Northeast: Severe Storms for Some … Record Heat for Others

19 Sep 2022, 3:10 pm

The severe weather threat that has been impacting the central U.S. with winds, hail and tornadoes now shifts to the Northeast around a powerful ridge of high pressure. Meanwhile, that ridge will bring the heat once again to the MidAtlantic while New England stays cool thanks to the front.

Severe Threat

As the frontal system continues through this area, there is the potential for some severe storms on Monday. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threats.

Storms will develop along the cold front moving from west to east throughout the day. We will see pockets of heavy rain along I-95 just in time for the commute home in New England – pack your patience and be prepared for ponding on the roadways. As a result of the heavy rain, the Weather Prediction Center has highlighted the potential for heavy rain and flooding overnight into Monday in the Northeast.

Temps

Those who escape the area of low pressure instead will see a toasty day in the Mid Atlantic. Expect widespread 80s and 90s for the Mid-Atlantic and I-95 corridor of PA with the potential to tie or break records throughout the next few afternoons.

While we’ve dealt with hotter this summer, these temps are still about 10-20° above average. Meanwhile, in the Northeast, cooling temperatures are back especially for northern New England through the middle of this week.

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Alana Cameron was born and raised in Canada in the city of Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Alana is the oldest of 4 siblings, all close in age, and grew up playing outside with them in all types of weather. After graduating high school, Alana moved to study at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna for a year before transferring to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where sh... Load Moree completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Atmospheric Science. Upon completion, Alana moved back to Toronto where she completed a post-grad degree in Meteorology at York University. After her post-grad, she went on to complete another post-grad in Broadcast Journalism - TV News at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. During her final year of studies she had the privilege of interning with the best in the business in Canada at The Weather Network. Once she finished her internship, she got the call from small-town Denison, Texas where she accepted a job as an on-air meteorologist at KTEN-TV, right in tornado alley, covering severe weather from Sherman/Denison (North Texas) to Ada (Southern Oklahoma). After the most active tornado season Oklahoma had seen in May 2019 (105 tornadoes!) Alana is excited to join WeatherNation to cover weather all across the nation. If you're interested in following her on social media she can be found @alanacameronwx!