Labor Day weekend loaded with severe weather risk Northeast, Mid Atlantic & Ohio Valley

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This Labor Day holiday weekend brings 2 weather fronts through the Eastern US. Each one is going to produce thunderstorms and severe weather risk. Saturday we see severe weather risk over a wide area extending from Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia northeastward to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Most of the thunderstorm activity will come late in the afternoon Saturday as well as Saturday night. Thunderstorms will be accompanied by strong gusty winds, heavy rain, and possibly hail.

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Sunday severe thunderstorm activity shifts eastward as a second weather front comes through. Showers and thunderstorms are likely from Maine through New England southward along the coastal plain from New Jersey to North and South Carolina. The highest risk for thunderstorms Sunday will be in the mid to late afternoon. It should be noted that most of the time this weekend it will be rain free so we are not talking about weekend washouts.

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The payoff for all this comes in the form of a large dome of high pressure that is heading southeast from Central Canada. This high will spread dry cool air across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Sunday and into the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states Monday, Labor Day. We are talking lots of sunshine and temperatures that will be cooler than average lasting through most of next week with very little rain. Humidity levels will be very low for much of the Eastern US for most of next week as well. Another piece of good news is that there are no tropical storms or huuricanes running around in the Atlantic Basin this weekend. Normally we have a least one tropical storm or hurricane running around somewhere. The tropics remain unusually quiet. Enjoy your last summer vacation weekend and do so safely.