Taste of fall to sweep into northeastern US on Monday
The sweep of cooler and drier air following Sunday's severe weather will provide the northeastern United States with a taste of fall on Monday.
Residents will be pulling out jackets that have been stowed away in closets before heading to work or school on Monday.
Afternoon temperatures are expected to be held to the 50s and lower 60s from the eastern Great Lakes to the central and northern Appalachians. Highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s will be common along the Interstate-95 corridor.
"With the cooler air, very low humidity and a gusty breeze, it will feel more like early October across the Northeast on Monday," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brian Thompson.
Highs in the 70s are more common throughout the Northeast in early June. From Philadelphia to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., temperatures typically climb to within a degree or two of 80 F.
Amid the chill, the stage will be set for showers to develop across upstate New York and northern New England on Monday.
Elsewhere will welcome much-needed dry weather, but some clouds may prevent the strong June sun from helping to ease the cool conditions, especially in the higher elevations.
"The cold air aloft will aid in the development of puffy, fair-weather cumulus clouds during the day on Monday," according to Thompson. "When there are enough of these clouds to block the sun and the wind is blowing, it will feel quite cool for early June."
When the sun is out, there will be a noticeable difference in AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures from sunny to shady areas.
On Monday night, some residents may consider running the heat with widespread overnight lows in the upper 30s and lower 40s anticipated across the interior.
Frost can form in the coldest locations across western and northern Pennsylvania, southern New York and the interior of central New England, threatening sensitive crops, garden vegetables and flowers.
"Since it has been so wet, it is possible that fog forms instead of frost, especially in the river valleys," according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Jake Sojda.
While the cool weather holds and more rain spills in to the north, Tuesday will be a great day for construction projects and other outdoor plans from Pennsylvania to West Virginia and Virginia.
Temperatures will climb back into the 70s throughout the region as sunshine and low humidity prevails.
High evaporation rates will be a boon for farmers that have been plagued by rounds of rain keeping fields wet. However, this trend will not hold into midweek.
Humidity will once again increase on Wednesday as a storm from the Midwest returns showers, thunderstorms and local downpours to much of the Northeast.
AccuWeather meteorologists will be monitoring the potential for some of the thunderstorms to turn severe in the southern mid-Atlantic.
The strength of the high pressure following the midweek storm will determine how expansive dry weather may be at the end of the week and into the new weekend across the Northeast.
A weaker high can cause downpours from the storm that will connect with moisture from a tropical threat currently brewing in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico to spread from the Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic.
A stronger high would yield the best case scenario for residents and farmers. This scenario would limit how far across the mid-Atlantic the downpours can spread, allowing dry weather to dominate.
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