The weekend should be mostly dry and warm in the West, but occasionally soggy and even quite stormy in portions of the central and eastern U. S.
Weather could rain on your parade, barbecue and day at the beach in parts of the U. S. this Memorial Day weekend.
While the weekend should be mostly dry and warm in the West, it’ll be occasionally soggy and even quite stormy for portions of the central and eastern U. S.
AAA predicts 39.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this holiday weekend. That’s one million more travelers taking to the roads, skies and rails than last year, creating the highest Memorial Day travel volume since 2005, AAA said.
Thanks to a slow-moving area of low pressure, the greatest chance of thunderstorms and potentially flooding rain will be across portions of the central states from Saturday into Sunday, AccuWeather said.
Rain will soak the central Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley on Saturday. The heaviest rain is likely in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, according to the National Weather Service.
In addition, a “widespread” and “potentially significant” severe weather event appears likely Saturday and Saturday night from the central and southern Plains east to the mid-Atlantic region, the Storm Prediction Center warned.
The thunderstorms will bring torrential rainfall, dangerous lightning as well as damaging winds and hail to areas in the line of fire.
By Sunday, severe storms and the risk of flooding downpours will shift to parts of the southern Plains and the lower Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, AccuWeather meteorologist Jack Boston said.
Rain and thunderstorms could disrupt the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, potentially delaying or postponing the race until Monday. The weather service is calling for a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms in Indianapolis on Sunday.
For Memorial Day Monday, a cold front is forecast to slide toward the East Coast, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Northeast, portions of the mid-Atlantic and into the South, the Weather Channel said.
In the South, “widespread showers and potentially severe storms will interfere with barbecues and picnics from the Gulf Coast into the Carolinas, ” said AccuWeather meteorologist Dan Pydynowski.
Sunshine and summer-like weather is expected for much of the Western U. S. throughout the holiday weekend. Portions of the Pacific Northwest will see temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above average, with highs in the 80s and 90s as far north as Oregon and Washington state.
