trip or any sporting events. Anyone looking to plant cool weather vegetables will be able to so in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England.
No weather-related delays are anticipated for the baseball games at Yankee Stadium in New York City or Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Monday evening.
While Boston will join other coastal communities in being cooler, highs in the upper 60s and 70s will span much of the Northeast.
"The wild roller coaster ride of temperatures over the past week or so will continue Monday as temperatures in places like Philadelphia jump from Sunday's high of 63 F to the 70s," Thompson said.
Even though it may not feel warm enough to do so, anyone who is sensitive to the sun and planning to spend most of the day outdoors will want to apply sunscreen. The strength of the sun is the same as in early August.
Further warming will boost temperatures to near or past 80 F from Charleston, West Virginia, and Roanoke, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Boston will also turn milder with temperatures flirting with 70 as the wind shifts and halts the cool flow of air from the ocean.
A cold front will bring an end to the warming trend across upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday and will cut short the dry spell in other parts of the Northeast.
Showers and thunderstorms accompanying this front may reach Boston; Hartford, Connecticut; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and New York City during Tuesday afternoon.
"Any rain may hold off until the evening in Philadelphia," according to Thompson. Showers may stop short of reaching Washington, D.C.
Cooler air will sweep across most of the Northeast at midweek. While dry weather and sunshine spans New England, showers and thunderstorms may continue to linger over parts of the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic.
Farmers should not get their hopes up for an extended stretch of weather to dry out fields later this week.
Instead, late this week may bring yet another round of rain, thunderstorms and disruptions to outdoor activities to the Northeast.
The rainy pattern that the Northeast is in the midst of, however, may not be a sign of things to come for the summer.
A thunderstorm rolled through Tioga County, Pennsylvania, near the village of Mainesburg, on Friday, May 3, 2019. (Photo/Paul Bozzo)
As spring progresses into summer in the coming weeks, AccuWeather's long-range team is projecting that this summer is likely to bring significantly warmer and drier conditions when compared to last year.
Download the free AccuWeather app to find out the timing of rainfall in your area and to receive any flooding alerts. Keep checking back for updates on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
