Water... Help, I need WATER! I can't remember the last time it's been so dryaround these parts. The lack of rain has literally turned my yard into a dustbowl. And, the extremely dry conditions have not been confined to just here incentral Pennsylvania. Since late August, the entire region from upstate NewYork to Georgia has had very little meaningful rainfall.The ongoing dry weather has been caused by a large high pressure cell that haspersisted over the eastern part of the country. Next week, the high will breakdown and be replaced by a large upper-level trough. This means the jet streamwill be diverted well south before it turns back north. With this orientation,the flow will be able to transport tropical moisture northward into the Easternstates. The result will be a shift to much wetter conditions for places thatare now very dry.
Sunny days are nice, I know, but at least in my book, an all-day rain can beequally attractive. In the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the first shot ofsubstantial rain will come next Monday and Tuesday.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
