Southeast to get a break from storms with cooler, drier weather early this week
Following locally heavy showers and thunderstorms over the weekend, much of the southeastern United States can expect a break of less-humid and rain-free weather this week.
To say that May was a wet month would be an understatement with rainfall of two to five times that of average in much of the Southeast. Rainfall topped 16 inches in Miami; 14 inches in Asheville, North Carolina, and Key West, Florida; and 9.5 inches in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Fortunately, there is good news for those in need of a break, for cleanup after incidents of flooding, outdoor projects or just planning a trip to the beach or the mountains.
A change in the weather pattern will allow drier and cooler air to sweep southeastward from the northern Plains.
Multiple days of sunshine and low humidity are in store from the Tennessee Valley to much of the southern Atlantic coast.
For example, highs will be in the middle to upper 80s F with lows in the 60s around Atlanta through at least Wednesday.
The last time Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina; had three days in a row or more of dry weather was prior to the middle of May.
Some reduction in the humidity is likely along the upper Gulf Coast as well, with those in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Melbourne, Florida, even welcoming a dip in humidity levels by midweek.
No relief from the steamy and stormy weather will come to South Florida.
As the Eastern states cool, a heat wave will build over a large part of the Central and Western states this week.
An uptick in temperatures and humidity will then return to the South later this week.
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