Weather whiplash: Record warmth expected for eastern US across holiday weekend followed by rapid cooldown
Much of the eastern U.S. will be riding a temperature roller coaster through the holiday weekend, with millions reaching the mid-80s across parts of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, before a cold front plunges temperatures back into the 40s Monday.
Much of the eastern U.S. will be riding a temperature roller coaster through the holiday weekend, with millions reaching the mid-80s across parts of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, before a cold front plunges conditions back into the 40s Monday.
After high temperatures flirted with the lower 80s's across the eastern U.S. Wednesday, temperatures tumbled into 40s across the Northeast early Thursday.
However, warmth from the Gulf is already surging back into the Southeast and will spread north and east through the end of the week.
Nearly 270 million Americans from southern New England to the Carolinas will be experiencing temperatures 15–25 degrees above average to start the weekend.
Parts of the Mid-Atlantic, Appalachians and eastern Ohio Valley will approach record warmth Saturday.
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Washington, D.C. is expected to reach 88 degrees, surpassing the daily record of 85 degrees set back in 2011.
Huntington, West Virginia is also forecast to approach 90 degrees.
Immediately behind the record warmth, a cold front responsible for severe weather across the Plains and Midwest will reach the East Coast by Easter Sunday.
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, showers are expected to begin Sunday morning from upstate New York to Georgia.
"By late morning into the afternoon, rain will reach major I-95 cities from Raleigh to Boston," the Forecast Center said.
Behind the front, temperatures will drop back into the 40s and 50s across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, slightly cooler than seasonal averages. The cold is expected to persist into the middle of next week.
While not unusually cold, temperatures on Monday will fall closer to seasonal averages, with highs in the 40s and 50s.
This cooler pattern is expected to persist into the middle of next week.
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